Independent Age is offering funding for small organisations across the UK working with older people hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Four rounds of funding of £500,000 will be made …
Author archives: Alice Baird
Independent Age Grants Fund
Posted in CFHS updates, Covid-19, Funding news
Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
CFHS guest blog: How have community organisations adapted to Covid-19? EATS Rosyth
EATS Rosyth tells us how they have adapted to the lock-down and what they have learnt about joined up working in the process In this blog post, Karen Dorrat tells …
Posted in CFHS Blog, Covid-19
Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
Supporting communities safely
A new resource has been released to support community organisations to carry out their vital work safely during the Covid-19 outbreak. The online resource, developed by Scottish Community Development Centre …
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COVID-19 May e-bulletin
Our latest COVID-19 e-bulletin is now available, giving you information on how community food initiatives are coping in lock-down, news about research and advocacy and any challenges and concerns, as …
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Areas of Work: Covid-19 information and resources, Information provision
COVID-19 funding update
Our colleagues at GCVS have produced a very useful special bulletin, focussed on funding available to charities and community organisations developing responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. GCVS also run regular …
Posted in Covid-19, Funding news, News
Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
CFHS blog:Have our eating and cooking habits changed since the Covid 19 lock-down? And how has the Fife Cook Well, Live Well cooking project adapted?
Prior to the lock-down, a wide range of cooking groups were run across Scotland. Unfortunately, these had to stop, and some organisations have been busy posting recipes, tips and ideas …
Posted in CFHS Blog, Covid-19
Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
Social enterprise and community cafe activity
This new briefing paper from Senscot aims to establish the core purposes these activities serve and gain insight into how community cafe activity is resourced, particularly with regards to the …
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Principles for Community Empowerment
This new publication from Audit Scotland aims to raise awareness of community empowerment and promote a shared understanding across scrutiny bodies to support high-quality scrutiny of community empowerment. Available to …
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Food Power webinars – support during Covid-19
Food Power and Sustainable Food Places (SFP) are jointly hosting weekly online forums for food alliance coordinators to connect and share with each other, hear national updates on food-related issues, and feedback their experiences …