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The Super Power Agency is a literacy charity based in Edinburgh. Our mission is to help young people in Scotland write their story.

Our writing programmes allow young people to discover their confidence and imagination and in turn aim to increase literacy rates in Scotland.

Here are the numbers

Some fact and figures about the Super Power Agency...

5000

pupils engaged
since 2016
39

school partnerships
and growing
160

amazing
volunteers
49

books published and more to come!

News and Events

SPA & Scotland’s Year of Stories

Iain Banks starts The Crow Road with “it was the day my grandmother exploded” and J.M. Barrie’s opener to Peter Pan is “all children, except one, grow up.” It seems Scottish authors have a knack for drawing their readers in from ... Read More

Writing herself into our story – Isobel Wylie Hutchison

Virtual drum roll please … we’re delighted to announce that we’re the recipient of the 2021 Isobel Award (cue wild applause). Carlowrie Castle launched the eponymous award in 2019 to celebrate those who have faced challenges and not only met ... Read More

How to be an Author in Eight Words or Less

How many words does it take to tell a story? Four? Own less, live more. Ok, you might think this is more of a mantra than a story, but social media accounts are awash with such chants, designed to grab our ... Read More

Thank you to our donors

The Super Power Agency would like to thank the following organisations for their kind donations.

Doing cool stuff in Edinburgh schools since 2016

We can take your classroom to another dimension

Every penny grows into a new story

“I wanted my volunteering to make a BIG difference”

We help young people write their story