In 2017 a large amount of school and trustee effort was directed towards liaising with officials from the Ministry of Education and various local…
In 2017 a large amount of school and trustee effort was directed towards liaising with officials from the Ministry of Education and various local…
Meet the Uphill Marathon Runners 2017! The Stirling Scottish Marathon, being held for the very first time in May 2017 and pretty much on…
Catriona Laird, Scottish illustrator and comic artist, has written and illustrated a lovely book called Patience Goes Uphill. Catriona is Liddy’s daughter and has been…
Another in our series of posts about the children being helped by the Pupil Support Fund: L has four brothers and one sister and…
When the Uphill Trust came into being, Uphill Junior School comprised a wooden building on a rented site in the centre of Iruhuura Trading…
Blog post by Liddy Laird I’m sure many of us had an inspirational teacher during our days at school or university. These teachers made…
North of Scotland junior tennis players Katie, Katie, Rosie and Niamh, along with their coach Steven Birrell, organised MUDDY MAYHEM – a sponsored assault…
During the first part of 2016, when the McNabb Classroom Block was under construction, it became clear that a good quality security fence was…
Trustee Liddy and her husband Calum undertook the 48 Hour Fence Loupers – sponsored endurance motorcycle event – around Scotland on the weekend of…
Whenever we visit Uphill Junior School we spend time observing classes at all levels of the school. Lessons are delivered in english, the current…
Uphill Junior School is located in the village of Iruhuura, in the crater lake hills 35km south of the town of Fort Portal in western Uganda…
The first in our series of posts about some of the children being supported in school by the Pupil Support Fund: We first met…
How it Began’ – the backstory for The Uphill Trust – was written by Uphill Trust Chairman Max for the Dollar Academy school magazine,…
