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Bringing Together the Voices of Voluntary Sector Leaders

13 May 2022 By Esther Currie Leave a Comment

We want to hear your thoughts on how people from Edinburgh’s voluntary sector could come together to discuss strategic issues and explore options to influence and make change.

This has historically been done through the Third Sector Strategy Group, but we are exploring a new platform/format for leaders from across the voluntary sector – charities, social enterprises and community groups – to have the opportunity to share their knowledge, experiences and ideas.

Please take a few minutes to complete an online survey so that together we can find an active way to make forward. 

Complete the survey

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Filed Under: Future Thinking, Updates

EVOC’s Annual Survey: Have Your Say

13 May 2022 By Esther Currie Leave a Comment

We would really appreciate all of our members, partners and colleagues taking a few minutes to complete our annual survey.

It is mostly multiple choice questions, so should only take a few minutes, but your answers are really important.

They will help to inform our plans for the future and measure the impact of the support we have provided in the last year.

Complete the survey

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Filed Under: Future Thinking, Updates

Introducing THRE – Third Sector Human Rights and Equalities

11 May 2022 By Esther Currie Leave a Comment

THRE (Third Sector Human Rights & Equalities) is working with Scotland’s Third Sector Interface organisations (TSIs) to develop resources, training and networks which support third sector organisations towards taking a human rights and equalities first approach to their organisational development and delivery.

The project will also be helping to equip organisations and individuals with the skills to champion human rights and equalities, allowing the sector as a whole to challenge inequality and make a positive difference.

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Further 2 Year Extension to IJB Grants Programme

26 April 2022 By Esther Currie

On Tue 19 Apr Dr Linda Irvine-Fitzpatrick took a paper to the Integration Joint Board (IJB) that agreed a further two year extension to the current IJB Grant Programme (to 31 March 2025). 

Over the course of the next two years EVOC and Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership will be developing the More Good Days Public Social Partnership (PSP) which will enact the great work which has been going on with local organisations through the Edinburgh Wellbeing Pact. This will build upon learning from our ‘Learning by Doing’ Community Commissioning approach used to distribute the Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund for Edinburgh as well as a range of other initiatives and opportunities. 

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Communities to Benefit From 1st Stage of Mental Health Funding

2 March 2022 By Esther Currie

We are delighted to announce the first wave of investment from the Scottish Government Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund in Edinburgh.

Fourteen groups and organisations have been awarded small pots of funding, totalling just over £26,000, to deliver grass-roots activities in communities across the City. The rest of the £1.255 million investment will be distributed by Thursday 31 March 2022 with more details to follow.

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Community-based Adult Learning Grants Awarded for 2022

19 January 2022 By Esther Currie

We are excited to announce details of the 29 grants awarded from the Scottish Government Fund to support community-based adult learning opportunities across the City of Edinburgh.

Together with our Third Sector Interface partners – Volunteer Edinburgh and Edinburgh Social Enterprise – and Edinburgh’s Community Learning and Development Partnership Adult Learning Sub Group, we have identified a range of projects and activities that deliver on the agreed objectives for this investment. These focus on digital inclusion; working with black, Asian and minority ethnic communities; increased access to childcare to enable adults to engage and improving mental health and wellbeing for learners.

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Investment For Community-Based Adult Learning in Edinburgh

8 December 2021 By Esther Currie

Please note that applications for the fund have now closed [Wed 22 Dec].

Edinburgh’s Third Sector Interface (TSI) – a partnership between EVOC, Volunteer Edinburgh and Edinburgh Social Enterprise – has been awarded £112,000 from the Scottish Government to invest in community-based adult learning opportunities. This is to help address barriers to learning resulting from the impacts of the Covid 19 Pandemic.

Working with the Edinburgh CLD Partnership, we have agreed four priority learning themes and activities – these are linked to the Edinburgh CLD Plan objectives. (see table below)

This investment must be spent and the activities delivered by 31 March 2022.

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Edinburgh Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund is now open

30 November 2021 By Esther Currie

Please note that applications for this fund have now closed [Fri 14 Jan].

Funding Scope Update (17 Dec): Having discussed concerns with Scottish Government about the decision to exclude counselling from this fund, we have received updated feedback that some counselling can in fact be funded. We appreciate that this timing is inconvenient, but given the strength of feedback about the need for counselling during the funding events, we felt it was essential to be transparent about this change.

Get the latest updates and other key info about this fund here. 

Expressions of Interest I Get Involved I Key Documents I Funding Overview


We’ve had a busy November, discussing this funding with as many people as we can.

To try to make it more accessible, instead of long application forms we’re asking you to fill in a few key details setting out what you think your organisation or group can do to meet the needs of communities in Edinburgh. Please also tell us what support you might find helpful.

These expressions of interest will be publicly available for others to see on our website from mid-December, so do check back in a week or two. We hope this open process will stimulate partnerships and ideas.

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Update: Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Funding

19 November 2021 By Esther Currie

We have now developed a draft Partnership Plan for the Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Funding that begins to set out Edinburgh’s approach to implementing the fund announced by Scottish Government on Fri 15 Oct 2021. 

You can still register for our last online event and share your thoughts and experiences on how to development a funding process that will get the most out of this investment for the people of Edinburgh: register here. 

If you are unable to attend you can add to a shared online whiteboard here. 

Here’s the full funding briefing document (Tue 2 Nov) I Evidence appendix

PARTNERSHIP PLAN BACKGROUND

  • Some elements of the fund are set out by Scottish Government and others are to be defined for
    Edinburgh in partnership.
  • £1.255 million has been allocated to Edinburgh to support community health and wellbeing, for
    those aged 16 and above.
  • The fund is to support mental health and wellbeing at a small scale, grassroots, community level. It
    can be used to increase capacity for existing groups and projects or for new initiatives.
  • Groups do not have to have mental health and wellbeing as their main focus, but there needs to be
    a clear benefit to the mental wellbeing of people in their community.
  • Initiatives with a focus on addressing mental health inequalities by supporting those who have
    been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic will be prioritised, particularly those supporting
    communities experiencing multiple forms of marginalisation

Read the full draft partnership plan here. 

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EVOC Conference + AGM 2021

15 November 2021 By Esther Currie

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the 2021 EVOC Conference + AGM: Thriving Local.

We appreciated the time and energy of everyone involved and look forward to continuing these conversations in the coming weeks and months. 

We will be sharing recordings of the keynote speeches in the coming days, but in the meantime you can see 2 of the 3 keynote presentations below: 

  • Dona Milne: Director of Public Health and Health Policy (NHS Lothian)
    Covid recovery: The NHS as an Anchor Institution
  • Daisy Narayanan, Placemaking and Mobility (City of Edinburgh Council)
    20 min Neighbourhoods – Living Well Locally

You can still browse the full Conference + AGM programme here.

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