Our Commitment to The Promise

YMCA Edinburgh is committed to helping #KeepThePromise and to the principles of The Promise Scotland: ensuring that every child in Scotland grows up loved, safe and respected, with the support they need to realise their full potential.

Our work, supported by The Corra Foundation and The Promise Scotland, gave us an important opportunity to reflect, learn and review how we work alongside children, young people and families. While this funded programme of work has now come to an end, its learning and impact remain embedded within our organisation and continue to inform how we develop our services and practice.

Through this work, we strengthened our understanding of resilience-informed and relationship-focused practice, recognising the importance of safe, consistent and trusted relationships in the lives of children, young people and families. We reviewed our systems and ways of working through the lens of The Promise, strengthened our whole-family approach and continued to develop practice that respects and promotes the rights, experiences and voices of the people we support.

At the heart of this is our belief that children and families thrive when they have the right relationships and support around them. YMCA Edinburgh aims to be part of the scaffolding of support that families can draw upon – working alongside families, communities and partners to help create the conditions in which children, young people and the adults around them can develop and thrive.

The learning from our Promise work continues to shape who we are and how we work. We remain committed to listening, learning and adapting, ensuring the principles of The Promise are reflected in our relationships, our practice and the support we provide.