About Us
WISE (“Wellbeing, Inspiration, Support, Empowerment”) is a Community Interest Company based in the North East of Glasgow. We were established in 2023 by four women who are incredibly passionate about our community and work.
Vision
The vision of WISE is centred around seeking wisdom and wellbeing. Our aim is to create safe spaces where children can develop their wellbeing, grow in their confidence and resilience, explore their personal identity and purpose, and learn to care for others and the world around them.
Mission
The mission of WISE is centred around inspiration, support and empowerment. Our aim is to inspire children through the power of character education, supporting them through safe, developmental relationships, and empowering them to participate in their communities and contribute to society.
History and Need
We support children aged 9-11 through structured mentoring and wellbeing programmes. The organisation was formed to build on years of experience held within the founding team, who had previously delivered mentoring programmes in partnership with local schools and communities. This depth of experience shaped WISE’s early development and allowed us to launch with a clear model, strong relationships, and a tested approach.
WISE exists to address the high levels of adversity, mental health challenges, anxiety, low resilience, and social isolation that many children face. We work with children in some of the most disadvantaged postcodes in the North East of Glasgow. We recruit and train around 50 volunteer mentors annually, most of whom are university students, who are paired one-to-one with children. Our character mentoring programmes help children to grow in confidence, understand their emotions, and manage their behaviour. This is known to result in improved health outcomes throughout their lives. Since its formation, WISE has grown steadily. In 2025-26, we are delivering weekly mentoring programmes across four partner primary schools in Glasgow, providing in-depth, intensive support to 60 children who attend one-to-one and group mentoring sessions every single week of term time. Alongside this, we run family days, holiday activities, graduate programmes for older children, and enrichment trips that extend wellbeing support beyond the school setting and into the wider community.
We also work in areas with very linguistically and culturally diverse communities. In order to make our work more accessible to the people we work we are also working on translating out work into over 25 languages.