This fund is now open for its second phase, focussing on Recovery. Grants from £1000 to £5000 are available for charities and constituted community groups that have been impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Response, Recovery and Resilience Fund
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Getting in on the act online
Our colleagues at CHEX are running a participative online workshop on the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act for community-led health organisations and the wider community sector across Scotland. The workshop will …
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UK Government’s ‘Tackling Obesity’ policy and National Food Strategy
On 27 July the UK Government launched its new strategy to help adults and children live healthier lives by tackling obesity. While many provisions relate only to England there are …
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Scottish Government recommendations on Vitamin D
Vitamin D is required for maintaining good bone health. Our main source comes from sunlight. Current advice is that everyone should consider taking a daily 10 microgram supplement of vitamin …
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Joint Thematic Social Enterprise Network session: supporting your staff back to work
Thursday 16th July 2-3.30pm via Zoom Douglas Strang of BTO Solicitors Employment team will talk you through the practicalities of getting your staff back to work as we move through …
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Scotland’s food system and Covid-19
The Scottish Food Coalition wants to hear about the impact on the ground of the Covid-19 crisis on Scotland’s food system. It is looking for stories 100-200 words with one …
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Charity Survival Fund
This £10m Fund from the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust will provide core funding to help charities, especially small and medium sized, to offset lost income in the current financial …
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Two new Public Health Scotland learning hubs
Public Health Scotland’s Workforce Development Team has launched two new learning hubs: · Challenging poverty stigma · Making communication even better The Challenging poverty hub creates an opportunity to develop …
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Scottish Government’s Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) funding and support
As Scotland starts to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, there is an opportunity to focus on a green recovery by aiding economic activity that puts tackling climate change and our …
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Shifting the Balance of Community Power
This new project aims to capture and share the good practices that have emerged during the Covid-19 pandemic, and find ways to embed and build on them. If you work for a local authority, public service, community group or simply have a story to share, they would be interested to hear from you.