Tiny Changes is Scotland’s first national young people’s mental health charity. We run projects with young leaders that help young minds feel better. The charity was set up originally by the family of Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison, who took his own life in 2018. Tiny Changes is now run by a diverse team of staff and volunteers, each with their own story and personal connection to this important cause.

We believe that Scotland’s young people deserve great mental health, and we believe in their insight and innovation to make this possible. We exist to nurture the talent of young people to find solutions that work for them.

We work with young leaders to run Tiny Changes peer-led mental health projects in their communities. Our two goals are to invest £1 million in young people’s mental health and to support 10,000 children and young people by the end of 2026. 

Between 2020 and 2024 we were grantmaking. We funded 70 innovative mental health ideas; with lots of young people leading change with our financial support. We decided to take our work further than investing just money and we now have 5 project leaders on our team, all under 30, who each run a mental health project. Our current work supports children and young people in primary school, Uni and others through film, podcast and henna art.