£20 million to support equality initiatives

A total of 224 projects from across the country will benefit from more than £20 million in funding to drive forward Scotland’s equality agenda in 2016-17. The projects will work with individuals, families, children and communities to address inequality and discrimination.

Among the Edinburgh recipients to benefit are ELREC, MultiCultural Family Base and Edinburgh Women’s Aid.

In addition to funding of over £3 million to national bodies including the Equality Network, BEMIS, CEMVO, Inclusion Scotland, the Scottish Refugee Council and Age Scotland, more than £6.5 million across over 80 projects will support activity to improve the outcomes for people and communities across Scotland, for example the LGBTI Helpline, Equate Scotland and the Muslim Women’s Resource Centre.

With the Scottish Government’s continued commitment to sustaining funding of £11.8 million to address violence against women and girls, £3.5 million of this will be allocated specifically to projects providing frontline services to women and girls who have experienced violence.

Equalities Secretary Angela Constance announced the full list of projects which will benefit from funding as she visited Edinburgh’s Multi-Cultural Family Base yesterday. The organisation, which works to promote the well-being of vulnerable and disadvantaged children, young people and families, will receive almost £20,000 over the next 12 months.

Ms Constance said: “Equality is part of the aspiration and ambition we have for Scotland. No one should be treated unfairly, suffer injustice or be denied opportunities because of their age, disability, gender, gender identity, race, religion or sexual orientation.

“Amongst the 224 projects receiving funding support this year are frontline services which are working directly with communities to address local issues.

“By visiting the Multi-Cultural Family Base today and speaking with parents and children who use it, I’ve seen first-hand the difference this funding can make to the lives of families in Scotland.

“This week we saw the worst targeted attack on LGBTI people that we have seen in the western world in recent times. Scotland has made some great progress on LGBTI rights and we are considered one of the most progressive countries in Europe in terms of LGBTI equality. But we are not complacent – we recognise there is still work to do to eradicate prejudice and discrimination against LGBTI people. We are allocating over £850,000 from this budget to organisations and projects that are working towards this aim.

“We are committed to working with all of these organisations to ensure we continue to progress equality whilst supporting the most vulnerable in our society, and the funding goes a long way to doing this.”

Steve Gowenlock, CEO of Multi-Cultural Family Base, said: “We are delighted to receive funding from the Scottish Government’s Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund.

“The funding will enable us to further develop the work of our 4Corners Project which works with vulnerable and disadvantaged black and ethnic minority families to promote social inclusion and reduce inequalities. The work also involves school based groups with all communities to promote mutual understanding and increase social cohesiveness.”

The Equality Network is the Scottish Government’s key partner for LGBTI work in Scotland. BEMIS and CEMVO are the Scottish Government’s key partners for race equality and Inclusion Scotland is the Scottish Government’s key disability stakeholder.

The funding for each stream of work is as follows:

Strream 2016-17 amount
Intermediary £3.1 million
Strategic equality work £3.0 million
Strategic VAWG work £3.4 million
Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund £2.7 million
Violence Against Women and Girls Fund £3.5 million
Children’s Services Fund £3.5 million
Rape Crisis Specific Fund £0.7 million
Total £19.9 million

The full list of projects are:

Organisation Project
Aberdeen City Council Caledonian
Aberdeen Cyrenians Ltd Violence against Women Project
Aberdeen Rape and Abuse Support Rape Crisis Support Service
Action for Children Services Tayside Women and Family Safety
Action for Children, Eilean Siar Children Services
Age Scotland Intermediary
Age Scotland Men’s Sheds
Age Scotland Silver Line Helpline
AMINA – The Muslim Women’s Resource Centre Muslim Women’s Helpline
Amina – The Muslim Women’s Resource Centre You can change this: making Scotland safe for all women
Angus Women’s Aid Angus MIA Service
Angus Women’s Aid Angus Women’s Aid
Angus Women’s Aid Children Services
Argyll & Bute Women’s Aid Women and Girls Refuge and Rural Outreach Service
Argyll & Bute Women’s Aid Children Services
Argyll and Bute Rape Crisis Centre Rape Crisis Support Service
Article 12 Young G/T Lives
Barnardo’s FOCUS
Barnardo’s Tayside Domestic Abuse Service
BEMIS Intermediary
Borders Green Team Enterprises Moving it on Too
Bridges Programmes Limited BEAT Project
Bridging The Gap Gorbals Community Cohesion
British Deaf Association Engaging the BSL Community in Scotland
British Red Cross STAR Project
British Red Cross Women’s Support Services
Caithness & Sutherland Women’s Aid Children Services
Caithness and Sutherland Women’s Aid Outreach Project
Castlemilk Law and Money Advice Centre Castlemilk Law Centre VAW Project
Central Scotland Regional Equality Council Equality in the Community
City of Edinburgh Council Caledonian
City of Edinburgh Council Respekt
Clackmannanshire Women’s Aid Children Services
Clackmannanshire Women’s Aid Family Support – Weekend
Close the Gap (STUC) Close the Gap
Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights Race Equality Framework
Committed to Ending Abuse (formerly Falkirk WA) Children Services
Community Info Source Women Asylum Seeker Housing Project
Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Organisations Intermediary
Crossroads Youth & Community Association Hearts of Govanhill
Deaf Action Deaf Sector Partnership
Deafblind Scotland Deaf Sector Partnership
Drumchapel Women’s Aid Children Services
Dumbarton District Women’s Aid Children Services
Dumfries & Stewarty Women’s Aid Children Services
Dumfries and Galloway Citizens Advice Service Minorities Community Development Project
Dundee CAB Equalities in Advice – Dundee Citizens Advice Project
Dundee International Women’s Centre Women into Sustainable Employment
Dundee Women’s Aid MIA Service
Dundee Women’s Aid Children Services
Dundee WRASAC Women’s Support Service
EA Kilmarnock Rape Counselling and Resource Centre Rape Crisis Support Service
East & Lothian Midlothian Violence Against Women Partnership East Lothian and Midlothian MARAC and Domestic Abuse Advisor Service (DAS)
East and Midlothian Women’s Aid Children Services
East Ayrshire Women’s Aid Children Services
East Ayrshire Women’s Aid Domestic Abuse Advisor
East Dunbartonshire Women’s Aid Children Services
Edinburgh and Lothian Regional Equality Council True Colours
Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council Equality Engagement
Edinburgh Inter-Faith Association Edinburgh Inter-Faith Association
Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre Rape Crisis Support Service
Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre Trauma informed support service Edinburgh, East and Midlothian
Edinburgh Women’s Aid Outreach Project
Edinburgh Women’s Aid Children Services
Edinburgh Women’s Aid EDDACS
Engender Intermediary
Engender Supporting the advancement of women’s equality
Equality Network Intersex project
Equality Network Limited Intermediary
Equate Scotland CareerWise
Equate Scotland Equate Scotland
Equate Scotland Positive Action
Ethnic Minorities Law Centre Edinburgh Project
Ethnic Minorities Law Centre Highland Project
Faith in Community Scotland Faith in Community Dundee
Falkirk Council Caledonian
Fast Forward Positive Lifestyles Ltd Gypsy Traveller Health and Wellbeing Project
Fife Rape and Sexual Assault Centre Rape Crisis Support Service
Fife Rape and Sexual Assault Centre Young Person Project
Fife Women’s Aid Counselling Service
Fife Women’s Aid Children Services
Forth Valley Rape Crisis Centre Forth Valley Rape Crisis Centre
FRAE (Fairness, Race Awareness & Equality) Fife Action for Equality and Community Cohesion
Friends of Romano Lav Together we can – Roma empowerment
Generations Working Together Opening Doors
Glasgow Community and Safety Services ASSIST
Glasgow Disability Alliance Glasgow Independent Living Strategy
Glasgow East Women’s Aid Women’s Support and Outreach Project
Glasgow East Women’s Aid Children Services
Glasgow ESOL Forum ESOL for Work Project
Glasgow Rape Crisis Centre Rape Crisis Support Service
Glasgow Women’s Library Glasgow Women’s Library National Lifelong Learning
Glasgow Women’s Aid Children Services
Govan and Craigton Integration Network GCIN Womens Group, Mens Group and Homework Club
Govan Law Centre Govanhill Law Centre
Govanhill Housing Association Govanhill Welfare Rights
Grampian Regional Equality Council Ltd. Embedding Equality in Education
Grampian Regional Equality Council Ltd. Tackling Economic Barriers
Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid Women’s support project
Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid Children Services
Hidden Gardens Trust The Hidden Gardens Community Trust
Improvement Service National VAWG Network
Inclusion Scotland ILiS
Inclusion Scotland Intermediary
Inclusion Scotland Access to Politics
Inclusion Scotland Local Policy and Engagement Policy Project
Interfaith Scotland Interfaith Glasgow
Interfaith Scotland Intermediary
Inverclyde Women’s Aid Children Services
Inverness Badenoch and Strathspey Citizens Advice Bureau Addressing Equality and Diversity Challenges in the Highlands
Inverness Women’s Aid Hard to Reach Project
Inverness Women’s Aid Children Services
Just Festivals Just Festival
Kenyan Women in Scotland Association Preventing FGM and addressing the impact of HTP
Kingdom Abuse Survivors Project Domestic Abuse Support Project
Kinning Park Complex KPC Community Inclusion Programme
Lanarkshire Rape Crisis Centre Rape Crisis Support Service
Leap Sports Scotland LGBTI Equality in Sports Project
Legal Services Agency Limited (LSA) Women’s Project, Women and young persons’ department
LetSBsafe2 Children 1st Children Services
LGBT Health LGBTI Helpline
LGBT Youth Voices Unheard
LGBT Youth Scotland Intermediary
LIMELIGHT MUSIC Musical Identities Professional Development Programme
LINKnet Mentoring Limited LINKnet’s Mentoring and Training Project
Lochaber Women’s Aid Supporting and Empowering women
Lochaber Women’s Aid Children Services
Maryhill & Possilpark Citizens Advice Bureau Maryhill & Possilpark Citizens Advice Bureau
Maryhill Integration Network Maryhill Integration Network
Men in Childcare Men in Childcare
Minority Ethnic Carers of Older People Project MECOPP
Monklands Women’s Aid Women’s Support Services
Monklands Women’s Aid Children Services
Moray Women’s Aid In Reach for Support
Moray Women’s Aid Children Services
Motherwell & District Women’s Aid Children Services
Multi-Cultural Family Base The 4 Corners Project
National Deaf Children’s Society Deaf Sector Partnership
North Ayrshire Women’s Aid North Ayrshire Domestic Abuse Advocacy
North Ayrshire Women’s Aid Children Services
Orkney Women’s Aid Children Services
Outside the Box Raising Awareness of Older People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing
PATH SCOTLAND Developing Management and Leadership Skills (DMLS)
People First (Scotland) Parents Project
Perth & Kinross Association of Voluntary Service Future Prospects
Perth and Kinross Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre Rape Crisis Support Service
Perthshire Women’s Aid Children Services
Perthshire Women’s Aid Perth & Kinross Independent Domestic Abuse Advocacy
Perthshire Women’s Aid Women’s Services
Pilton Community Health Project Living in Harmony
Positive Action in Housing Ltd New Migrants Action Project
Rape and Sexual Abuse Service Highland (RASASH) Rape Crisis Support Service
Rape Crisis Centre Glasgow FGM Survivor Support Service
Rape Crisis Centre Glasgow Support & Access Service
Rape Crisis Centre Glasgow Support to Report
Rape Crisis Scotland Intermediary
Rape Crisis Scotland Rape Crisis Scotland Helpline
Rape Crisis Scotland (Forth Valley) Rape Crisis Support Service
RASAC P&K Survivor Support Services
Renfrewshire Women’s Aid Children Services
Respect/Men’s Advice Line Respect/Men’s Advice Line
Ross-shire Women’s Aid Outreach Project
Ross-shire Women’s Aid Children Services
Royal National Institute for Deaf People Hear For Welfare
Sacro Another Way
Sacro Caledonian
SafeLives MARAC Development Programme
Saheilya Champions for Change
Saheliya Safeguarding Project
SAY Women Outreach project
Scottish Borders Council Pathway
Scottish Borders Rape Crisis Centre Rape Crisis Support Service
Scottish Council of Jewish Communities Empowering, Engaging and Connecting Diverse Communities
Scottish Council on Deafness Deaf Sector Partnership
Scottish Disability Equality Forum Inclusive Communication and Engagement
Scottish Older Peoples Assembly Scottish Older Peoples Assembly
Scottish Police Authority VRU for MVP
Scottish Refugee Council Intermediary
Scottish Seniors Alliance Scottish Seniors Alliance
Scottish Transgender Alliance Intermediary
Scottish Women’s Aid Intermediary
Scottish Women’s Convention Intermediary
Scottish Women’s Aid Scottish Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline
SCVO/Inclusion Scotland Disability Internships
Sense Scotland Inclusive Communication Hub
Shakti Women’s Aid Children Services
Shakti Women’s Aid Outreach Support Service for Black Minority Ethnic Women
Shetland Women’s Aid MARAC Shetland
Shetland Women’s Aid Children Services
Show Racism the Red Card Tackling Contemporary Racism
Sikh Sanjog Open Door Project
South Ayrshire Women’s Aid Prevention and Early Intervention Project
South Ayrshire Women’s Aid Children Services
South Lanarkshire Women’s Aid Children Services
South West Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Centre Rape Crisis Support Service
South West Scotland CJA Caledonian
STEP/University of Edinburgh Write to Work
Stirling & District Women’s Aid Preventing victimisation and re-victimisation
Stirling & District Women’s Aid Children Services
Stonewall Equality Limited Intermediary
Strengthening Communities for Race Equality Scotland – SCOREscotland The local CommUNITY Project
Waverley Care Lifeskills and Wellbeing Project
Waverley Care/DARF My Voice
WESREC Good Community Relations
WESREC Living Equality
West Dunbartonshire Council Women’s safety and support service
West Lothian Council Children Services
West Lothian Council West Lothian Domestic & Sexual Assault Services
Western Isles Rape Crisis Centre Rape Crisis Support Service
Western Isles Women’s Aid (Eilean Siar) Children Services
White Ribbon White Ribbon
Wigtownshire Women’s Aid Domestic Abuse Crisis Workers
Women’s Aid Orkney Crisis Support & Intervention
Women’s Aid South Lanarkshire and East Renfrewshire Women and Girls support service project
Women’s Aid East and Midlothian Free Me Project
Women’s Rape and Abuse Centre – Dundee and Angus Rape Crisis Support Service
Women’s Support Project Building capacity for VAW
Women’s Support Project Challenging Demand
Workers’ Educational Association WEA Workers Educational Association
Youth Community Support Agency CPR – Connect, Protect, Respect
Youth Community Support Agency Fair Play
Yusuf Youth Initiative ChangeMakers
YWCA Empowering Pathways for Women
Zero Tolerance Zero Tolerance
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