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Glasgow Census Participation Fund

May 16, 2022 | Funding, GCVS Blog

Support your community to complete the Census Scotland’s Census is a household survey of everyone in Scotland which usually takes place once every ten years. For over 200 years, Scotland has relied on the census to underpin national and local decision making. These...Read more...

Introducing THRE – Third Sector Human Rights and Equalities

May 11, 2022 | Equalities projects, GCVS Blog

THRE – Third Sector Human Rights and Equalities is a new nationwide project led by GCVS in partnership with HTSI and EVOC. THRE is working with Scotland’s Third Sector Interface organisations (TSIs) to develop resources, training and networks which support third...Read more...

Health in a Changing City – Session Recording and Notes

May 3, 2022 | GCVS Blog, Health & social care

On 20 April, GCVS hosted a joint session with the Glasgow Centre for Population Health to discuss the recently published “Health in a Changing City” report. During the session, Bruce Whyte, Katharine Timpson and Mairi Young explored different sections of...Read more...

How is Glasgow improving digital inclusion?

May 3, 2022 | GCVS Blog

Since 2021, GCVS has administered funding on behalf of Glasgow City Council to improve digital inclusion and develop digital skills across the city. We awarded a total of £185,000 to 18 organisations who provide training and support projects that develop digital...Read more...

Upcoming elections; what’s in it for the third sector?

Apr 29, 2022 | GCVS Blog

What you need to know before the Glasgow City Council Elections This Thursday 5th of May, Glaswegians will take to the polls and elect a new administration for Glasgow City Council. The city of Glasgow is divided into 23 wards, each of which elects 3 or 4 Councillors...Read more...

Yaldi Community Lottery Celebrates Winning Causes

Apr 26, 2022 | GCVS Blog, Projects

Yaldi – Glasgow’s Community Lottery was first launched in 2020 with the sole aim of helping support local good causes with much-needed, additional fundraising. Since then, more than 100 voluntary organisations and community groups in the city have joined...Read more...

UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) – £212 million for Scotland

Apr 20, 2022 | Funding, GCVS Blog

A Prospectus was published on 13 Apr 2022 for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is effectively a replacement for European Funding (ESF and ERDF) and covers Scotland. The UK...Read more...

COVID Recovery – Why Networks Matter More Than Ever

Apr 19, 2022 | GCVS Blog, Health & social care

Hilda Campbell, Chief Executive of COPE Scotland has written a guest blog for our ‘Recovery’ series. The Recovery series considers how we might we move forward from the COVID pandemic, and examines what this means for health and social care services,...Read more...

Health and health inequalities in Glasgow – Recovery Event with GCPH

Apr 12, 2022 | GCVS Blog, Health & social care

GCVS is delighted to be working with the Glasgow Centre for Population Health to deliver this next event in our ‘Recovery’ series. In order to recover after the last two years of the pandemic, it’s vital that we understand the scale of the...Read more...

Bureaucracy, Battles and Budgets: Learning from the “Our World Reimagined – Social Care” Series

Apr 6, 2022 | GCVS Blog, Health & social care

As GCVS launches a report outlining learning from the ‘Our World Reimagined – Social Care’ series, our Health and Social Care Coordinator talks about the challenge of ‘recovering equally’ from the COVID-19 pandemic and how this starts for...Read more...

£2.7m Granted to Over 300 Community Wellbeing Projects in Glasgow

Apr 4, 2022 | GCVS Blog

Glasgow CVS is delighted to have worked with partners to award grants, totalling £2.7 million, to 308 organisations in Glasgow whose work improves mental wellbeing. Community groups and voluntary organisations across Glasgow applied for up to £10,000 in vital support...Read more...

GCVS distributes over 1400 phones for Community Calling Project

Mar 29, 2022 | GCVS Blog

GCVS has been helping to drive a circular economy project in Glasgow called ‘Community Calling’. The project provided more than 1400 smartphones to people who are digitally excluded, including a year’s free data. The team at GCVS were delighted to receive...Read more...

Recovering Health and Care with Pennie Taylor

Mar 28, 2022 | GCVS Blog, Health & social care

Interviewer became interviewee in the first ‘Recovery’ session held by the GCVS Health and Care team on 14 March. The ‘Recovery’ series will look at what matters to the voluntary sector and to those we work with as the country and our city,...Read more...

Health & Social Care in Glasgow – Join the Conversation UPDATE

Mar 22, 2022 | GCVS Blog, Health & social care

As health and social care services emerge from the impact of the COVID pandemic, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership is inviting voluntary organisations and people who need and use these services to feed into its future plans. At a first, joint event on 2...Read more...

Bank of England Consults on Economic Challenges for Sector

Mar 17, 2022 | GCVS Blog

A round table discussion was held between GCVS members and a representative of the Bank of England to examine the economic challenges caused by Covid and specifically the impact on third-sector organisations. Attendees at GCVS’ Albany building were invited to...Read more...

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