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Moray Fairer Scotland Fund now open |
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Monday, 22 June 2009 08:23 |
The second round of proposals for the Fairer Scotland Fund (FSF) is now open for interested parties to apply to. Guidance notes are available for all proposed applicants to consider if their idea will fit with the FSF criteria and objectives.
Interested parties wishing to submit a full proposal can obtain a copy of the funding proposal form, the FSF submission to the government, the equalities impact assessment guidance and template for completion from the Fairer Scotland Fund team and contact details are noted below and on the guidance note.
The deadline for this round of funding is Wednesday 22 July and no application will be accepted after this date. For more information please contact
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, Fairer Scotland Fund Manager at The Moray Council, Unit 7, Elgin Business Centre, Maisondieu Road, Elgin IV30 1QP or phone 01343 554311/07527387546. |
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What's been happening? |
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Monday, 15 June 2009 14:02 |
Last year MVSO sent out a questionnaire about setting up a Voluntary Sector Forum in Moray. The Forum is about the voluntary and community sector working together by facilitating networking between its members so that they share experience, expertise, resources and good practice in order to respond collectively to issues affecting Moray.
Since then, MVSO, Volunteer Centre Moray and others have been working hard to progress the idea. The Voluntary Sector Forum has now become the Voluntary Sector Partnership Moray (VSPM) and as the idea has developed over the last few months it has been decided that a further mandate from the voluntary and community sector in Moray is required.
Over the next few months further information will be sent to the sector in the form of a booklet asking for your views; this booklet will also be available on the Volunteer Centre Moray website and the MVSO website.
For more background information the following documents are available to read: Establishing a Voluntary Sector Forum in Moray, and the feedback document from this consultation.
For more information on VSPM please
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Alison Proudfoot at MVSO or phone 01343 541 713. |
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Join the Big Lunch on 19 July |
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Thursday, 07 May 2009 13:15 |
The Big Lunch is a new initiative run by the Eden Project that encourages communities to come together through growing food and flowers, creating street music, art and theatre, dressing the street and, of course, cooking and eating together.
It is inviting all 61 million people across the UK to simultaneously sit down to eat lunch with their neighbours, in the middle of your street as a simple act of community. The legacy of The Big Lunch is much bigger than just the day after... the aim is to give people the tools to strengthen their communities through activities such as neighbourhood-watch, improving local amenities such as youth centres, taking care of the elderly or disabled, making imaginative improvements to the local environment, sharing resources from lawnmowers to cars, and supporting local charities both with money and volunteering time and more. Organising a Big Lunch in your area is really easy. The Big Lunch website and printed manual will take you through the process step by step, giving you the tools, templates and resources to make it as simple as possible.
For more information about setting up your own Big Lunch, visit the website or call 020 7636 8152. |
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Ideas Tap |
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Wednesday, 03 June 2009 12:42 |
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IdeasTap is a new and innovative free online service for young people aged 16 and over.
It offers opportunities to get involved in exciting creative projects, as well as sign-posting useful information. IdeasTap will also be launching its own performing arts fund in June 2009. For more information visit the website. |
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A big hello |
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Wednesday, 06 May 2009 13:38 |
Volunteer Centre Moray would like to welcome their new Chief Officer, Helen Milnes.
Helen says "I have been working in the voluntary sector for nearly 20 years and am very committed to seeing our sector prosper. However I recognise for many members it can often be a hard task to make ends meet and recruit enough volunteers to keep going. This is at the same time as developing our organisations in order to meet growing demands. I also know that the voluntary sector is full of very hard working and dedicated people". |
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