Communities and Families Fund Deadline

Posted on January 25, 2016

Voluntary and community organisations, statutory bodies or community councils who work with young people have until 12pm 29th February 2016 to apply for grants through the Communities and Families Fund.

This grant programme is joint-funded by the Big Lottery Fund and Scottish Government, and has already awarded over £5.4 million to groups working with children across Scotland. Eligible organisations can apply for grants of between £250 and £10,000 to support local projects working with children eight years and under or their parents.

Money is available for activities such as parenting support, including pre- and post-natal support, community play projects, food preparation and nutrition projects and community based family support activities.

For further information, please visit the Communities and Families Fund page.

Compassionate and Included Communities Forum: Next Meeting

The first 2021 meeting of the Compassionate and Included Communities Forum takes place on Wednesday 27th January, 2pm – 4pm, and can be accessed via the Zoom link, or with the meeting ID: 972 2993 0991.

Scottish Government COVID-19 Research Participants

Scottish Government researchers are recruiting people to help them better understand and predict the next stages of the COVID-19 epidemic in Scotland. People are eligible to take part if they live in Scotland and are aged 18 years old or over. Participants will be sent a survey every 2 weeks by email. Participation in the surveys is entirely voluntary, and participants can opt out of receiving or completing them at any time.

CHS Panel Member Volunteers

Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) is now recruiting volunteer Panel Members, and accepting online applications until 11:59pm on Monday 15th February. Panel Members take part in children’s hearings, often otherwise known as “children’s panels”, where their role is to listen and make legal decisions for, and with, infants, children and young people. Panel Members are supported by CHS, and are required to undertake comprehensive training to prepare them for the role.

Third Sector Homelessness Fund: Open for Applications

The Third Sector Homelessness Fund is open to applications from third sector organisations on the frontline of delivering homelessness services in Scotland. The fund aims to support third sector organisations to innovate and transform the services they provide to people around homelessness; organisations that originally applied to this fund in early 2020 will need to complete a new application for funding. The deadline for applications is 12pm on Monday 8th February.