News & Events

The Independent Living Association (ILA) Forth Valley has announced that their monthly café (held at the Forth Valley Sensory Centre in Camelon) will not be restarting after COVID-19. Instead, a Facebook group is available for anyone who wishes to join, and like the café is aimed at anyone with a disability, carers and those supporting people with a disability, and anyone interested in disabled issues.

From September, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire Carers Centre will be running weekly “What Carers Need to Know” online information sessions, with the first taking place on Tuesday 1st September, 10:30am – 12pm via Zoom. These sessions are aimed at those who are relatively new to caring, or carers who would like to know more about the help and support available, and how to deal with some of the challenges caring can bring.

The Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) has been commissioned by Sustrans to research how and why communities engage (or don’t engage) with “active travel” projects. They have created a short online survey as part of this research. All community, voluntary and third sector groups and organisations across the country are being asked to give their views. The survey should only take 10 minutes to complete. The deadline for responses is 11:59pm on Friday 28th August.

Challenge Poverty Week (CPW) 2020 takes place Monday 5th October – Sunday 11th October. To help organisations get involved, the Poverty Alliance has created a series of resources which can be used when planning and promoting activities. This includes a “Get Involved” meeting via Zoom, taking place on Thursday 27th August from 10am; everyone is welcome to attend. The Poverty Alliance can also promote activities and events to the media on behalf of organisations; the deadline for submissions is Monday 24th August.

Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has launched its new Ambitions for Recovery programme. Developed with feedback from social enterprises across the country, and in partnership with the People’s Postcode Lottery and corporate sponsors Baillie Gifford, the programme combines a number of elements to support a cohort of up to 20 organisations through renewal and recovery.