News & Events

Our team at CVS Falkirk would like to say THANK YOU to everyone who attended, participated and contributed to Tuesday’s Forth Valley Third Sector Conference. It was incredible to see over 200 of you there on Zoom to hear from our keynote speaker Aileen Campbell, MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Communities – we’d like to thank Ms Campbell for her praise and recognition of the third sector, and for taking the time to join us. We’re sure you also enjoyed listening to Jim McCormick on the Robertson Trust’s approach to the future, and that you found the presentations from local groups based in each Forth Valley area as inspiring as we did. Special thanks go to our colleagues at SVE and CTSI, our partners in the conference for the last 3 years.

Are you passionate about delivering real change in local communities? Do you enjoy working with others? If so, why not apply to join Falkirk Council’s Community Choices Advisory Panel? Community Choices is Falkirk Council’s version of participatory budgeting, an initiative that gives local people a direct say in how a portion of the Council’s budget is spent. The deadline for applications to join the Advisory Panel is Friday 26th February.

Falkirk Council is working alongside Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership to launch the Community Choices initiative – a fund of over £3 million over two years where you can apply for funding to bring about the changes that will make a difference to your community. Smaller budget proposals (up to £1500) can apply to the Small Grants Programme. Bigger projects (over £5,000) can apply to the Capital Grants Programme. Initial expressions of interest should be submitted by Friday 5th March.

In addition to their Tuesday “Care with Confidence” sessions, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire Carers Centre is running a another series of sessions on Thursdays throughout February. The Thursday sessions also take place via Zoom, 10:30am – 12pm: “Mindfulness for Lockdown” on Thursday 11th February, “Arthritis Awareness” on Thursday 18th February, and “Introduction to Dance 4 Life” on Thursday 25th February

The Third Sector Economic Resilience and Employment Forum is looking to bring third sector organisations together to share experience, knowledge, and potentially ways of working together to apply to provide commissioned services. The next forum on Wednesday 17th February, 10am – 12pm, will have speakers from Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Falkirk Council’s Employment and Training Unit (ETU), and Skills Development Scotland.