Scottish Recovery Network Online Resources

Posted on June 7, 2019

The Scottish Recovery Network (SRN) has a range of free online resources available, including:

“Let’s Talk About Recovery” Conversation Cards, aiming to help people talk about, and listen to, what supports recovery and wellbeing for them and their communities.
“Highland Hello” Information and Poster Pack. The “Highland Hello” project began as a discussion around community connections and social isolation in the Highlands, and how to connect people in the area through saying “hello”. Posters are now available to download for free in different colours and languages.

For further information, including other resources, please visit the SRN website.

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.

New SDF Substance Use Glossary

The Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF) has published a new, free resource for use in the substance use field across Scotland. “Moving Beyond ‘People First Language’ – a glossary of contested terms in substance use” supports a consensus on key concepts and terms in substance use, by defining and explaining the cause and nature of the contention, and suggesting better practice in terms of language choices.