Tag: funding
Health chiefs could withdraw support for new extra care housing in Midlothian
A row over funding could see health bosses withdraw from plans to provide services for new additional support housing at the old Dalkeith High School site, part of a £17 million Midlothian Council project.
Midlothian...
West Lothian – Labour calls for reset of local government
West Lothian Council’s Labour group has called for a “reset” of the relationship between Holyrood and all 32 Scottish local councils as they highlight most of the local authority budget is ring-fenced.
Following weeks of...
SCVO tackling the digital divide with money available to help from three funds
The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) has launched the eighth round of the Digital Participation Charter Fund, the Connecting Communities Fund and The Device Refurbishment Support Fund today.
These rather grand sounding titles...
Support fund for families and children this winter
The Scottish Government have announced funding to help Scots pay for food, heating, warm clothing and shelter during the winter, all part of a new £100m support package.
The fund will help those on low...
Housing Association’s £10,000 Fund to Support Causes in Edinburgh – apply now
LOCAL charities, clubs and good causes across Edinburgh are invited to apply for their share of a £10,000 funding pot launched by Cairn Housing Association.
The Cairn Community Fund aims to provide support for a...
Charities win big at ScottishPower awards
Two charities have won awards totally £12,500 in recent national awards made by the ScottishPower Foundation.
One is a music charity which offers free, live musical concerts to people living in care and the other is an organisation...
Canongate Youth win People’s Millions
Canongate Youth's Old School Café has won £38,000 of funding from the People's Millions.
They found out on STV East’s news programme earlier this week that they had won.
Canongate say that the cafe will train...
Edinburgh Western MSP joining up the funding dots
Colin Keir MSP held a very successful funding workshop this morning at St Thomas's Church Hall in Corstorphine.
It proved to be a useful couple of hours for both the charities and funding organisations who...
Edinburgh residents rally round to save rape crisis centre
Campaigners working to rescue Edinburgh’s only rape crisis centre from funding cuts have raised over £4,000 as part of efforts to save the cash-strapped organisation.
Edinburgh Women’s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (EWRASAC) has provided...
Scottish Portrait Gallery photography exhibition funded for three years
THE ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE FOUNDATION FUNDS PHOTOGRAPHY SPACE
The National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) is delighted to announce that The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation has made a major donation to the new Photography Gallery in the refurbished...
Young Actors Win Edinburgh Opportunity
The independent arts charity Ideas Tap recently announced the winners of a competition to get £10, 000 of funding to enable young creatives to perform at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
We spoke to the...
The nuts and bolts of the City Council budget
The Council took a long time yesterday to pass the budget but it went through unchanged by 30 votes to 29 when they did approve it. The Labour group in the council had prepared...
