Campaigners are asking the Scottish Government to intervene to legislate to avert the harsh impact that benefit sanctions have on peoples’ health. The DWP’s own guidelines accept that leaving someone without the means to feed themselves or buy electricity for two...Read more...
Children will have an opportunity to tell a delegate from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child about their experiences of growing up in Scotland and about their rights. Ms Amal Aldoseri will visit Scotland on the 3rd of September to speak to children and young...Read more...
Glasgow City Council, in partnership with GCVS, will be consulting with Glasgow’s third sector on the city’s draft Resilience strategy at the Albany Centre during August and September. The strategy is being developed as part of the 100 Resilient Cities initiative,...Read more...
A new report from VAS and What Works Scotland calls for an overhaul of Community Planning in Scotland to make the process more democratic. Reimagining Community Planning in Scotland: A Vision from the Third Sector, was written by Oliver Escobar on behalf of members...Read more...
13 groups in Glasgow will share over £95,000 from the most recent round of funding from Awards for All from the Big Lottery Fund Scotland. Common Wheel, secured over £8,000 for their bid to engage with dementia sufferers in Glasgow care homes, using storytelling,...Read more...
In this week’s newsletter: +1 Digital Scotland Challenge Fund – Imminent Deadline for Round 3 +2 Comic Relief’s UK Main Grant Programme Due to Close in October +3 Bupa UK Foundation Launches Grants Programme +4 Upcoming Deadline for Community Support for Stalled...Read more...
The Scottish Parliament Welfare Reform Committee is calling for evidence on how new welfare benefit powers could be used to improve or change the way some benefits are delivered, whilst ensuring the principles of dignity, respect, equality and common sense are...Read more...
The next deadline for applications is 7 September 2015. Glasgow City Council’s Community Support for Stalled Spaces initiative aims to: Create opportunities for groups and organisations to carry out initiatives which improve the quality of the local environment...Read more...
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Analysis carried out by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre has revealed that 46,000 children in Glasgow will be affected by cuts to tax credits. 60% of families reliant on tax credits to top up their income face a decrease in income, following George Osborne’s...Read more...
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