News

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• £1.2 million funding for voluntary organisations
  Glasgow City Council is seeking applications from voluntary and community groups for £1.2 million of Area Committee Funding.
• Office space to rent at GCVS
  Office space to rent within the GCVS offices.
• GCVS launches online guide
  GCVS launches online guide for voluntary organisations
• The Albany Learning and Conference Centre
  Work has started on The Albany Learning and Conference Centre: a learning centre for Glasgow's voluntary sector.
• Glasgow Community Planning Partnership backs Compact development!
  After much work behind the scenes, GCVS has brokered a deal for a voluntary sector Compact.
• Board Member Training
  The GCVS Healthy Organisations service is set to launch a new service to train aspiring voluntary sector Board Members.
• Glasgow’s voluntary organisations call for adequate funding and sustainable sector
  Glasgow’s community and voluntary organisations met on Tuesday, 27th March to call for concerted action to meet the growing crisis in funding for the sector
• Lottery Raid Stopped
  NCVO has welcomed a commitment from the Government this week that voluntary and community sector funds from the Big Lottery Fund will be protected. This includes both existing programmes and future resources for the sector.
• Developing Community Assets event announced
  Have you ever thought how your organisation or your community could benefit from owning and managing particular local services or amenities? This event is for you.
• Hoax finance emails now targeting charities, voluntary groups
  GCVS scammers "beyond contempt" Charities and voluntary groups are being warned not to respond to online messages requesting their bank details.

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BBC Scotland News Headlines

• Two charged over Aberdeen death - 21 Nov 08 19:11
  Two people are charged over the death of a 51-year-old man in Aberdeen in the early hours of Monday.
• Smith backs McCoist as successor - 21 Nov 08 19:11
  Current Rangers manager Walter Smith would like his assistant Ally McCoist to be given the chance to take over as Ibrox boss.
• Health board probes baby death - 21 Nov 08 18:11
  Police confirm they are not treating the death of a nine-month-old baby in Perth as suspicious.
• Appeal over city indecent assault - 21 Nov 08 18:11
  Police appeal for witnesses after a woman is indecently assaulted in Glasgow city centre.
• Driver dies in tractor accident - 21 Nov 08 18:11
  An investigation is launched after a man died while operating a tractor in quarry in Moray.
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