Tag: funding

Children’s programme crisis at Muirhouse Community Centre

You may be aware that for several years the Muirhouse Community (formerly Millennium) Centre has been running a children’s programme. Due to the lack of financial support from City of Edinburgh’s Children & Families Department we have had to review these activities. Continue reading Children’s programme crisis at Muirhouse Community Centre

Children’s Lottery funding for Capital City Partnership

Edinburgh charity Capital City Partnership has been awarded a £20,000 grant from the Scottish Children’s Lottery to help young people into retail and customer facing employment. Continue reading Children’s Lottery funding for Capital City Partnership

University support backs locals’ vision for a better Edinburgh

Communities across Edinburgh and the Lothians are to benefit from a £70,000 project to support groups tackling vital social issues. The University of Edinburgh’s Community Grants Scheme will help to provide support for children with disabilities, tackle the causes of poverty and aid vulnerable women. Continue reading University support backs locals’ vision for a better Edinburgh

£20 million investment to tackle loneliness

  • Funding will support charities and community groups to bring people together
  • The money will go to support programmes that are proven to benefit individuals and society
  • Hundreds of thousands of people will be helped to make connections in their communities

Charities and community groups will get £20 million of new funding to help isolated people and those suffering from loneliness, Prime Minister Theresa May announced yesterday. The funding will go to support and expand programmes that bring people together and are proving to benefit communities. Continue reading £20 million investment to tackle loneliness

Decisive leadership needed as council savings “increasingly critical”

Finding savings is now “increasingly critical” for councils dealing with ongoing reductions in funding, says the Accounts Commission in a report published today. Continue reading Decisive leadership needed as council savings “increasingly critical”