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Cheques and Cupboards

25 July 2023 By EVOC Comms Leave a Comment

Cheques and Cupboards by Tracy Baird (Voluntary Sector Organisational Development Worker, EVOC) I caught the volunteering bug when I was 16 and have worked in the sector on and off since, so I know what it is like to wait for a funding letter. The sense of doom mixed with excitement at what might be inside. Would it […]

A Message From Mike Massaro-Mallinson…

27 June 2023 By EVOC Comms Leave a Comment

A Message From Mike Massaro-Mallinson…I’ve recently had the honour and responsibility of being appointed Interim Chief Officer for the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board, to lead the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership. As one of my first priorities I want to reach out to the great organisations we work with to make Edinburgh a better place to care and […]

Community Wealth Building in Edinburgh

3 May 2023 By EVOC Comms Leave a Comment

Community Wealth Building in EdinburghBy Bridie Ashrowan (Chief Executive, EVOC) Ahead of the First Minister’s Anti-Poverty Summit today, EVOC were part of a Members Meeting last week to input on behalf the communities of Edinburgh and I hope our input, collated with the thoughts of the Poverty Alliance network, helped shape the event and this briefing. It outlines the […]

Adult Protection is Everyone’s Business…

14 April 2023 By EVOC Comms Leave a Comment

Adult Protection is Everyone’s Business…by Marion Findlay (Director of Services, Volunteer Edinburgh) Adult Protection is an issue for everyone who works or volunteers in the voluntary sector. Whether you are delivering a specialist mental health service, running a charity shop, managing a community garden or involved in any one of our sector’s thousands of activities in the city – […]

Representing the Third Sector at Buckingham Palace

21 March 2023 By EVOC Comms Leave a Comment

Representing the Third Sector at Buckingham Palace by Michele Mason (Area Manager, Change Mental Health and Chair of Edinburgh’s Mental Health Forum) EVOC were asked by Edinburgh’s Lord Provost, Robert Aldridge, to nominate someone from the 3rd sector to attend the Loyal Addresses by Privileged Bodies event at Buckingham Palace on Thu 9 Mar 2023. EVOC nominated myself as Area Manager for […]

Matching the Needs of Third Sector Organisations with NHS Suppliers

8 November 2022 By EVOC Comms Leave a Comment

Matching the Needs of Third Sector Organisations with NHS Suppliers By Stuart Barrie, Operations Manager, Voluntary Sector Gateway West Lothian This is a wee blog to fill you in on the Community Benefit Gateway (CBG). In the simplest of terms, it’s a platform set up to connect NHS suppliers to third sector organisations that may need a hand with something. How does it […]

Ukraine…the long road ahead

21 September 2022 By EVOC Comms Leave a Comment

Ukraine…the long road aheadby John Beaton-Hawryluk, Ukraine Crisis Response Programme Coordinator (EVOC) It’s a little under seven months since the war started by Russia on Ukrainian territory at 5am on Thu 24 Feb. It was an escalation of the war that started in 2014 in the Donbas region and with the annexation of Crimea. In the weeks and […]

A one of a kind, life-changing service in Scotland: Reflections on Milestone Intermediate Care Unit

16 June 2022 By EVOC Comms Leave a Comment

A one of a kind, life-changing service in Scotland: Reflections on Milestone Intermediate Care Unit by Dr Gerry Mitchell (a social policy researcher) “I came here so broken and uncertain, and the beginning of this journey started in room 9. I am leaving with so much hope and determination for the next chapter.” In two bungalows set back in a quiet road of the city, an intermediate care service comprised […]

Keeping The Promise for Edinburgh’s Children

23 May 2022 By EVOC Comms Leave a Comment

Keeping The Promise for Edinburgh’s Children by Keith Dyer, Quality Assurance and Compliance Manager, Education and Children’s Directorate, City of Edinburgh Council You may recall that back in 2016, the First Minister made a commitment that Scotland would “come together and love its most vulnerable children to give them the childhood they deserve.” She commissioned the Independent Care Review to look at what […]