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Falkirk Council - School Holiday Food & Activities Fund
The aim of the fund is to support local organisations deliver activities and food to children and young people from low-income families across Falkirk during the Summer school holiday.The funding for the 2025 Summer School Holiday Food and Activities Fund targets school-aged children and young people, with a particular emphasis on those who are likely to face disadvantages due to ongoing poverty. The priority groups identified by Fairer Falkirk's analysis of national and local data include:- School-aged children (5 - 14)- Young people (14 - 19)- Large families (3 + Children)- Lone parents- Care Experienced Young People- Kinship Care Families- Priority areasProjects must have activities that cover a minimum number of 5 days throughout the Summer holiday. The available school holiday funds are Summer 2025 (up to £2,000), Autumn 2025 and Easter 2026 (up to £500). You can apply for one or two.
https://funding.scot/funds/a0R3z00000HnLGZEA3/falkirk-council-school-holiday-food-activities-fund
Armed Forces Families Fund - Early Years programme
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
Measuring Scotland’s Performance as a Leading Fair Work Nation
dropping, on the disability employment gap where more progress is needed to meet the Scottish Government’s,Beyond the data, the report recognises the significant work undertaken by the Scottish Government and,The Government’s Fair Work First approach means that fair work conditionality has been applied to more
How is COVID-19 affecting small UK charities working in international development? (June 2020)
Only 4% have been eligible for Government related funding. 68% have received no support from the UK Government,Without additional funding, from the UK Government or elsewhere, nearly half (45%) will need to shut
How social security can deliver for disabled people in Scotland (April 2021)
In particular, it looks at how the Scottish Government and Social Security Scotland can look to maximise,It finds that while the Scottish Government and Social Security Scotland’s approach, which is rightly,Findings To ensure our social security system works better for disabled people, the next Scottish Government
Volunteer Scotland
- Membership number 290
- Charity registered in Scotland SC013740
Building Scotland's Green Recovery (June 2020)
their vision for a Green Recovery from the COVID-19 crisis with a call for the Scottish and UK governments,Growth Leadership Group, which brings leaders and experts from business, industry, academia, local government,Better public procurement approaches by government, local authorities and public agencies to invest more
https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/building-scotlands-green-recovery-june-2020
Lonely and left behind: Tackling loneliness at a time of crisis. (October 2020)
Governments across the four nations should launch a plan to tackle loneliness this winter.,This should build on the best practice identified through the UK government's first plan to tackle loneliness,Governments should ensure those most at risk of loneliness are able to access the mental health and emotional,Governments should support local places to create and deliver multi-disciplinary recovery plans to tackle
Perspectives on Early Years Services: Qualitative Research with Service Users
The Scottish Government commissioned GEN and Illuminate (specialist 'drama in education' practitioners,development of the Early Years Framework which was launched in December 2008 and which the Scottish Government
Green finance, land reform and a just transition to net zero - a discussion paper
fiscal measures on the land market and identifies a suite of interventions by which the Scottish Government,use, ensuring that any future fiscal measures are fully aligned to delivering the full range of Government