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16/12/2015
Half of all Scottish Councils already resettling refugees
Hundreds of refugees have been arriving on Scottish soil over the past month. Half of Scotlands local authorities have now received refugees in their areas, and the other half have indicated a willingness to support refugees affected by the current humanitarian crisis.15/12/2015
Funding Opportunity - UnLtd Do It Awards for Social Impact Projects
UnLtd Do It Awards for Social Impact Projects. The Do It Awards from UnLtd provide support and funding packages for individuals to run projects that have a positive social impact and have the scope to become financially sustainable.15/12/2015
Funding Opportunity - The Care and Wellbeing Fund
Cancer Charity Macmillan and social investor Big Society Capital have come together to launch a new £12m Care and Wellbeing Fund. The Fund which will run for the next 10 years will provide loans and other investment for charities looking to develop or scale up means of solving community problems for people with long term illness.15/12/2015
Funding Opportunity - MND Scotland Invites Applications for a Time to Live Grant
MND Scotland Invites Applications for a Time to Live Grant. There are two more funding rounds for the Time to Live Grants scheme which is administered by MND Scotland, the only charity that funds research and provides care and information for people affected by Motor Neurone Disease (NMD) in Scotland.15/12/2015
Funding Opportunity - Live Literature Funding Open to Applications (Scotland)
Funding is available across Scotland towards the cost of hiring authors, poets, writers, storytellers and illustrators to attend public literary events, such as readings, workshops and residencies. Events should be interesting and imaginative and show a commitment to the promotion of readership and writing.15/12/2015
Funding Opportunity - Think Big with O2: Youth Programme
Think Big with O2: Youth Programme. Think Big aims to inspire, support and enable young people (13-25 year olds) with great ideas; so they can have an impact on society while getting the hands on experience and skills they need to thrive in today's digital world.15/12/2015
Funding Opportunity - BIG, Scotland, Opens New £250Million Programme
BIG, Scotland, Opens New £250Million Programme The Big Lottery Fund (BIG), Scotland, has opened a new five-year £250 million funding scheme. Between now and 2020 community groups across Scotland can apply for grants from £10,000 to £1 million to help finance projects which are community led or will improve lives.15/12/2015
How To Organise Crowd Funding For Charities
Funding Central: How to launch your crowdfunding project. http://www.fundingcentral.org.uk/Page.aspx?SP=6607.15/12/2015
Funding Opportunity - Holiday Grants for Children
The Henry Smiths Charity has announced that schools and youth groups can apply between now and the 18th March 2016 to the Holiday Grant for Children Programme for activities taking place between the 1st February - 30th April 2016. Schools, youth groups and not for profit organisations can apply for grants towards holidays or outings within the UK for children aged 13 and under who are from deprived areas or have a disability.15/12/2015
Funding Opportunity - LankellyChase Foundation
Lankelly Chase aims to bring about lasting change in the lives of people facing severe and multiple disadvantage. We are always looking for ideas that help to deliver the kind of change we want to see and we have funds available from small grants of less than £5,000 up to large multi-year partnerships (the biggest is currently £370,000) for the very best of these.15/12/2015
Funding Opportunity - Wolfson Foundation - Disability and Special Needs Grants Programme
The Wolfson Foundation has announced that the next closing date for applications to its Disability and Special Needs Grants Programme is the 5th January 2016. Through the programme, the Wolfson Foundation, makes grants of between £15,000 - £100,000 to charities working with people with disabilities and/or the elderly which are providing excellent services.15/12/2015
Funding OpportunityWellcome Trust: Arts Awards
Arts Awards support the creation of new artistic work that critically engages artists and audiences with biomedical science. We strive to work with all art forms and the diverse community we support includes artists, scientists, curators, writers, academics, producers, directors and education officers.13/12/2015
Highland communities continue to feel safe
Highland communities continue to view their neighbourhood as a safe place to live. A Highland Council attitudes survey has revealed that 96.8% of respondents view the area within 15 minutes and walk from their home as very or fairly safe.12/12/2015
Thurso Scout Post Will Save You Money This Christmas and Support The Scouts
Get your THURSO Christmas Cards hand delivered by 2nd Thurso Scouts. 20p a card.
10/12/2015
Thinking About Joining The Army Reserves?
7 SCOTS - Royal Regiment of Scotland. The Army Reserves in Caithness and the North of Scotland.
10/12/2015
Reducing Casualties For Young Drivers
Focus on young drivers and motorcyclists is helping to reduce casualties on Highland Roads. A partnership focus on young drivers and motorcyclists is helping to reduce casualties on Highland Roads.8/12/2015
More than 100,000 bowel screening tests returned
Scots galvanised to join the bowel movement. People across Scotland answered Detect Cancer Early call to join the ‘bowel movement with new statistics highlighting that an additional 3,000 bowel screening tests were returned during September and October, compared to the same period the previous year.5/12/2015
What do we send where at Christmas, and how much are our gifts worth?
The global courier ParcelHero says the average value for a gift parcel delivered overseas last Christmas was £109. The most popular gifts were books to France, board games to Japan and...
5/12/2015
SCOTTISH ENGINEERING HALL OF FAME CELEBRATES JOHN LOGIE BAIRD
John Logie Baird, the man who was the first in the world to televise objects in motion has been inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame. Professor Malcolm Baird, the son of John Logie Baird, provided some original material for the Hall of Fame website and said Scotlands contributions to engineering are so great that it came as a surprise to me that the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame has only been in existence for a few years. The descendants of John Logie Baird in Scotland and Canada are delighted that he has been included and we hope that the SEHF will inspire bright young people to continue Scotland's great tradition of engineering and innovation.
3/12/2015
Vote For Caithness Archaeology Book To Gain Recognition For Our Hidden History
Caithness Archaeology: Aspects of Prehistory has been nominated in the Book of the Year category in the 2016 Current Archaeology Awards! All nominations are based on articles and books featured within Current Archaeology over the last 12 months. Voting for the awards is live on www.archaeology.co.uk/vote which is open to everyone.
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