Funding updates and news
Covid-19 Residential Outdoor Education Centre Recovery Fund
The Scottish Government has announced a £2 million recovery fund to support the sustainability of residential outdoor centres in Scotland.
The Covid-19 Residential Outdoor Education Centre Recovery Fund is open to third and private sector centres that have been financially impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions on residential stays. Centres must have been providing activities prior to March 2020 to be able to apply.
The funding aims to keep outdoor centres in business – allowing them to continue to benefit current and future generations of learners – and allow centre staff to support outdoor learning in schools and other formal education settings where appropriate.
The fund is administered by YouthLink Scotland and Round one is now open for applications.Centres are invited to apply to round one for support with essential running costs.
The deadline for applications is 1pm on the11th of December 2020.
Round two will open for applications on the 11th of January 2021 and close on the 5th of February 2021. Centres are invited to apply, in partnership with formal education (for 3 – 18 year olds) providers, to deliver outdoor learning opportunities for young people.
Read the full guidance and apply online via the YouthLink Scotland website.
Nominate a charity to win £1,000
Movement for Good’s 12 Days of Giving is back again for 2020. Nominations are invited for any UK registered charity for the chance to win £1,000. There will be 10 winners drawn at random each weekday from 7 – 22 December 2020.
A total of 12 charities will share £120,000 and the more nominations, the higher the chance of winning.
Nominations will remain open until midnight the day before each draw and can be made using the online form.
Find out more and nominate your charity via the Movement for Good website.
Scale+Innovate: Employability & training | Environment & conservation
The School for Social Entrepreneurs has launched Scale+Innovate, a free programme run in partnership with the Postcode Innovation Trust.
Applications are open for established charities or social enterprises working in employability and training or environment and conservation, who are looking to scale their organisation and implement a new initiative to help recover and rebuild from Covid-19.
As well as a £1,000 Booster grant to help you implement a new idea, you will learn about:
Leadership and management
Functions, systems and process
Branding, sales and comms
Impact and evaluation
Strategy and sustainable business model
Building your network of influence
The programme is made up of 10 learning days and additional Action Learning Sets between February and September 2021, focused on helping you scale your organisation.
Applications can be made online via the SSE website and close at 12 noon on 9 December 2020.
The Weir Charitable Trust Launches Emergency Fund
The Weir Charitable Trust has launched a one-off emergency fund totalling £200,000 to be directed to support the most vulnerable people across Scotland. This is in addition to the normal 6 monthly cycle of awards.
Announcing the fund, Lorraine Tait, Trust Manager, said
‘Everyone at the Trust has been listening to feedback from the groups we are currently funding. We have been impressed by their ability to adapt their service delivery to meet the challenges of the health pandemic. Recognising the impact COVID-19 is having on the most vulnerable people in Scotland, Trustees have therefore made the decision to make additional funds available now. The fund will be shared amongst Scottish-based community groups and charities meeting our criteria that are directly supporting people in their communities through the current health pandemic, particularly over the Winter holiday period’.
The Trust will prioritise one-off awards to support projects addressing loneliness and isolation; mental health support, food and fuel poverty, supporting people with additional support needs, young people and families facing financial uncertainty due to redundancy.
To be considered for the award groups and charities must be in a position to use the funds immediately to provide direct support in their communities.
Applications close at 5pm on Friday 4th December 2020.
