The Community Capacity and Resilience Fund from the Scottish Government aims to support local, community-based organisations with small grants of up to £8,000 to deliver activities that help people mitigate the impact of welfare reform. This round of funding has launched with the coronavirus pandemic as a backdrop and applications will therefore need to develop approaches …
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Volunteering Support Fund 2021-2024
The Scottish Government has just launched a new round of funding to help third sector organisations recruit volunteers who may be particularly disadvantaged. The fund is open until the 27th August. More information is available on the Impact Funding Partners website
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Area of Work: Funding
The Broken Plate 2021
The Food Foundation’s report on the state of the nation’s food system finds that healthier foods are three times more expensive (calorie for calorie) compared with less healthier foods. It also finds that children from lower income households are more likely to be obese than those from higher income households. The full Broken Plate report …
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The Case for Local Food
This new report on building better food systems to benefit society and nature, from Sustain and the RSPB, has found that a shift of 10% of retail market share for sustainable, local food businesses could create an additional 200,000 jobs, support a green economic recovery and restore nature. Find out more and download the report on …
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National Food Strategy: the Plan
Following on from the publication of the Part One of the National Food Strategy, a Government-commissioned independent review of the food system, in July 2020, the new report, National Food Strategy: the Plan, contains recommendations to address the major issues facing the food system across England and the UK: climate change, biodiversity loss, land use, …
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Launch of Glasgow City Food Plan
Glasgow City Food Plan was launched at an online event today. The ten year Plan has been developed by a team comprising Glasgow Food Policy Partnership, Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Glasgow Community Food Network. Over the last two years, the …
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Henry Duncan Grants
This year’s Henry Duncan Grants from the Corra Foundation will fund community-based support for mental health and wellbeing. More information and details of how to apply on the Corra Foundation website.
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Catalyst Fund
Delivered by Firstport, the Catalyst Fund offers loans through a flexible, revenue-based repayment model. The fund is open all year round for social enterprises looking for social investment of over £50,000 to help them start and grow their business. Details of eligibility and how to submit an expression of interest are available on the Firstport website.
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How has Lanarkshire Community Food and Health Partnership supported a ‘cash first’ response to food insecurity?
In this blog post, Gordon Thomson, Manager for Lanarkshire Community Food and Health Partnership (LCFHP), tells us how LCFHP got involved in the ‘cash first’ approach in North Lanarkshire several years ago, and how this approach supported people during the pandemic. LCFHP has run community food activities such as community fruit and veg retail, cooking …
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Enabling Neighbourhoods and Communities Fund
The Enabling Neighbourhoods and Communities Fund has reopened for applications with refreshed criteria. The Enabling Neighbourhoods and Communities Fund is a £1 million Scottish Government fund administered by Corra Foundation. Over £600,000 has been distributed in phase one (February – May 2021). The next phase, commencing 1st July, will support groups to access the remaining funds. …