Aberdeenshire
Community Capacity & Resilience Fund
Develop your community organisation’s capacity to tackle welfare reform and inequality with a grant of up to £5,000. The application process is simple, with a quick decision and, for successful projects, the money paid up front. 
Following a successful pilot in 2015, SCVO are pleased to announce the second round of this Scottish Government-supported funding scheme. A further £330,000 is available to distribute to innovative and creative projects which help mitigate the effects of welfare reform, combat inequality, promote social inclusion and have a preventative impact on communities.
The fund will increase the capactiy and resilience of communities and third sector organisations to provide people with the support and skills they need. Awards range from £1,000 to £5,000, with project activity expected to start and finish between January and August 2017.
Applications are invited from third sector organisations with an annual income of £200,000 or less.
The closing date for applications is 5pm on Monday 31 October 2016.
For more information visit:
http://www.scvo.org.uk/running-your-organisation/funding/capacity-resilience-fund/
If you have any questions please contact Irene Connelly on 0141 559 5027 or email capacity@scvo.org.uk.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN HELPING YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY TO BECOME MORE ACTIVE?
A Volunteer Walk Leaders Training Courses is being held in Stonehaven on Thursday 6 October 2016. The course is designed to establish a group of local people (aged over 18 years) who are trained to promote and lead Health Walks on an ongoing basis.
Only one day of training is necessary but information will be provided to support development of local walks in Kincardine and Mearns for walk leaders attending the training through Paths for All and through local contacts.
A Health Walk is a short, local, low level walk which seeks to encourage and support people to become more active. A typical health walk usually lasts between 10 minutes and 1 hour.
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Thursday 6 October 2016 |
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9.30am to 4.30pm Registration from 9.15am onwards |
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McRobert Pavilion Mineralwell Park Stonehaven AB39 2RD
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FREE including resource materials (packed lunch required) |
For booking and more information please contact:
Brenda Johns, Clerical Officer, NHS Grampian
Email: nhsg.publichealth@nhs.net
‘Support in your community’
Following on from “what does recovery mean to you,” another fantastic clip from community members
– support services and peer support available in North Aberdeenshire
Please use the youtube link below:
‘What does recovery mean to you?’
North Aberdeenshire community members speak about recovery.
Please use the youtube link below to see yet another fantastic film clip produced by Community members in recovery.
Rural Housing Fund Seminar – Gordon House, Inverurie – 29 September, 10.00am – 12.00pm
A new fund to support affordable rural housing development has been created by the Scottish Government. This £25m grant fund is available to a range of organisations including community trusts, landowners, and development trusts. At the seminar in Inverurie, the Scottish Government will provide information about the fund to local organisations, including what kind of project is eligible, how to apply and how much grant is available. Rural Housing Scotland will give details of how communities in other parts of Scotland have developed affordable housing and the support available to communities in Aberdeenshire to undertake their own projects.
Please register your attendance at
ABERDEENSHIRE SIGNPOSTING PROJECT
ARE RECRUITING
POST 1- PROJECT WORKER (NORTH) and
POST 2- PROJECT WORKER (CENTRAL/ SOUTH)
18 HOURS PER WEEK FIXED TERM UNTIL 31ST MARCH 2017
(with the possibility of extension dependent on funding)
Salary £ 23,742.04 (pro-rata based upon a 36 hour week)
Closing Date: Wednesday 21st September 2016 at 12 noon
Interviews will be during the week beginning Monday 26th September 2016
The Aberdeenshire Signposting Project is a client support project operating throughout Aberdeenshire.
The project provides support to clients suffering from (or at risk of developing) mild to moderate mental health problems as well as working with older, isolated people.
The Project works throughout Aberdeenshire to provide a responsive service working to ensure that clients are directed to and assisted in making contact with relevant organisations, agencies and services. The ability to work effectively with clients experiencing distress and difficulty is key to the role.
The successful candidates will primarily work throughout North Aberdeenshire (Post 1) and Central and South Aberdeenshire (Post 2), but will work elsewhere in Aberdeenshire as required according to the needs of the Project.
Candidates must display a proven track record of working with vulnerable clients, managing caseloads and will particularly demonstrate a good understanding of the issues faced by older people in identifying and accessing support and services as well as an understanding of the causes and impacts of social isolation.
Good case management, communication, organisational and IT skills are essential as is the ability to work as part of a team and to work to deadlines, often under pressure.
The North post will be primarily home based, the Central/ South post office based, both with travel throughout Aberdeenshire and regular meetings in the Project offices.
Applications for both posts from applicants seeking 36 hours per week will be considered
To meet operational requirements core hours will be set to be worked Tuesday – Friday
For an application pack please contact:
Heather Nangle, Administrator at Office 10/11, Craigearn Business Park, Morrison Way, Kintore.
Tel: 01467 628713 or email: admin@signpostingproject.org.uk
For informal enquiries or further information on the post as advertised please contact:
Karen Nicoll, Chief Officer on: 01467 647138/ 07484 060 430/ karennicoll@signpostingproject.org.uk
Please Note: CVs will not be accepted unless accompanied by a completed application form
Funded by Aberdeenshire Council and NHS Grampian.
Aberdeenshire Signposting Project is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered in Scotland Charity Number: SC044694
KDP Community Cash!
What could your Group do with £300? 
Kincardineshire Development Partnership are offering local community groups the chance of up to £300 micro grant to support their group or project. With a difference… The community will decide which group or project will receive the grant.
The first of four events to be held across Kincardine and Mearns, is planned for the evening of Wednesday 19 October at Drumoak Church Hall from 6.45 pm until 8.30 pm. This event will be open to qualifying Community Groups, Organisations, Charities or Social Enterprises from the North Kincardineshire and Crathes, Drumoak and Durris Community Councils.
Please contact the KDP office for a registration pack and more information.
If you have a community group, charity or social enterprise that could benefit from an injection of cash and would like to take part in one of our Community Cash events, please contact us at officesupport@kincardineshiredp.org to find out when KDP Community Cash is coming to an area near you!
Help Keep Our Beaches Clean
KIMOUK have launched a new video to help promote Pick Up 3 Pieces, an initiative aimed at encouraging people to pick up 3 pieces of marine litter every time they visit their local beach. If everyone did this once a month, together we could remove over 55 million pieces of litter from Scottish beaches each year. For more information about why marine litter is so important, view their YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6QhIL3ktYE or visit: www.pickup3.org.uk
Grampian Credit Union
Loans – £2 million available to lend!
Thanks to another fantastic year of support from members saving with us, and with many new members joining, we currently have £2 million available for members to borrow.
With interest rates ranging from just 3.9% APR to a maximum of 42.6% APR, our loans are designed with you in mind. Read the rest of this entry »
Appetite for Change
Join our supporters today and sign up for our
Community Food Challenge 17th – 21st October 2016
- Survive on £2 per day for five days
- Raise funds through sponsorship
- Help fight local food poverty
- Only £10 registration fee
Contact Andreea to register your support and receive your detailed
information pack. Email info@cfine.org or call 01224 596156
All funds raised through Appetite for Change will go directly towards local
charity CFINE (Community Food Initiatives North East) to tackle poverty,
food poverty and improve the circumstances of local vulnerable and
disadvantaged people. The charity also works towards reducing waste,
and environmental and community regeneration.
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