Community Connectors is a new service for people over 60 and their carers, designed to improve their links to local services, facilities and activities, by providing them with tailored and informed help and support, when they need it, where they need it. Community...Read more...
We are looking for volunteers to help launch the Community Connectors Buddying service: supporting older people and their carers. Offering an opportunity to make a real difference, this role will provide you with new experiences, help you develop your skills and give...Read more...
Business support seminars for potential applicants to The Children, Young People & Families Early Intervention and Adult Learning, Empowering Communities funds are being run on behalf of Scottish Government by Community Enterprise in Scotland. The dates and...Read more...
Do you use a Glasgow JobCentre? Then we want to hear from you… Here at Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector we have heard a lot of different stories about people’s experience at their local JobCentre Office, some good and some not so good. We would...Read more...
GCVS recently submitted a response to a Scottish Parliament Welfare Reform Committee Call for Evidence. The Committee wanted to gather information and ideas on how Scotland could best use the further social security powers that will be devolved as part of the Smith...Read more...
Welcoming new members! GCVS offers free membership to third sector groups in Glasgow with income under £10,000. Sign up now! Eligibility Do you run a voluntary and community sector group in Glasgow? Do you have a constitution or set of rules? Is your income under...Read more...
GSK’s IMPACT Awards reward charities that are doing excellent work to improve people’s health. Organisations must be at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK, with income between £25,000 and £2 million. Up to 20 awards will be made ranging...Read more...
On Monday 31st August University of Glasgow Settlement are hosting an event to find out more about the University of Glasgow Settlement’s Find a Solution programme. For over one hundred years the GU Settlement has pioneered innovative responses to changing social...Read more...
Top city chefs will donate 1,000 £5 food vouchers to food banks and social enterprises, charities and community groups promoting food nutrition in Glasgow. The chefs behind the new Real Food, Real Folk co-operative want to hear from food banks and social enterprises,...Read more...
Following widespread consultation with the third sector, new guidance has been published by OCSR, which should make it easier to understand how to become a charity and how to stay within the rules on public benefit. Meeting the Charity Test has been rewritten to...Read more...
GCVS is the main development agency and advocate for voluntary and community organisations in Glasgow and a key partner in Glasgow’s Third Sector Interface. We help voluntary organisations unite to make a strong collective voice in Glasgow.