This event from CEIS will be of interest to third sector organisations wanting to move from grants to public sector contracts. Join this webinar to learn how to find contract opportunities, boost your chances of receiving invitations to quote for contracts under £50,000, and set up regular email updates on new opportunities. 2 April 2025 12 …
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Public Sector Tendering: practical steps for Third Sector organisations
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Help to grow food
Help@ is a free advisory service from Get Growing Scotland for anyone looking to start or grow more food with others in their community. Offering specialist and technical advice, the service understands, enables, and can accelerate vital work that is taking root in communities across Scotland. More information on the Get Growing Scotland website
Community wealth building bill
Community wealth building is an approach to economic development. It focuses on ensuring that economic wealth is generated, circulated and retained in local communities. The Bill, as introduced by the Scottish Government on 20 March 2025, would instruct Ministers to publish a community wealth building statement. This would set out the measures they intend to …
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Writing a Good Food Nation Plan: a brief guide for relevant authorities
The Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 places a duty on Scottish Ministers and relevant authorities to produce Good Food Nation plans. This guide from the Scottish Government is intended to give an overview of the steps that relevant authorities should follow when writing these plans. The guidance is available on the Scottish Government website.
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CFHS e-bulletin March 2025
Our latest e-bulletin features information about our forthcoming webinar, Showcasing the Importance of the Community Food Sector, as well as news and events and information on topics such as food insecurity, Government policy, funding and training opportunities, food growing and more. You can view the March e-bulletin here.
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Area of Work: Information provision
CFHS e-bulletin February 2025
Our latest e-bulletin features information about, and a link to, our user insight survey, as well as news about the latest webinars and reports on topics such as healthy weight, climate challenge, food growing, food costs and more. You can view the February e-bulletin here.
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Area of Work: Information provision
Area-specific funding opportunities
The Glasgow Communities Fund provides 3-year funding to community and third sector organisations to deliver a diverse range of projects at a city-wide and local level. Applications are now open for 2026-2029. More information and details of how to apply on the Glasgow City Council website. Vacant and Derelict Land (VDL) Fund Glasgow City Council has …
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Ethnic minority development fund
The Ethnic Minority Development Fund (EMDF) has been developed in partnership between CEMVO Scotland and The National Lottery Community Fund. The EMDF is available to any ethnic minority-led third-sector organisations in Scotland that meet the funding criteria. More information on the CEMVO website.
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Community spaces grants
This new programme from the Robertson Trust will provide revenue funding of between £5,000 and £20,000 per year, for up to 3 years, to support the costs of community centres, hubs and anchor organisations that are delivering and/or hosting a range of services and activities to meet the needs of their community. More information and …
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Our Right to Food: Pakistani households in Scotland
Join Nourish for this in-person event to share what has been learned about monitoring the right to food for households belonging to this major food culture in Scotland. 2 April 2025 5.30 pm – 8 pm Strathclyde Students Union, Glasgow More information and registration on the eventbrite website.