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Edinburgh’s Third Sector Manifesto

2 November 2011 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

Edinburgh’s Third Sector ManifestoOn behalf of the Edinburgh Third Sector Interface, I am delighted to introduce Edinburgh’s Third Sector Manifesto for the Council elections in 2012. This document is informed by widespread consultation over the past few months with our Third Sector colleagues and network partners. The Manifesto highlights the issues that we face together and offers a […]

Empowering Communities – Whose job is that, then?

2 November 2011 By EVOC Communications Team 6 Comments

Empowering Communities – Whose job is that, then?ONE of the most difficult questions I come across – a pretty normal, innocent question you’d think – is “So, what’s your work about, then?” Well, you try and explain ‘Third Sector participation in Community Planning’ to someone who’s never heard of it before! Sometimes I say “I work in the Voluntary Sector,” at other […]

Connecting with EVOC

28 October 2011 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

Connecting with EVOCNow that EVOC has this super duper new website, I wanted to let you know how you can keep in touch with us and follow us as there are a number of new ways that we are communicating with everyone. So get a cup of tea and relax and have a read and please get […]

#EndPoverty – Everywhere

17 October 2011 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

#EndPoverty – EverywhereMonday 17th October is International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and the theme for 2011 is “From Poverty to Sustainability: People at the Centre of Inclusive Development.“ People around the world are using the Twitter Hashtag #EndPoverty today. Whether at a global level or locally, all of us recognise that many of the key […]

Edinburgh Change Fund – Innovation Grant Programme

14 October 2011 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

Edinburgh Change Fund – Innovation Grant ProgrammeYou may already know that EVOC is administering a proportion of the Edinburgh Older People’s Services Change Fund (Click Item 14). Voluntary organisations in the city can apply for funds to develop and deliver innovative services to the client group. We are currently working hard to develop the necessary application process and I am pleased […]

Intern Opportunity

4 October 2011 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

Intern OpportunityGreat news today – our internship is now open for applications. Thanks to Third Sector Internships Scotland (TSIS), SCVO and Queen Margaret Uni, we have an opportunity available to take on a current higher education student to carry out research into Edinburgh’s community transport sector. I see this a great chance for a student to […]

Launch party

29 September 2011 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

Launch partyAfter a year of planning and many months of hard work and more than a few wee delays, we are delighted to finally present the new EVOC website. Tom and I have been the main team behind the new website, with Tom leading on IT and myself leading on content. It is never so simple […]

Welcome!

28 September 2011 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

Welcome!Welcome to EVOCs all new singing and dancing website. If you are like me and increasingly use the internet as the first source of any reference material you will know that it is vital that the information you gather is up to date, relevant and accurate. At EVOC we have set ourselves a high benchmark […]