SCDC is offering help to community organisations involved in community-led action planning and strengthening community engagement. The support provided as part of its Supporting Communities programme will help you to: Strengthen your community engagement, in particular with those whose voices are least heard; design, deliver or update community-led action planning in your area; ensure your …
Other opportunities
Community meals procurement opportunity
Community Meals are the subject of a major procurement opportunity. Details available on the public sector contracts website. Partnership for Procurement (P4P) and Senscot are good sources of help if you are interested but unfamiliar with the process.
Community Wellbeing Action Research
The Community Wellbeing Action Research (programme) from the Robertson Trust will see up to 8 community organisations developing and delivering support and services alongside their community, which take a trauma informed approach to improving wellbeing, targeted on the needs of families and children aged 0-12. An initial 6-12-month period of learning and support will give …
Dignity in Practice- Nourish is recruiting participants!
The Dignity in Practice programme, delivered by Nourish Scotland and the Poverty Truth Commission, begins again this autumn. More details and application forms for this practice development programme for community groups interested in promoting and enhancing dignity in responses to food insecurity are available from the Nourish website.
Good Food Nation engagement – Kitchen Table Talks
The Scottish Food Coalition is inviting people from across Scotland to get together for Kitchen Table Talks to discuss the future of food in Scotland. The Scottish Government will soon introduce a ‘Good Food Nation Bill’ and this legislation is a chance for everyone to shape Scotland’s food system. The purpose of the Kitchen Table Talks is …
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) IMPACT Awards 2018 Open to Applications
The IMPACT Awards are an annual scheme, funded by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as part of the company’s commitment to promoting community health and wellbeing. The Awards are organised and managed in partnership with the King’s Fund, a leading independent health charity working to improve health and social care. The Awards recognise and reward small to medium-sized …
Would you like to host an MSP at your garden?
Working to improve the laws and policies that affect community growing is an important element of the work of the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens, who are looking to coordinate visits by MSPs to community gardens over the next few months. This is an opportunity to engage with MSPs and highlight the impact …
Pilot areas named for new food insecurity project in Scotland
The three areas in which a unique project will pilot new preventative and rights-based approaches to cut the number of people turning to food banks will be announced tonight at an event at the Scottish Parliament. The project – called ‘A Menu for Change: Cash, Rights, Food’ – is a partnership between Oxfam Scotland, Child …
Calling all community cafes …
Positively Scottish, a social enterprise-run online magazine dedicated to telling positive stories about ordinary Scots, would like to promote community cafes on their website. Get in touch with ps@positivelyscottish.scot if you would like to be included.
Eat Well Age Well Evaluation – invitation to tender
The Eat Well Age Well project, which focuses on preventing, detecting and treating malnutrition and dehydration in older adults living at home in Scotland, is currently seeking expressions of interest in the evaluation of this Eat Well Age Well initiative. More information about the brief and how to submit an expression of interest can be …