A group providing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) education in Scottish schools has received almost £400,000 in government funding.
The latest accounts for Glasgow-based Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) show it received the six-figure sum in three grants from 2020 to 2022.
The registered charity—which faced closure in 2019 according to the BBC—provides services and teaching resources to both primary and secondary schools across the country.
The group also runs the government’s main national platform—lgbteducation.scot—which supports teachers tackling “prejudice through education.”
The funding boost saw the group’s total income soar from just £8,000 to £409,000 within two years.
In 2021, Scotland became the first country in the world to have LGBT education embedded in the curriculum, with TIE becoming the main educational provider….