Tesco Bags of Help Update

Posted on September 8, 2017

Following a 10-week trial in Aberdeen, Dundee and Norwich, as of Monday 28^th August Tesco has stopped selling single use carrier bags and replaced them with a new 10p “Bag for Life”. Community groups will still benefit from the funding generated by sales of the new bag, through the Bags of Help grant funding stream managed by Groundwork UK and Greenspace Scotland.

Grants of up to £4,000 are available to charities and community groups applying for support for local projects that improve the environment.

The following types of groups can apply at any time:

voluntary or community organisations (including registered charities and companies)
schools
health bodies (such as Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), NHS Hospital Trust, Foundation Trust)
parish and town councils
local authorities
social housing providers

For further information, please visit the Groundwork UK website.

Compassionate and Included Communities Forum: Next Meeting

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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.