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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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The Fund aims to promote community spirit and bring people together; enhance quality of life and promote people’s well-being; and foster vibrant sustainable communities. It seeks to do this by awarding funding for projects or activities that contribute to the following priorities: - foster social networks & activities that support older people in the community - assist young people to maximise their potential and improve their life chances - promote better relationships between different generations - encourage healthy lifestyles and good mental health - support the development and use of new community assets, and maintain and enhance existing ones - address the effects of rural isolation, improving access to services and improving transport - support skills development and non-profit making initiatives that will nurture a thriving and diverse local economy - minimises environmental impacts and reduces ‘carbon footprint’ - strengthen the ability of local people and groups to continue to meet their own needs and make a difference within their communities.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0Rb0000005h9o9EAA/sse-strathy-north-joint-community-fund

Trustees' Week 2023 - there's so much going on!

Connell will cover Practical governance problems and how to solve them For any trustees that run village,and community halls, you won’t want to miss the launch of a great new practical resource from the Development

https://scvo.scot/p/84489/2023/10/24/trustees-week-2023-theres-so-much-going-on

Epic Awards finalists revealed

Scotland's top cultural projects for 2020 have been revealed

https://tfn.scot/news/epic-awards-finalists-revealed

Charities fear unsustainable running costs as energy support scheme ends

Organisations with premises face a running cost crisis as support ends

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-fear-unsustainable-running-costs-as-energy-support-scheme-ends

Glasgow's Holiday Programme aims to enable community organisations to provide nutritious food to children/young people using their services during school holiday periods. The Programme is for children/young people 0-18 years of age.They will fund:- Food costs- Ancillary costs (utility costs, cutlery, chef costs)- Sessional staff costs- Volunteer costs- Venue costs- Activity costs- Transport costs- Entry costs (for day trips)- Management Fee costsYou are encouraged to consider how sustainable delivery can be reflected in your programme.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0RP1000003nhV7MAI/glasgow-city-council-glasgow-s-holiday-programme

BCBN’s Grant Initiative aims to provide small third-sector grant awards to empower charities and local community projects. This initiative will distribute a one-off grant award of up to £3,000 per charity or to small but credible community projects, which are able to demonstrate their positive impact on the communities they aim to serve. Any projects supported must be UK based (excluding Northern Ireland); address a community issue or support a local community initiative; and provide benefits to the local community.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0RP1000006g4WnMAI/better-community-business-network-grant-initiative

The Aberdeenshire Community Resilience Fund is for community or resilience groups seeking funding to support community resilience.Funding can be used for anything that supports individual or community resilience in an emergency. They welcome innovative and novel approaches to improving resilience. This might be for new groups that might need equipment or resources to start up their resilience activities; or existing groups with ongoing costs or needing to replace out of date equipment for example: Generator costs, First Aid kits, Training, Work to enable power resilience, Torches, batteries, blankets, etc.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0R3z00000M6LKVEA3/aberdeenshire-council-community-resilience-fund-equipment-and-maintenance-grant

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