# Community Capacity & Resilience Fund

My role at SCVO is to manage the [Community Capacity and Resilience Fund (CCRF),](http://www.scvo.scot/running-your-organisation/funding/capacity-resilience-fund/)  from the application process and payments, to the ongoing support for participating organisations. I recently attended an event involving various organisations currently benefiting from the fund, which was a sort of mid-way point review - an opportunity for those involved to come together and showcase the work they have done so far. Organisations in attendance were those involved in delivering a range of projects and activities all aimed at mitigating the impact of welfare reform. These included financial management support, healthy cooking on a budget, provision of meals to children during school holidays, volunteer training, food growing and an innovative energy saving food heater. The interactive day was spent with those present working together to share experiences of how their projects were going, discussing any issues that had arisen and how they overcame them,sharing ideas and telling their stories. Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, Angela Constance also joined attendees for the final session and heard feedback from Sovereign Credit Union and The Maxwellton Information Centre on their projects, including what they have learned through delivering their projects and what they felt will enable success across Scotland. On 22 February 2017, the Scottish Government announced £1.9 million of new funding to help local third sector groups and organisations across Scotland tackle poverty and mitigate against UK government welfare changes, which will see SCVO opening up a new round of funding in autumn 2017. It was a truly inspiring day, listening to all in attendance talk with such enthusiasm and passion about their work and hearing first hand the impact they are making to the people in their communities.Feedback was incredibly encouraging, with many attendees stating that the input from others helped them see a different perspective and approach, that they were able to make positive links with others and that they felt less alone in the challenges they have faced. The Scottish Government have created a great clip of the day too, which you can watch here:

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## About SCVO

SCVO (Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations) is the national membership organisation for Scotland's voluntary sector.

Our role is to champion the role of voluntary organisations in Scotland and to support them to do work that has a positive impact.

SCVO supports members and the wider voluntary sector with all aspects of setting up and running a voluntary organisation. SCVO represents the needs and concerns of the voluntary sector to the Scottish government in Holyrood and UK government and Westminster. Through our learning and events programme SCVO offers training and development opportunities to the sector.

Members access an extensive membership benefits package including specialist, in-depth, 1-to-1 guidance from our Information Services team and from professional service partners.

Access to exclusive membership networks (including comms, employers, governance and policy) supports members to grow their connections, stay up to date, exchange ideas and views with peers, and learn through tailored learning opportunities.

SCVO members enjoy free access to Funding Scotland Premium to stay on top of funding opportunities to support their organisation’s financial resilience.

Discounts and savings on SCVO products and services (including our HR service, managed IT support, payroll service and events and training) and partner offers provide members with support to allow them to focus on delivering their organisation’s goals. Further SCVO products and services include [extensive digital support](https://scvo.scot/support/digital), a climate action resource [Growing Climate Confidence](https://climateconfident.scot), a voluntary sector publication [Third Force News](https://tfn.scot) and a voluntary sector jobs and recruitment service [Goodmoves](https://goodmoves.org).

For more information on SCVO membership, visit [SCVO membership](https://scvo.scot/membership)