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5th December 20186th year pupils making waves with their new business
6th year pupils making waves with their new business A group of 6th year pupils from Grove Academy are doing some incredible things through Young Enterprise. To be able to take part in an international business competition, they were challenged to set up their own business and trade as a…
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28th November 2018Give the Gift of a Future
At Signpost International, we are thinking beyond the tinsel and the turkey. This Christmas we are thinking about people’s futures. I want to tell you a short and very inspiring story of a woman whom I have come to greatly respect. Her name is Nora, and she lives in Katuuso,…
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17th November 2018Coffee that cares
Coffee That Cares Starting on the 17th of November, Henry’s Coffee House are supporting Signpost International’s Ugandan projects training and equipping farmers in improved, sustainable methods. Farmers who have only been able to provide one meal a day for their families, are now growing quality produce, able to sell excess…
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9th November 2018Signpost AGM
The Signpost International Annual General Meeting will be held on the following date in the afternoon. Everyone is welcome to attend. Location – The Signpost Centre, Lothian Crescent, Dundee, DD4 0HU Date – Friday 7th December Time – 2pm to 4pm Thank you
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21st September 2018The beginnings of the Pink Project
In early 2017, we started the Pink Project in Uganda after raising just over £15,000 in donations and grants. High girl absence and school drop out rates stood out as a significant issue in the communities we were working in and we wanted to do something about it. The Pink…
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4th September 2018Acoustic Launch – Coffee That Cares
Yes, we have had a fantastic summer of sunshine, but don’t you just want to grab a cosy cuppa and listen to some good music? We did just that on Friday night as we launched our new partnership with Henry’s Coffee House in Dundee. Every flavoured latte that you buy…
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29th May 2018Back from East Africa!
Jamie and Michael just got back from a project monitoring trip in Uganda, but that’s not all they were doing. Part of their trip took them to Tanzania where they were working with the Vine Trust to plan new water projects on Lake Victoria. Lake Victoria is Africa’s largest lake, approximately…
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17th April 2018Jacob’s Success
“We could suddenly see the potential and if we worked together, we knew it was possible,” reflects Jacob. Jacob is one of the Community Agricultural Trainers (CATs) in Amuria in Uganda, working within his farmer group to help households improve their food security by using better farming methods. Signpost started…
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6th April 2018Blue Water Tea Party Success!
I’ll set the scene for you, nearly two hundred guests arrived in their blue outfits, ready to enjoy their afternoon in the ballroom of the Invercarse Hotel. Caitlin Finnan, blessed our ears with her beautiful cello playing as guests sipped their prosecco and explored the very large display of raffle…
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18th March 2018Justine’s Garden – Potential Realised
“Yii, I didn’t know much about farming back then!” laughs Justine shaking her head in disbelief. The Uganda mother of seven is describing the time before Signpost and Ugandan partner VAD (Voluntary Action for Development) began working in her community of Muguluka. “We used to grow tomatoes, egg plants, bananas,…
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