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Supporting Scotland’s vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

Details

The Trust funds charities and voluntary organisations working in the areas of health, lifelong learning, community development and social care, and encourages applications from organisations where their grants can make the biggest impact.

Their main focus is on the following areas:

  • Health: Community healthcare, such as homecare or support for sufferers of medical conditions, and health education and prevention
  • Lifelong learning: Local literacy and numeracy projects
  • Community development: For example, supporting councils in providing voluntary services
  • Social care: Personal, social or community activities or schemes.

Additionally, a particular focus within each of these priorities is how the projects demonstrate a commitment to improving diversity, equality and inclusion within the community.

The Trust will consider applications for funding for most expenditure items, including salary and running costs.

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Geographical areas funded: UK

Fund type

Type of funding:
Grant
Type of cost:
Capital, Revenue, Core costs

Fund award sizes

Notes on award amounts:
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Who can apply

Registered charities benefiting people who live in Nottinghamshire and/or across the UK. They will also fund smaller voluntary organisations whose income and expenditure are less than £5,000 per year and which are not yet required to register with the Charity Commission. Please note that they cannot fund grants of over £5,000 to these groups.

When to apply

Currently closed.

Usual application windows are:

  • 1 - 31 August (for consideration in October)
  • 1 - 30 November (for consideration in January)
  • 1 - 28 February (for consideration in April)
  • 1 - 31 May (for consideration in July)

How to apply

Apply via online application form.

Contact information

Exclusions

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Activites funded: Befriending and mentoring Citizenship and community involvement Community development and regeneration Education and training Employability services Environment General charitable activities Health care and wellbeing Health education and promotion Recreation and social activities Social care and welfare Climate action

Beneficiaries funded: Economically/socially disadvantaged Families General public Homeless or badly housed Socially isolated people Ill-health Disabilities Learning disabilities Physical disabilities Local communities Unemployed

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