Grant aid will support delivery of Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership Strategy
CVG UPDATE: Local voluntary sector news by Yvonne Hendry of Caithness Voluntary Group
The Local Improvement Fund allows Highland Third Sector Interface to offer grants of up to £5000 for agencies and community groups in the third sector to support delivery of the Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership Strategy in 2023.
The aim of the funding is to enable activities and services to develop in ways that prevent and reduce alcohol and drug-related harm.
Grants will be awarded using a style of participatory budgeting at six local events across the Highlands from March 6-24, including one in Wick. To apply, go to highlandtsi.org.uk
Applicants will be asked to submit a brief online form, providing details of what they intend to do.
The application deadline is Wednesday, February 15. If your application meets the basic criteria, you will be invited to give a short presentation to pitch the idea at the local event. This is on Monday, March 6, at the Pulteney Centre, from 11am to 3pm.
If you’re invited to pitch, you will have three minutes to describe your proposal, along with a few minutes to answer questions. You may not use PowerPoint, but props/costumes are encouraged. The more entertaining, thought-provoking or inspiring your pitch, the more votes you will get.
You may invite as many people to the event as you like, but only five of your guests will be allocated a vote. Others attending will vote for their favourite bid and those with the highest percentage of votes at each event will be awarded the grants, subject to the amount available.
For further details, contact Marion MacNeil (07826821545 / funding@highlandtsi.org.uk).
The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is calling for charities and individuals across the country to apply for its annual charity awards.
Organisations can only enter one category, so keep this in mind when deciding which category you’d like to enter.
All shortlisted finalists will be entered into the running for the People’s Choice award, giving members of the public a chance to vote for their favourite finalist to win.
The deadline to submit applications is Friday, March 17.
There are nine award categories: Charity of the Year, Employee of the Year, Community Action, Campaign of the Year, Trustee of the Year, Pioneering Project, Volunteer of the Year, Digital Citizen and Climate Conscious.
For full details go to https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards
Child protection training is available free of charge to anyone who has contact with children in Highland. This includes those working with families and in adult services.
Courses are available at three levels.
Child protection training in Highland is developed and delivered in line with the National Learning and Development Framework for Child Protection.
To find out more and book a space, go https://hcpc.scot/training
One-off grants of between £500 and £1000 are available from the Woodward Charitable Trust for small-scale registered charities in the UK to support children's summer play schemes. The deadline is March 31 and details can be found at www.woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk
- For more information on any of the above, contact Yvonne Hendry or Allan Tait; email yvonne@cvg.org.uk or allan@cvg.org.uk