On Friday 22nd April, The Children’s Services and Glasgow Third Sector Interface Network teams at GCVS hosted a collaborative event with Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership. The focus of the event was around youth crime prevention and how Glasgow’s Youth...Read more...
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Introducing THRE – Third Sector Human Rights and Equalities
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
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?
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?
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...
Glasgow Children’s Holiday Food Programme 2022/23
https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/24610/The-Childrens-Holiday-Food-Programme The Children’s Holiday Food Programme is now live for 2022/23 applications. Informed by Glasgow City Council’s Strategic Plan, the fund enables community organisations to provide healthy,...Read more...
UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) – £212 million for Scotland
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
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
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
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...
