Connect (formerly SPTC)

At Connect (formerly Scottish Parent Teacher Council), we strive to make parental involvement in Scottish education as good as it can be. We do this by working with parents and educators. We provide information, advice and training, all focused on parental engagement in children's learning.

At Connect, we strive to make parental involvement in education as good as it can be. We do this by working with our Members, parents and education partners and by delivering a range of training schemes and projects. Read our Manifesto which sets out our priorities here.

We are an independent charity funded by membership. We do not receive any local authority or government grant funding. We are pleased to work with partners on specific projects that support parental engagement in education and that deliver results for children and young people.

Our Members are a mixture of Parent Councils, Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) and other parent groups who pay for membership or have membership paid for them by their local authority. We are also now accepting parents, educators and students as individual Members. We offer four levels of membership for Parent Councils and PTAs and two levels for parent groups/clubs.

Being a Member of Connect has a wide range of benefits. You can find out more about membership here.

Connect is led by a Board of Directors and has a small team of staff - some are based in our Edinburgh office, others work with parents and carers around Scotland.

Sign up for our eNewsletters at https://connect.scot/news/newsletter-subscription and Parents' Voice survey group at https://connect.scot/parent/parents-voice. Find out about our Members' Training and Information sessions at https://www.eventbrite.com/o/connect-formerly-sptc-7873313081 . Connect is a trading name of Scottish Parent Teacher Council. Scottish Parent Teacher Council is a Company Limited by Guarantee No SC151086 and a registered Scottish charity SC019168.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/connect-formerly-sptc.