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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 National Fund for Acquisitions Special Funding Scheme helps museums which are struggling to raise match funding for acquisitions. It helps to raise match funding to make an application to the National Fund for Aquisitions.The scheme operates alongside NFA’s normal funding programme which will continue to consider applications for up to 50% of total purchase price for applicants who can raise match funding from their own or other funding sources.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0R3z00000M6cnGEAR/national-museums-of-scotland-nfa-special-funding-scheme

The Scottish Government is awarding this grant to establish a single nationalpartnership of voluntary sector organisations to provide throughcare support to people, across Scotland, leaving prison after a short prison sentence or a period on remand.The support the partnership provides should be available to anyone leaving prison, whether after a short term prison sentence or a period being held on remand, and should be available across all of Scotland.The support provided by the partnership must be person-centred and needs led – this includes flexibility to provide different kinds of support at different times as needs arise and change in the weeks and months following release.Full guidance is available via the Community Justice Scotland website.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0RP1000003nMQfMAM/voluntary-throughcare-grant-fund

Creative Lives Awards

Currently Closed
Creative Lives Awards celebrate the creative groups that enhance people's lives in villages, towns, and cities across the UK and Ireland. The Awards recognise engagement, partnership, innovation and creative development across voluntary and community-led projects and groups.They cover the period from 1 April 2023 - 31 March 2024 and groups might take part in singing, dancing, painting, crafting, performing, playing music, or any other creative activity.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0Rb00000096jcLEAQ/creative-lives-awards

Fife Council’s Community Youth Work Grants Scheme offers assistance through three schemes:- Youth Work Project Grant: supports new and innovative pieces of work with young people aged 12-21- International Youth Experience Grant: supports youth work with an international focus for young people aged 16-25- Youth Work Volunteering Training Grant: assists and encourages volunteers over 16 into trainingEach scheme has slightly different criteria - check the Council website for full details.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0Rb0000003ifxsEAA/fife-council-youth-work-grants

Environment and the Economy: Helping Scotland to Flourish

New discussion paper making a strong plea for a national consensus on a new goal of government, with,preoccupation with economic growth distorts priorities, the paper calls for a shift of emphasis in government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/environment-and-the-economy-helping-scotland-to-flourish

The future of funding for Equality and Human Rights

The UK government has committed to replacing these funds with a ‘UK Shared Prosperity Fund’ after Brexit,that evidence from the broadest range of individuals and regions across GB will be valuable as the government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-future-of-funding-for-equality-and-human-rights

Evaluation of the Sex Offender Community Disclosure Pilot

In parallel to these developments, the Scottish Government decided to pilot a similar disclosure scheme,presents the findings of an independent evaluation of the pilot conducted on behalf of the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/evaluation-of-the-sex-offender-community-disclosure-pilot

Tackling Multiple Deprivation in Communities: Considering the Evidence

Services and the Regeneration Division within the Housing and Regeneration Directorate of the Scottish Government,relevant published and unpublished research commissioned by Communities Scotland and the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/tackling-multiple-deprivation-in-communities-considering-the-evidence

The Enabling State:From Rhetoric to Reality

CASE STUDIES As economic, demographic and environmental challenges mount, governments are under increasing,Carnegie UK Trust is arguing that in these challenging times it is more pressing than ever for governments

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-enabling-statefrom-rhetoric-to-reality

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