Grants of £1.65m to help homeless and vulnerable people
Continue reading “Wonderful news”: £1.65 million to support homelessness projects
Tag: voluntary sector
Meet the funders at Tynecastle next week
Thursday 8 December 2016 11am – 2pm
Meet the Funders is a free marketplace event providing access to funding information for community projects. It is an opportunity for groups to discuss their ideas with potential funders and collect a range of information about possible sources of grant aid. The event also offers the groups an opportunity to meet and work together.
The next Meet the Funders event will take place on Thursday 8 December in the Gorgie Suite at Heart of Midlothian Football Club’s Tynecastle Stadium, McLeod Street, Edinburgh EH11 2NL from 11am to 2pm.
Voluntary Sector: Have your say on key services
Each year the Council engages citizens on its spending and savings plans for the year ahead. A four year financial plan for Edinburgh has been set now. However, participants from previous consultations told the CEC that they would like to be involved in helping the Council to identify solutions and redesign services. Continue reading Voluntary Sector: Have your say on key services
Partnership Centre construction to start soon
Contracts signed – Muirhouse building to get underway
The construction of three partnership centres in Edinburgh and West Lothian will start over the coming weeks after the financial contracts were agreed yesterday.
Helping more young people into work
Community job opportunities for young people
Young people are set to benefit from an additional £6.1 million to help them get into work, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced yesterday. Continue reading Helping more young people into work
Council funding: for some, the wait goes on
Reprieve for some but others still await funding decision
The city council has heralded a new way of distributing grants but some highly-regarded local voluntary sector projects still await the decisions that will determine their future. And with just six weeks before the start of the new financial year, management committees and voluntary boards across the city are faced with unpalatable choices: issue redundancy notices and risk losing staff or hope that all will be well with next year’s funding? Continue reading Council funding: for some, the wait goes on
New Lottery support to strengthen voluntary sector
Voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations will have the ability to improve their performance and sustainability, thanks to two new online tools supported by the Big Lottery Fund. Continue reading New Lottery support to strengthen voluntary sector
Still time to have your say on state of voluntary sector
Edinburgh Compact wants to hear from city’s third sector
DEADLINE Friday 29 January
Voluntary Organisations and Community Groups in Edinburgh: help us get a picture of the Third Sector in Edinburgh. Fill in our Compact Voice 2015 Survey.
Continue reading Still time to have your say on state of voluntary sector
How good is your organisation?
See poster (below) for a workshop event on Monday 8 February, open to community organisations’ activists and staff. Continue reading How good is your organisation?
Funding: the anxious wait goes on …
Council response poses more questions than answers
Community groups and voluntary sector organisations must wait until next month before they will learn what their funding fate will be. Continue reading Funding: the anxious wait goes on …