CHEX’s Healthy Influences 2015 research report follows up on a 2012 report which explored how much influence community-led health organisations felt they had in decision making structures. The new report finds that, despite a lot of promising policy developments, there hasn’t yet been any real improvement in how influential community-led health organisations feel within these …
Author archives: Alice Baird
ASDA Carrier Bag Community Grants – Foundation Scotland
Asda has committed all proceeds from the sale of the 5p single-use carrier bags across their 62 stores in Scotland to charitable causes. The Asda Carrier Bag Community Grants will provide up to £2000 to help projects and good causes in their local communities. More information is available from www.foundationscotland.org.uk/programmes/asda/
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Area of Work: Funding
Voluntary Action Fund Scotland invites applications to volunteering support grant
Third sector organisations in Scotland can apply now for funding to create new or enhanced volunteering projects with the aim of increasing the diversity of volunteers during 2015/16. Full information is available on the VAF website
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Area of Work: Funding
Waste Recycling Environmental (WREN) launches a new community fund
WREN has recently launched a new community fund that has replaced its main grant and small grant schemes. Full information is available here Update: WREN is now FCC Communities Foundation
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Area of Work: Funding
Knowing me, knowing you 2: a learning exchange between national and local organisations
Are you a civil servant, Scottish Government secondee or an employee of a national organisation? Or are you working in a community or voluntary sector organisation and would like to better understand how your statutory sector colleagues work? If the answer is yes, this event could be for you. Community Health Exchange (CHEX), Community Food and …
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Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Advancing Participatory Budgeting in Scotland: new learning event report now available
A new report is available that should be relevant to anyone interested or involved in participatory budgeting – an internationally recognised way for local people to have a direct say in how, and where, public funds can be used to address local requirements. Advancing Participatory Budgeting in Scotland presents the findings of a participatory budgeting …
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Setting the Table: giving children the best nutritional start in life
With support from its partners, NHS Health Scotland has revised ‘Setting the Table’, its nutritional guidance and food standards for early years childcare providers in Scotland. Setting the Table is an update of the ‘Nutritional Guidance for the Early Years: Food Choices Aged 1-5 years in Early Education and Childcare Settings’ produced in 2006 and …
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Postcode Community Trust community grants programme
Postcode Community Trust was established in 2014 to provide financial support to charities and community groups that support environmental protection, community development, engagement in sport, advancement of health, promotion of human rights and prevention of poverty. On 5 January 2015 Postcode Community Trust launched a Community Grants programme, where charities will be able to apply …
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Area of Work: Funding
Eat Better Feel Better Campaign
Public Health Minister, Maureen Watt, was in Edinburgh today to launch the Eat Better Feel Better campaign at Pilton Community Health Project – the first community health project in Scotland – which supports local people to eat more healthily through cooking skills, budgeting and meal planning. Eat Better Feel Better will be working alongside supermarkets …
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Volunteer Director opportunities at the Food Train
The Food Train is currently recruiting for Volunteer Directors in the areas of financial management, business growth and development, and third sector marketing and fundraising. More information can be found at www.thefoodtrain.co.uk/volunteer-directors