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Fairer Scotland Fund

The Fairer Scotland Fund came into effect on the 1st April 2008, it is a ring-fenced fund from the Scottish Government, distributed through Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs).

Its purpose is to tackle poverty and deprivation across Scotland. An allocation from the fund has been made to each local authority area to enable Community Planning Partnerships to 'tackle area based and individual poverty and to help more people access and sustain employment opportunities'.

This fund replaced seven previous funding streams (Community Regeneration Fund; Community Voices Fund; Working for Families Fund; Changing Children's Services Fund (Social Inclusion element); Financial Inclusion Fund; Workforce Plus; More Choices, More Chances), thereby reducing bureaucracy and administration and allowing CPPs to focus on tackling poverty and deprivation.


Youth Activities Small Grants Fund

The Youth Activities Small Grants Fund —Aberdeen offers young people opportunities to contribute to the life of the city and to their communities. Successful applicants are likely to benefit in terms of gaining; experience, confidence and skills. Applications will be considered by a small funding group made up of some members of the YAC (Youth Action Committee) and local councillors who will make recommendations to a council committee for ratification. The criteria have deliberately been left very open so that your application will be bound only by your own imagination.

 

Aberdeen City Council—Equal Opportunities Grant

Community Groups or other non-profit making organisations involved in initiatives that promote equal opportunities in Aberdeen may apply for an Equal Opportunities Grant.Small grants (usually between £200-£500) are available for many kinds of projects that benefit the communities of interest – women, minority ethnic communities, Travellers, people with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens of Aberdeen.

The Council is particularly keen that the grant budget, carried over from the Women’s Festival, is focused on events/projects for women, who would have benefited previously from the International Women’s Festival held around International Women’s Day on the 8th March.

For more information / application forms please contact Shimei Fan, Aberdeen City Council on (01224) 522506 or e-mail her at shimeifan@aberdeencity.gov.uk

 

Government Encourages Financially Excluded Consumers to Seek Help and Support

The Government has a strategy to promote financial inclusion, but many of the most excluded people may be unaware of the help available to them. The Government strategy is committed to making it easier for people facing financial exclusion.  For further information, please contact the campaign team by e-mailing them at newcastle.nowletstalkmoney@dwp.gsi.gov.uk or visit the website, which offers practical information and advice on how intermediaries can help, with links to useful partner organisations at www.direct.gov.uk/nowletstalkmoney

 

Voluntary Sector Grants

In financial year 2005/06, Learning Connections offered voluntary sector grants to each CLD Partnership to support projects that would enhance the voluntary sector's involvement in community learning and development (CLD) partnerships. 

The key objectives against which CLD Partnerships could make an application for the voluntary sector grants were:

  • To help raise awareness and understanding of CLD within the voluntary sector.
  • To increase involvement and representation of the voluntary sector within CLD partnerships.
  • To encourage productive communication and relationships within CLD partnerships.

Details of how partnerships used their grants to meet these objectives can be found in this Evaluation Report.