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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.
Unrestricted grants for social justice charities
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) have launched The Keystone Fund which aims to enable locally and regionally-focused charities working towards social equity to become more agile in their support for their communities. The Fund will provide a programme of unrestricted grants, networking and access to advice webinars and toolkits.
Grants of between £5,000 and £50,000 are available for UK registered charities addressing social injustice or working towards social equity to build a fairer society for all, in particular:
- Refugees in the UK (around 50% of the Fund will be focused on organisations supporting refugees in the UK)
- People experiencing racial inequity
- People experiencing digital poverty
- People at risk of homelessness
- Deaf and disabled people
- LGBQT+ people
Priorities of the fund are supporting organisations to:
- Adapt their ways of working (e.g. digital capability, staff and volunteer training, operational challenges)
- Bolster their core building blocks (e.g. governance, strategic planning, capacity building)
There is a stage stage application process. The deadline for Stage One applications is midnight on 23 November 2022.