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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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Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund

Currently Closed
The Fund’s aim is to support communities, enabling them to create the conditions for good mental health and wellbeing at a population level whilst ensuring access to a range of support to match their needs. Funds are being distributed in each local area by Third Sector Interfaces. For more details on criteria and application processes can be found by contacting your local TSI.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0R3z00000M7GF0EAN/communities-mental-health-and-wellbeing-fund

Moray Federation of Community Halls & Associations

  • Membership number 382

https://scvo.scot/membership/members/382/moray-federation-of-community-halls-associations

Fife Council launch workforce digital skills support network

Siobhan Mercer
6 June 2023
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additional reading on this topic is our report on Supporting workforce digital skills in local government

https://scvo.scot/p/60127/2023/06/06/fife-council-launch-workforce-digital-skills-support-network

Changing the Chemistry

  • Membership number 5027
  • Charity registered in Scotland SC045519

https://scvo.scot/membership/members/5027/changing-the-chemistry

SURF Awards

Currently Closed
SURF’s annual awards process is delivered in partnership with the Scottish Government. It is open to all community regeneration projects in Scotland that are currently in place or that have been completed within two years of the closing date. The purpose of the SURF Awards is:- To recognise and reward best practice and innovation in community regeneration;- To promote and disseminate best practice across Scotland as means of sharing knowledge and experience, and thereby enhancing future policy and practice;- To highlight the role that regeneration projects have in improving the wellbeing of individuals and communities.2022 categories are:- Supporting Youth Employability- Creative Regeneration- Community Led Regeneration- Housing & Regeneration- Improving Scotland's Places

https://funding.scot/funds/a0R3z00000LsCtdEAF/surf-awards

Scottish Forestry - Community Fund

Currently Closed
The fund aims to support community groups and organisations that are encouraging and facilitating greater use of woods by people to derive health, well-being and community benefits.Eligible activities include include activities associated with woodland-based:- school care clubs and play schemes- schemes that promote physical activity such as walking, safe routes to school, natural play and adventure play- volunteer group establishment and the induction of volunteers- volunteering facilitation focused on skills training, health improvement and community development- projects promoting GaelicThe fund can support activities such as:- providing resources to involve communities in the decision making process of managing their local woodland- costs incurred by community bodies (such as valuation costs) when developing Community Asset Transfer Scheme applications – funding will not normally cover legal fees- developing materials (in appropriate languages e.g. English, Scots, Gaelic, Polish, Urdu etc.) that promote the health and well-being benefits of using woodlands

https://funding.scot/funds/a0Rb0000003hvOyEAI/scottish-forestry-community-fund

Spring Statement Briefing from SCVO and Volunteer Scotland

Sheghley Ogilvie
13 March 2023
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in line with inflation and a longer-term funding settlement for local and devolved governments.,to: Work with the Scottish government to find a sustainable solution to protect the sector from current,Inflation-based uplifts to Scottish Government funding, and UK level grants and contracts would offer,Levelling-up The UK Government’s funding for levelling up reached £2.08 billion in Scotland in 2022,,The UK Government should recognise and support these benefits by offering certainty.

https://scvo.scot/p/58267/2023/03/13/spring-statement-briefing-from-scvo-and-volunteer-scotland

Security Industry Authority - grant for good causes

Currently Closed
Through the grant for good causes fund, the Security Industry Authority distributes money they have received through proceeds of crime confiscation orders and give this money to registered charities and community interest companies in the UK.Funding to support:- people working, or intending to work, in the UK private security industry- the UK private security industry as a whole- public protection in the UK (for example, by preventing terrorism and crime, or protecting vulnerable people and communities)

https://funding.scot/funds/a0RP1000006zejRMAQ/security-industry-authority-grant-for-good-causes

Community, Capacity and Resilience Fund

Currently Closed
The fund is provided by Scottish Government and managed by SCVO. The main objective of the fund is to provide up to 2 years funding to community-based voluntary organisations enabling them to:• Pilot small innovative and creative projects, increasing capacity to deliver core services tackling poverty and social inequality.• Use the funding to scale up pilot projects to attract more risk-averse grant funding to sustain the work going forward.• Encouraging applications for up to £8,000 per annum for 2 years.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0R3z00000OjQQLEA3/community-capacity-and-resilience-fund

SCVO response to FoI Reform Bill consultation (Katy Clark MSP)

Paul Bradley
13 March 2023
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The Scottish Government already holds powers to extend FoI, which, when used, are shown to work effectively,In most cases, we can achieve continuity in rights under FoI law by developing existing governance and,is impossible through existing governance and processes.,SCVO supports this legislation and is seeking the government to go further.,rights is impossible through existing governance and processes.

https://scvo.scot/p/58166/2023/03/13/scvo-response-to-foi-reform-bill-consultation

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2025. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.