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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 Early Years programme is designed to help Armed Forces families access good quality early childhood education and childcare provision close to where they live or serve.It will address barriers that service families may experience in accessing good quality childcare for their preschool aged children and will support projects lasting up to two years that can meet one of the four outcomes.Your project must clearly benefit Armed Forces families with a child under 5 by enhancing their access to high quality childcare and will need to contribute towards at least one of these outcomes.- Expanded capacity in early years settings, allowing more service children to attend.- Enhanced learning environments that better support the educational development of service children.- Improved staff skills and knowledge through targeted training and professional development.- Establishing collaborative networks and shared resources through clusters to effectively address the needs of service children.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0RP1000004V3vNMAS/armed-forces-families-fund-early-years-programme

The Argyll and the Islands Community Led Local Development (CLLD) Fund has been provided by the Scottish Government's CLLD programme. The delivery will be overseen by the Argyll and the Islands Local Action Group (LAG) and will be administered by Argyll and Bute Council as the Accountable Body. The principles of bottom up, partnership, integration, innovation, co-operation, networking, and area-based approaches will apply to the fund.Projects must demonstrate that activity will advance inclusion, equality, and diversity, and support one or more of the main fund priorities for 2024/25 which are: - Eradicating child poverty - Growing the economy- Tackling the climate emergency- Improving public services

https://funding.scot/funds/a0RP1000004cnILMAY/argyll-and-the-islands-community-led-local-development-fund

This Scottish Government funded programme was set up to support development of co-produced, person centred, self management activity across Scotland. Learning from people’s lived experience of living with long term conditions, and their unpaid carers, is at the heart of what the Fund is designed to achieve.The 2025 round continues the previous year’s focus on early intervention and is inviting application for work that aligns with one of the following priorities:1. Supporting people at an early stage in their journey with a long term condition, disability or unpaid caring responsibility, to develop their ability to self manage.2. Reducing barriers to accessing health and social care support and services, to enable self management for people living with long term conditions, disabilities and/or unpaid carers. 3. Developing the self management capacity of people living with long term conditions, and/or their unpaid carers, while they wait for a specialist health or social care intervention.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0Rb0000003i3BSEAY/the-self-management-fund

The Neighbourhood Support Fund will assist voluntary and community groups that are active within their communities and who are planning community based projects. Community groups are encouraged to think about how these funds can meet local need to strengthen communities and benefit the lives of people living in the Scottish Borders.The Fund operates in five Area Partnerships; Berwickshire, Cheviot, Eildon, Teviot and Liddesdale and Tweeddale.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0Rb0000003i1GREAY/scottish-borders-council-neighbourhood-support-fund

Large grants towards new builds and significant refurbishment, including extensions, of rental accommodation offering high quality support for Veterans with a housing need.They want to support projects that need help to refurbish or extend existing accommodation or build new accommodation to house Veterans. You can apply for this programme if your project will:- Enable major refurbishment of existing social rented or affordable rented homes for Veterans- Enable extensions of existing buildings to increase the availability of Veteran housing- Increase the number of new build, homes/housing units available to Veterans at affordable or social rents- Ensure properties meet decent homes and energy efficiency standardsA strong application will show how the project would meet the wider aims of the Veteran Capital Housing Fund. You will also need to show how your project will support Veterans at risk and how it will support longer-term change that will last beyond the life of your grant.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0RP1000001pNTRMA2/armed-forces-covenant-fund-trust-major-capital-grants-programme

Bedroom tax: Westminster warned against cutting benefits

Scottish Government seeks "cast iron" commitments from Westminster benefits won't be clawed back

https://tfn.scot/news/bedroom-tax-westminster-warned-against-cutting-benefits

Green charities slam government’s environmental rights action plan

The United Nations Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee has repeatedly found the UK to be in breach of the convention’s access to justice requirements.

https://tfn.scot/news/green-charities-slam-governments-environmental-rights-action-plan

Top-up child payment to address age discrimination, First Minister told

The 80 groups are supporting the End Young Parent Poverty: Top up the Scottish Child Payment campaign.

https://tfn.scot/news/top-up-child-payment-to-address-age-discrimination-first-minister-told

SNP told: don’t tell us how to raise our kids

Lesley Scott says named person legislation is dictatorial and authoritarian

https://tfn.scot/opinion/snp-told-dont-tell-us-how-to-raise-our-kids

Billion pound investment in Glasgow to create jobs and improve skills

​UK government and Scottish Government both commit £500 million to Scotland's largest city

https://tfn.scot/news/billion-pound-investment-in-glasgow-to-create-jobs-and-improve-skills

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