Third Sector Internships Scotland (TSIS) has announced that their internship programme will continue through 2014-15 thanks to further support from the Scottish Funding Council. The initiative, led by Queen Margaret University, The Open University in Scotland and the...Read more...
The Scottish Parliament’s Welfare Reform Committee has accused the DWP of being in denial over the reasons for the alarming rise in people requiring emergency food aid, and makes explicit its findings, which confirm that major contributory factors are indeed benefit...Read more...
The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act was passed by MSP’s on 19th February 2014 and will now become law. While there have been threats of legal challenges to the Act, the Scottish Government is progressing with its implementation in the belief that it is fully...Read more...
The Wolfson Foundation, a London based UK charity, has highlighted a shortage of funding applications from Scotland and is actively appealing for more grant applications from Scottish charities and grassroots organisations – particularly those working in the...Read more...
The Scottish Government has published the findings of a tracking study into the impact of welfare reform on people in Scotland, which finds that the benefit system is failing and does not meet people’s needs. The report, based on current literature and the analysis of...Read more...
Shelter Scotland and the Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland have launched a new service for frontline advice and support staff. Advice on welfare benefits, housing and debt can be found on a new dedicated website, or by calling their helpline. Benefits, housing...Read more...
Glasgow City Council is presently consulting on their proposals for a new City Development Plan, which when approved, will replace the City Development Plan 2. The plan represents the Council’s strategy for how land in the city will be used in the future and will be...Read more...
A day centre for older people fears that it may have to close due to the introduction of charges of up to £16 a day for their service users. Up to 50% of older people using day care centres are now liable for charges due to Glasgow City Council’s decision to...Read more...
A service from One Parent Families Scotland, whocelebrate their 70 year anniversary this year, is helping lone parents affected by welfare reform and poverty. Choices runs a number of projects, working with some of the most disadvantaged and marginalised lone parents...Read more...
Our Interface Partners, Volunteer Glasgow, are increasingly concerned about how the benefits system may be making it difficult for people to volunteer their time and skills for the benefit of our communities, and are working with the city’s Poverty Leadership Panel ...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.