Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Inspiring Scotland - Neighbourhood Ecosystem Fund

Currently Closed

The Neighbourhood Ecosystem Fund seeks to inspire, encourage, and enable communities to explore and deliver ambitious ecosystem restoration projects locally. It also seeks to raise awareness about the importance of local ecosystem restoration and address barriers faced by community-led efforts. They are most interested in funding the development stages and successful organisations will also receive professional fundraising support to move their projects from development stage to delivery.Your project must focus on one (or more) parts of ecosystem restoration. These are:- Connecting nature corridors- Habitat and species restoration- Freshwater and wetland restoration- Coastal and marine initiatives- Control of invasive non-native species impacting on nature- Enhancing and connecting nature within villages, towns, or citiesThis Fund is supported by the Carman Family Foundation, the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund, which is managed by NatureScot, and others. Inspiring Scotland is administering this funding.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0RP1000004TScwMAG/inspiring-scotland-neighbourhood-ecosystem-fund

Falkirk Council - Rapid Rehousing and Prevention Fund

Currently Closed

Falkirk Council is inviting applications from third sector organisations for funding to deliver innovative, person-centered, and test of concept projects that prevent homelessness, promote rapid rehousing, and support tenancy sustainment across the Falkirk area. The fund will support trauma informed, innovative, practical, and person-centred projects that address the key challenges faced by people on low incomes at risk of homelessness, are homeless, moving on from temporary and supported accommodation to transition into permanent accommodation as smoothly and as quickly as possible. Ensuring that they are equipped with skills, tools and confidence to maintain tenancies, make a house a home and integrate into their local communities.Applicants may choose to deliver one or more of the following priority themes or propose their own ideas aligned to the Key Focus Areas:- Move-On Garden Support Project - Move-On Decorating Support Project - Small Goods to Make a House a Home Project - Youth Homelessness Prevention Project The funding will cover activity from 1 February 2026 to 31 January 2027.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0RP1000007wgqrMAA/falkirk-council-rapid-rehousing-and-prevention-fund

Pan Disability Football League Scotland

Membership number 7986
Charity registered in Scotland SC051343

https://scvo.scot/membership/members/7986/pan-disability-football-league-scotland

Social Change in Scottish Fishing Communities: a Brief Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography

The Scottish Government commissioned this lierature review in order to gain a better understanding of,internet research using general search engines (www.google.com) as well as those of the Scottish Government,, other Government and voluntary sector sites, and research organisations such as the UN Food and Agriculture

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/social-change-in-scottish-fishing-communities-a-brief-literature-review-and-annotated-bibliography

UK's commitment to open government called into question

NEWS 4 March 2021 by Gareth Jones

Environment & International

The UK joins a list of nine countries that have been censured by the body in the past, including Bulgaria, Malawi, Malta and South Africa

https://tfn.scot/news/uks-commitment-to-open-government-called-into-question

Top tips and support for Trustees

Fiona Gillespie

16 November 2022

Posted in

Support & learning
Governance

on ‘The Trustee Journey’, there was a focus on the dual importance of both legal and practical governance

https://scvo.scot/p/55561/2022/11/16/top-tips-and-support-for-trustees

Lonely Citizens: Report of the Working Party on Active Citizenship

This report focuses on active citizenship as civic participation in politics and governance rather than,citizens play an indispensable role in holding power to account and ensuring that public services and government,As citizens, we should play an active part in governance at some point in our lives, but only where our,Government and non-governmental public agencies should view active citizens as their life blood.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/lonely-citizens-report-of-the-working-party-on-active-citizenship

Developing the Equality Measurement Framework: selecting the indicators

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been working with the Government Equalities Office,(GEO), the Scottish Government, the Welsh Assembly Government, the Office for National Statistics (ONS,It will also provide data that may help Government and other public bodies prioritise their activities

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/developing-the-equality-measurement-framework-selecting-the-indicators

On Target for 2030? An independent snapshot review of Scotland’s progress against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) as host of the SDG Network Scotland – without any government,Compiled to coincide with the publication of the UK Government and Scottish Government reviews, the snapshot

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/on-target-for-2030-an-independent-snapshot-review-of-scotlands-progress-against-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goals

The Evidence Base for Third Sector Policy in Scotland: A Review of Selected Recent Literature

review the research evidence and assess the current contribution of the third sector to the Scottish Government,research evidence on the third sector in Scotland and identify how it contributes to the Scottish Government,where evidence suggests that the third sector is having an impact, but where it is not aligned to government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-evidence-base-for-third-sector-policy-in-scotland-a-review-of-selected-recent-literature

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