Fundraising Preference Service Launched

Posted on July 14, 2017

The Fundraising Regulator has launched the new Fundraising Preference Service (FPS), a service for members of the public to manage their communications from charities.

Anyone in the UK can use the service, but the FPS does not apply to Scottish charities, because Scottish charities fall under the Scottish Fundraising Standards Panel, not the Fundraising Regulator.

Therefore, will only apply to charities that are registered in England and Wales with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (CCEW) and, in Northern Ireland, with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland (CCNI). This includes charities who operate throughout the UK.

For further information, including more about fundraising regulation in Scotland, please visit the Scottish Fundraising Standards Panel website.

Safe and Fun Falkirk Halloween Activities During COVID-19

This year’s Halloween will be a bit different for everyone. Some of our local people and community groups are organising alternative outdoor Halloween activities and sharing their crafty ideas so everyone can still enjoy the holiday safely across Falkirk. Our team has gathered some of them on our website, including costume competitions, spooky recipes, pumpkin trails, crafty ideas and old Scottish traditions that might be worth reviving this strange year.

Jupiter Community Upcycling Catalogue Available

Jupiter Community Upcycling is a new social enterprise run by The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) Scotland, which supports people from different backgrounds to learn new skills by recycling and upcycling using wood diverted from landfill, and has now launched their new catalogue with items for sale.

Creative Scotland Youth Arts Emergency Funding

Creative Scotland have released new funds to support project activity with children and young people, including the Youth Arts Small Grants Scheme (allows organisations and local authorities to apply for small grants funding of up to £50,000, to distribute £500 – £5,000 to freelance artists and creative practitioners, to deliver youth arts activities; deadline for applications is Monday 2nd November) and the Youth Arts Access Fund (offers grants of £5,000 – £30,000 to those who run youth arts programmes, to support activity from March 2021 onwards. Applications proposing specific actions and partnerships to tackle inequality will be prioritised; deadline for applications is Thursday 12th November).

Weekly Funding Insight Bulletin: w/c Monday 19th October

This week’s Funding Insight Bulletin is now live! The insight bulletin is generated by the Grantsonline Funding Portal, the UK’s most comprehensive and up to date UK grant funding information service.