Scottish culture reaps £1.1m benefit as business partnership scheme marks successful second year

More than £1.1 million has now been invested in 68 individual business and cultural partnerships throughout the length and breadth of Scotland, thanks to a pioneering funding programme managed by independent charity Arts & Business Scotland. Continue reading Scottish culture reaps £1.1m benefit as business partnership scheme marks successful second year

£1.4 million National Lottery boost gives older Scots a new lease of life

Community Fund Lottery cash for Move On and Fast Forward

Older people across Scotland are celebrating a £1.4m National Lottery cash boost that will help them get out of their homes and into their communities for tea dances, lunch clubs, men’s sheds, fitness classes and much, much more. Continue reading £1.4 million National Lottery boost gives older Scots a new lease of life

Forth & Inverleith Voluntary Sector Forum date set

Monday 18th February at 9:30am, Royston Wardieburn Community Centre

Dear All,

Apologies for the delay in organising another forum after our meeting at the end of last year.

We plan to hold our next one on:

Monday 18th Feb, 9.30-11.30

F34 at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre

Please find attached the report from the meeting we held in November and I will send around the agenda a week before our meeting – please let me know if there is anything you would like included.

Best wishes,

Katherine Anderson

Development Worker: Children, Young People and Families Network and Voluntary Sector Forums

T: 0131 555 912

FIVSF animate report 22nd Nov

Some Community Grants Funding still available in NW Locality

Three local Neighbourhood Partnerships are taking applications for the remaining balance of their Community Grants Fund allocation 2018-19:

  • Western – balance £6243
  • Forth – balance £793
  • Inverleith – balance £10,554

Almond Neighbourhood Partnership (which includes Muirhouse) has allocated it’s full budget for 2018 – 19.

Application forms and guidance can be found here. Please get any completed applications, or draft project ideas, to Elaine Lennon as soon as possible: Community Grants Fund

Allocations for the new financial year 2019 – 20 should be announced soon.

Last chance to respond to Edinburgh Shoreline community survey

Edinburgh Shoreline is all about celebrating the hugely diverse cultural and natural heritage of our coast! We’d like to encourage as many people as possible to get involved and help us celebrate. Over the next 12 months we’ll have lots of opportunities for people to join us on our journey, taking part in walks, talks, wildlife surveys, workshops and seminars to name a few.

Do you have something you would like to contribute to the Shoreline project? Perhaps you’d like to lead a photography walk, create a piece of community artwork, invite people to see your community garden or create a film about your area. We can help!

We can support you to come up with ideas for events and projects, provide template marketing tools and add you to our events diary to help you publicise. We can also provide you with training on making mini-documentaries to tell the story of your project, which can also be added to our website.

We’d love to hear what you could contribute to the Edinburgh Shoreline project in helping locals and tourists alike understand that our coast has an amazing past, present and future. All ideas are welcome!

Just a quick reminder that we are coming to the end of collecting your responses to our survey. We’re looking for the ways that you’d like to get involved in the Edinburgh Shoreline project.
There’s still time to submit your responses until 30th April here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JTKYBGK