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Inspiring Change: Voluntary Sector Responses to COVID-19

18 June 2020 By EVOC Comms Leave a Comment

Inspiring Change: Voluntary Sector Responses to COVID-19“Thanks for still being there for me.” As we read through the stories of local responses to Coronavirus this one stood out. Said by a young person who is being supported by The Junction, it was the shortest and simplest, but summed up the fact that in the toughest of times, local organisations have found […]

Google Ad Grants – FREE Advertising for Non-Profits

16 January 2020 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

Google Ad Grants – FREE Advertising for Non-ProfitsI recently came across Google’s ‘Ad Grants’ for non-profits, and wanted to share my insight from this to EVOC’s members and readers. 

Tagged With: advertising, charity, communication, digital, Edinburgh, Funding, google ad, google ad grants, grants, marketing, online, voluntary sector

Extension of FOI regulations to voluntary organisations

4 December 2019 By EVOC Comms Leave a Comment

Extension of FOI regulations to voluntary organisationsMany organisations may be aware, and others not yet alert to the fact that a Scottish Government consultation has just closed, seeking views on further extending the coverage of FOISA, with a focus on those who provide services on behalf of the public sector. The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) The full consultation description is […]

The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2019 – It’s Good 2 Give

7 October 2019 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2019 – It’s Good 2 GiveThis is a guest blog from one of the winners of the 2019 Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS) – it focuses on It’s Good 2 Give, a charity that supports young cancer patients and their families, it is written by Co-founder and Chair Lynne McNicoll OBE MInstF. 

Tagged With: award, blog, cancer, community, Edinburgh, QAVS, Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, treatment, winner, young people

The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2019 – PF Counselling Service

30 September 2019 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2019 – PF Counselling ServiceThis is a guest blog from one of the winners of the 2019 Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS) – it focuses on the PF Counselling Service, written by Director, Alison Hampton.  This is the first of three blogs, see the others and more info here. PF Counselling Services, which has been established for over […]

Tagged With: award, congratulations, counselling, Edinburgh, Mental Health, QAVS, queens award, voluntary, voluntary service, volunteers

The Road to Growth Blog: Money, Impact & Change

15 August 2019 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

The Road to Growth Blog: Money, Impact & ChangeDoing the right thing isn’t always the easy thing.

Tagged With: charity bank, community, Edinburgh, EVOC, Funding, impact, Locality working, money, public sector transformation, road to growth, third sector, third sector services

Drug related deaths in the news

18 July 2019 By EVOC Comms Leave a Comment

Drug related deaths in the newsIt’s good to see media support for drug and alcohol funding, although of course sad that the stark drug related deaths figures released this week were needed to bring this about. Drug related deaths are an indicator of the increasing pressures but are unfortunately only the tip of the iceberg. It’s always helpful to have […]

UN Poverty Rapporteur

25 June 2019 By EVOC Comms Leave a Comment

UN Poverty RapporteurAt the end of May the UN’s final report on the impact of austerity on human rights in the UK was published. Philip Alston, the UN rapporteur on extreme poverty sets out a damning 21 pages. “Close to 40 per cent of children are predicted to be living in poverty by 2021. Food banks have […]

Guest Blog: Jan-Bert from Artlink on the Art in Action Campaign

24 May 2019 By EVOC Comms Leave a Comment

Guest Blog: Jan-Bert from Artlink on the Art in Action CampaignFOCUS ON: ART IN ACTION ‘If your world’s never interesting and always predictable, eventually you will keep your eyes shut and you don’t need to see it because you know exactly what’s going on round about you, you become almost totally desensitised to everything. It’s a kind of learned dis-engagement.’ Colin Hattersley Photography The Scottish Contemporary […]

Guest Blog: Training Trainers – The importance of Learning to Learn

3 May 2019 By EVOC Comms Leave a Comment

Guest Blog: Training Trainers – The importance of Learning to LearnDuncan W Wallace Coach, Government Advisor and Organisational Development Consultant “Brilliant, practical way of building a training course”…. The “Training for Trainers course was very helpful in learning the do’s and don’t as well as how to design a programme incorporating all learning styles.”…. “Duncan’s course is well-structured and inclusive of different professions (not always […]
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