Community Land Scotland Annual Conference! Join us on 10 & 11 May at the Perth Theatre and help rewrite the future of community ownership and land reform in Scotland.

I am contributing this event, Royal Society of Edinburgh & Scottish Government, chaired by Talat Yaqoob FRSE, looking at how evidence is used in the community, voluntary & third sector, and can inform policy and practice development. Join us if you can.
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Welcome to Tejesh Mistry at Voluntary Health Scotland - look forward to working with you on our shared passions & challenges.

Last week cuts to Edinburgh's Health and Social Care budget were approved.

This will result in an astonishing cut to funding for community and voluntary organisations who provide vital support systems for people in the city.

Here is our response: bit.ly/4abQj9t

Do book in now: it's a pleasure to have Jane in Edinburgh after we met in Teeside in 2023. Her talk, 'Lessons from a small country?' will be an insight into what we can do in Scotland, learning from the Well-being of Future Generations Act, Wales, & she was a key architect of it.

What are the biggest hurdles facing third sector organisations trying to secure funding for vital work? Roundtable discussion Scottish Parliament yesterday convened by Foysol Choudhury MBE MSP with Ben Macpherson MSP and @MilesBriggsMSP Bridie Ashrowan Edinburgh & Lothians Regional Equality Council The Larder CitadelYouthCentre #listening

How are community & voluntary organisations helping in communities?
- in the cost of living crisis, or as one MSP said, the cost of 'greed' crisis, vital contributors to reducing poverty
- making early intervention a reality
- contributing to addressing nature & climate crisis

So moved by the queer joy in the room… the voice of living experience & allies, congratulations on this 20 year milestone, of community support across the whole LGBTQ+ community. EVOC Volunteer Edinburgh

Brand new post People Know How please repost as we seek a Policy & Research Manager Manira Ahmad Tracy Gilbert Policy Research Child Poverty Action Group Coalition of Care & Support Providers Bridie Ashrowan Sylvia baikie Ross McCulloch Cormac Russell Voluntary Health Scotland mary glasgow 💜📚 🐶🚲🇪🇺 🏊‍♀️⛷ UWS Cllr Jack Caldwell 🇺🇦 Martin Johnstone

Vastly inflated land prices in the South of Scotland is making community ownership almost impossible. We need land reform now x.com/comsdivforestr…

Fantastic research by People Know How with The University of Edinburgh Binks Hub on actual barriers through research by people with living experience: fear of the unknown, frustration, the need for an holistic approach. We can all be champions of eliminating digital poverty. EVOC

Good to see this coverage of efforts on the Isle of Raasay to tackle their housing crisis. This is repeated across many Scottish islands with communities either building affordable housing themselves or working in partnership to stem population decline bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

EVOC's Meet the Funders is in full swing! Join us at the funders marketplace to pose your questions to the The University of Edinburgh Local Grants team, Firstport for Social Entrepreneurs, Capital City Partnership, The City of Edinburgh Council teams and others.

The next session starts at 1pm at Norton Park. Don't miss this opportunity!

In a #WellbeingEconomy everyone has enough to live in comfort, safety and happiness. We are supporting the Poverty Alliance call for everyone to have a #MinimumIncomeGuarantee

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Great to be here - we need to see more folk from Edinburgh! Glasgow activists, communities & people with lived experience - thanks Poverty Alliance team! EVOC Volunteer Edinburgh Edinburgh Social Enterprise Network

📰 This week's Children, Young People and Families E-News: bit.ly/3usLBo1

Highlights:
• Barnardo's Scotland Welcome Service: Impact Report
• CashBack4Communities Supports 28,000 Young People Over Last Year
• Whole Family Wellbeing Grant & Engagement Event

#Edinburgh

If you're interested in making use of generative AI - here's five prompts charities can use right now 🤖

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Great be here, so appreciate @ACOSVOconf23, always peer support for what can be lonely jobs, reducing that isolation and taking away inspiration & practical tips.

Great passion for the future at #socentcpg from Social Enterprise Scotland John Swinney Ariane Burgess EVOC Edinburgh Social Enterprise Network 💝and here’s a way to act! #BuySocialScotland

Incredibly grateful to partners who attended & supported today’s #newscotsedinburgh event at Hibernian Community Foundation.

Will take a few days to reflect, a massive thank you to Tesfu Gessesse Rona Hunter CCP karencampbell 💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💚 Ewan Aitken 🇺🇦, Bridie Ashrowan, Wendy & David for leading todays sessions.