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Communities to benefit from waste products
Schools, charities and community groups can apply for products and waste materials through the B&Q Waste Donate Scheme. B&Q operates this Scheme through all of its stores within the UK. B&Q donates products and waste materials they haven’t been able to sell for re-use such as slightly damaged tins of paint, off-cuts of timber, odd rolls of wallpaper and end-of-range materials. Donated products should benefit the local community and the environment and can not be resold.
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Voluntary Power
Independent think-tank Reform Scotland has published a consultation document called Voluntary Power suggesting the role of the third sector in public service provision should be expanded. They claim the results of increased government control over, in particular, health and education have been disappointing and the great unwashed expect services comparable in quality to certain other nations (I think we all know who that means - those sinister types who want to exercise bend-control over our bananas and purloin our sovereignty). Reform Scotland reckon that greater independence, choice, flexibility, interaction and user-empowerment will drive up standards. The not-for-profit voluntary sector in particular is the logical agency of delivery to either provide or influence these outcomes.
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NESTA Age Unlimited
NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) has launched a new programme in Scotland called Age Unlimited, looking for people in their 50's and 60's in Scotland to come forward with new ideas that could be turned into live community projects which would improve the lives of older people (people in their 70's, 80's and above).
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Awards for All Scotland
Awards for All Scotland gives grants of between £500 and £10,000 for people to take part in art, sport and community activities, and projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community.
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Brummies going green
Located in the rapidly changing socio-economic and urban environment of Britain's second largest city, Birmingham Eastside is the largest current city-centre redevelopment scheme in the UK, and it presents complex challenges to a range of stakeholders in both the public and private sectors. The Sustainable Eastside project, funded by the EPSRC , was active in the early planning and conceptual stages of the regeneration project from May 2003 through June 2008.
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Community Chest Programme
The Community Chest can provide grants of up to £1,000 and free training to groups with an annual income under £25,000. Groups can apply for funding for a wide range of activities or operational costs.
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Grants for Planting Trees
The Tree Council, the lead tree campaigning charity working to promote the importance of trees within the changing environment has announced that its Trees for Communities and Trees for Schools grant making programmes are now open for applications.
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BBC Children in Need Small Grants Scheme
BBC Children in Need are inviting not-for-profit organisations working with disadvantaged children and young people 18 years and under to apply for grants of up to £10,000 through their small grants scheme.
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Truth about Youth Programme
The Co-operative Foundation, which is an independent charitable trust set up in 2000 and solely funded by The Co-operative Group – United Region has announced that it is seeking to support one charity in the Glasgow and surrounding area through its Truth about Youth programme.
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E.ON Sustainable Energy Fund
E.On , the power and gas generating and distributing company, has announced that the next application deadline for its Sustainable Energy Fund is 2 April 2010. The E.ON Sustainable Energy Fund offers grants of up to £20,000 to community groups and not for profit organisations who wish to consider and implement sustainable energy projects in their buildings.
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Climate Challenge Fund Round 6 Awards
The Scottish Government has announced the projects awarded funding from round 6 of the Climate Challenge Fund. A total of over £3.6 million was offered to 41 projects across Scotland, all with the aim of reducing our communities' carbon footprints.
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Creme of Nature Awards UK
Now into its third year, the Award is focused on those in African
Caribbean voluntary, faith and community groups in the UK, whose primary
objective is to support and encourage women. The closing date for funding applications is the 28th February 2010.
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Last call for funding: communities and stations
It wasn't open for long, but the deadline for applications for cash from a new £1 million fund to help create new businesses and premises for community projects has been set for 1 February 2010. The Stations Community Regeneration Fund (SCRF) was launched by Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson in May this year and has been created to bring redundant or disused station buildings back into use for the benefit of passengers or the local community.
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INCREASE III ReUse Programme
Wrap Scotland has announced the launch of INCREASE III (ReUse), a new £800,000 grants scheme. This programme is part of the Scottish Government's Zero Waste Strategy, aimed at not-for-profit community sector organisations to improve the re-use infrastructure and capability across Scotland.
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Community awards for buildings feasibility
The Scottish Community Projects Fund can award grants up to a maximum of £2,000, or half the cost inc VAT (whichever is the lower), for a local Community Group to employ an architect or any other building professional, to prepare a feasibility study for building or environmental improvement projects or employment or other initiatives which have social benefit.
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Alloa is ACE
Alloa Community Enterprises (ACE)*, has won the award for Best Large Social Enterprise at the first Social Enterprise Scotland Awards . Social Enterprise Clydebank , won Best Small Social Enterprise while the Breadmaker won Best New Social Enterprise.
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What do you think about SCVO?
The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations has just opened a survey to find out what people think about it. The survey is open to all, not just members, so if you have a view let them know.
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People's Postcode Trust
A new community grants programme was launched earlier this year, the People's Postcode Trust. Distributing funding raised through the People's Postcode Lottery, community groups in Scotland can apply for between £750 and £10,000.
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Tree o'clock
Ever wanted to be part of a world record attempt? BBC Breathing Places are organising one for the largest number of trees planted at the same time, and are looking for as many people as possible to join in.
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Supermarket cash for communities
Supermarket chain, Waitrose will award funding of over £2 million over the
next year to nearly 7,000 charities and local good causes. The funding
is being made through a new initiative called Community Matters .
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Food for Thought
Some local authorities are beginning to get their act together as far as food waste recycling is concerned. Mind you let's not produce it in the first place is the way to go.
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BT Community Connections
Do you know a community or charitable organisation that is looking for IT equipment and wants to get online? If so, they can apply for a BT Community Connections award today.
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North Berwick Triumphs Again
North Berwick in East Lothian has for the second time won the Beautiful Scotland campaign award for the cleanest, most sustainable and beautiful community in Scotland.
Presentations took place in Aberdeen on Monday 21 September. Other award winners were Rothesay which received the Rosebowl Reserve Trophy, while Perth & Kinross villages Comrie took the Best Village Shield and Muthill the Best Village Runner Up trophy.Read More About North Berwick Triumphs Again...
Barclays Community Finance Fund
Barclays Bank have announced £250,000 of support for the community finance sector, including credit unions and community development finance initiatives, with grants of up to £50,000 available for a variety of purposes including marketing, infrastructure, product development, mergers between businesses and the delivery of financial capability or money advice services.
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Active Mediation Forum
Do you want to understand more about how mediation can work in
practice? Then join PAS for an introduction on how mediation can be
applied. In this Forum Event we will be exploring the practical use of
mediation in different stages of the planning process – development
planning, pre-application consultation and enforcement.
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Local food networks guide
A guide was launched on local food at the Royal Highland Show in July 2009 by Richard Lochead, Cabinet Secretary for all things Green.
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Carbon guides
Just published are a series of 6 carbon guides to support groups applying for Climate Challenge Fund monies.
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Beautiful Scotland: so much more than flowers
Each year hundreds of communities lever funding and volunteer effort to improve the quality of their villages, towns and cities as part of the Beautiful Scotland campaign.
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Climate Challenge Fund Round 5 announcement
On 2 September 2009 the Scottish Government announced that Round 5 of the Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) was supporting thirty seven projects across Scotland with £3.5 million to tackle climate change in their communities.
Collectively, the projects will reduce carbon emissions by over 250,000
tonnes - the equivalent of taking over 83,000 cars off the UK roads.
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Herald Society Awards 2009
The Big Lottery Fund is the main sponsor of the Herald Society Awards 2009. The Awards were set up to share and reward success, open to all those working in the public and voluntary sectors, with scope for small and large organisations, individuals and teams alike to tell the nation about what they have achieved.
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EAS EnergySavers Award 2009
Energy-saving projects across Scotland are being invited to enter the EAS EnergySavers Award 2009 and celebrate their contribution to combatting climate change. Organised by fuel poverty charity Energy Action Scotland and supported for the eighth year by eaga , the Awards have a first prize of £1,500 and a second prize of £1,000.
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Host a Green Communities Training Course
This year the Energy Saving Trust (EST) Green Communities service (formally CAfE) is giving community groups the opportunity to host their own Green Communities course. By hosting a training, Green Communities will be able to provide your group with a bespoke course enabling you to improve your knowledge of energy and develop a community energy project. Best of all it’s free of charge!
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New funding for play
Announced on 11 August 2009, Go Play is a new grant programme to support play activities in Scotland. A total of £4million is being made available by the Scottish Government over the next two years, which will be distributed by Inspiring Scotland.
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Town Centre Regeneration Fund - update
The Scottish Government has extended the deadline for applications to their £60million Town Centre Regeneration Fund - you now have until 28 August 2009 to apply for the £20million remaining in the pot.
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Planning reform podcast launch
It’s arrived!
Monday 3 August marked an important day on every planner's calendar. Yes, it was a public holiday, but more importantly it was the day when new arrangements come into place for dealing with planning applications and appeals, and giving communities a greater say. The day may have passed, but planning reform is here to stay.
“Planning Aid for Scotland can help”
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Urban regenerists get yourself recognised
Now open for nomination, the Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum (SURF) awards - now in their 11th year - recognise and promote best practice in regeneration and social inclusion in Scotland.
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Empowered sustainable communities
Forward Scotland has been awarded funding of over £400,000 by the Big Lottery Fund in Scotland to deliver Sus it Out Plus ™ a community empowerment programme for sustainability.
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Achieving Community Empowerment is ACE
The Scottish Community Development Centre is looking to work with 50 community groups between 2009 and 2014 through it's lottery backed Achieving Community Empowerment (ACE) programme.
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Our Community, Our Future
Scottish Community Foundation is looking to work with a small number of new community groups as part of its Our Community, Our Future programme funded by the Big Lottery Fund .
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CashBack for Communities
YouthLink Scotland has announced the 3rd round of the CashBack for Community Fund is now open for applications, with a deadline to apply of 31 October 2009.
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Village SOS
Not content just to be on ITV, the Big Lottery Fund has teamed up with the BBC to launch an initiative to find 6 villages throughout the UK who want to develop a new business venture.
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Third sector support survey
The Dynamic Inclusive Communities (DInC) Forum is seeking assistance from community groups in getting a picture of what support groups receive and what they would actually like to have.
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Scottish Sustainable Communities Initiative
The outcome of the Scottish Government's Sustainable Communities Initiaitive, a new housebuilding programme, was announced on 20 May.
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Travel Line Scotland Widget
Why don't you get a cool widget added to your community webspace and encourage people to use public transport?
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Free Ebook on Measuring Social Impact
Measuring you social value is very much of the moment and everybody is trying to sell you something. Take a first step with this free e-book from the people at the Tool Factory.
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Land reform going backwards
Andy Wightman , respected campaigner of community interests in assets, expresses his disappointment in the discussion at the Scottish Parliament on Land Reform.
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Making the Links: Greenspace
Greenspace Scotland has launched a new guide called 'Making the Links: greenspace for a more successful and sustainable Scotland', targetted at both policy makers and greenspace practitioners.
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E.On Sustainable Energy Fund
E.On, the power and gas generating and distributing company, has announced the launch of a new Sustainable Energy Fund. The E.On Sustainable Energy Fund offers grants of up to £20,000 to community groups and not for profit organisations who wish to consider and implement sustainable energy projects in their buildings.
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Town Centre Regeneration Fund
The Scottish Government has announced £60 million is available to help town centres and high streets through the current downturn. A wide range of bodies including local authorities, Community Planning Partnerships, business Improvement Districts, Town Centre Managers, local Chambers of Commerce, businesses and third sector groups are eligible to apply.
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Climate challenge fund - year 1 review
It's one year in and the Climate Challenge Fund has a tough task in getting over £27million to communities. If you have an idea you should get in touch.
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