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Social enterprises urged to scale up
28th January 2020
Alastair Davis, SIS CEO, said: “At SIS, we believe that social enterprises are key in creating prosperous communities across Scotland. With this in mind, we have created this challenge to support these organisations to reach their growth aspirations in this new year.
“Whether it’…
Dementia fund created in memory of football legend
28th January 2020
A dementia support fund is set to be created in memory of a footballing legend.
Celtic European Cup winning captain Billy McNeill died last year after a battle with dementia.
And now his family have created a fund which will provide support to other former footballers affected by…
Charity unveils new strategy
27th January 2020
The trust has launched the strategy at a time when an estimated one in seven people in the UK, more than 15% of the population, are neurodivergent.
The Donaldson Trust is supporting people and organisations to understand that being neurodivergent means that an individual’s brain…
Third sector bank hits major milestone
27th January 2020
CAF Bank has reached a major milestone after lending more than £100 million to third sector organisations in 2019.
The bank, owned by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), provides financial services to charities across the UK.
In its annual report for 2019, the bank highlighted it…
Military charity faces funding crisis
27th January 2020
Sue Freeth, chief executive of Combat Stress, said: “For 100 years Combat Stress has supported former servicemen and women with mental health problems. Our specialist work is life-changing and often life-saving but we have reached a critical turning point as our income is droppin…
Exciting opportunity to work on Funding Scotland
14th November 2019
This is an exciting opportunity to join SCVO’s Information Service team and work in a role with specific
responsibility for SCVO’s Funding Scotland.
The Funding Scotland officer will be responsible for Funding Scotland funding searches and services and the provision…
Robertson Trust grants to close in February 2020 ahead of new strategy
14th November 2019
The
Robertson Trust is launching a new strategy in summer 2020 and will close grant funding in February as they
enter a transition phase from the current strategy.
They will stop making awards under the current strategy in June 2020. As a result, the last date on…
Empowering charities to speak up about funder practice
12th November 2019
A new pilot platform on which fundraisers can anonymously share their experience of applying to trusts and
foundations has already published over 60 reviews.
Until now, there was little that charities could do if funders provided a poor service to applicants and grantees.…
Consultation launched on the replacement for European Structural Funds
11th November 2019
A consultation has been launched on a potential replacement to a £780 million European funding programme, if Brexit
goes ahead.
The current funding programme has invested in key areas such as modern apprenticeship schemes and the Low Carbon
Infrastructure Transiti…
Burns Award for Josh Littlejohn
24th January 2020
Since 2015, Littlejohn’s Social Bite Fund has been helping to eradicate homelessness across Scotland and beyond. Promotion of the fund led to the CEO Sleep Out in Edinburgh which in turn led to Sleep in the Park with 8,000 people sleeping out to raise £4 million to help the homel…