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Independent Age Grants Fund

Posted: May 27, 2020

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 available; the first of these will be open for applications until 4 June. Organisations can apply to receive up to £150,000 each. More information on …

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Supporting communities safely

Posted: May 15, 2020

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 and Public Health Scotland, features a range of practical information and advice, such as: safely promoting an organisation’s services making sure volunteers are safe and …

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COVID-19: Scottish Government support for community food responses

Posted: May 13, 2020

UPDATE: 12 May 2020 Next round of funding from the Wellbeing Fund is now open to applications until 12 noon on 22 May 2020. UPDATE: 17 April 2020: Wellbeing Fund  Community organisations looking for funding to support their food activities at this time should register an expression of interest to the Wellbeing Fund now. The …

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COVID-19 May e-bulletin

Posted: May 1, 2020

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 well as funding updates. You can access the e-bulletin here.  

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COVID-19 funding update

Posted: May 1, 2020

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 funding surgeries, with a funding expert and plan to continue to offer these virtually.  You can access the bulletin here.

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Nourish

Posted: April 27, 2020

Nourish have updated their dignity in practice principles as well as produced a blog on the right to food

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The Road to Renewal – stories of change

Posted: April 27, 2020

The Food, Farming and Countryside Commission are collecting and documenting all the ways in which people are responding across the UK – to show how the food and farming sectors adapt and the effect the pandemic is having on rural communities. Do you have a story to tell? Find out more and contribute a story here

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The Food Foundation – Online briefing on hunger statistics

Posted: April 23, 2020

  April 2020 Today the Food Foundation and Dr Rachel Loopstra discussed the latest results of our YouGov survey on food insecurity research during the Covid-19 crisis. The recording of the webinar can be found HERE and the slide deck HERE. Also, Dr Rachel Loopstra from King’s College London has done an in-depth analysis of …

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Westminster call for evidence

Posted: April 21, 2020

A committee at Westminster is looking for evidence on covid and the food supply. Further details on their website.

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Scotland’s Poverty and Inequalities Commission

Posted: April 21, 2020

Scotland’s Poverty and Inequalities Commission has published a paper on the covid-19 crisis and the impact on food security which is available on the web.  

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