Wellbeing Fund to help Voluntary Organisations support people affected by coronavirus

The Wellbeing Fund is now open for applications.

Fund aims

The Wellbeing Fund aims to support organisations across the third sector that are providing important services to people who are most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

This round of funding opened for applications on 8 May 2020. To be considered for funding, applications must be received by noon on 22 May 2020.

What is funding available for?

The Wellbeing Fund is focused on providing funding to organisations that can support people who are facing additional barriers or have increased requirements as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic. It can fund both immediate and emerging forms of support, from now up to the end of July 2020, reflecting that the context for people and communities may change over that time.

Application process

Complete the online application form and return it along with any requested supporting documents before noon on Friday 22 May 2020.

More detail and full eligibility criteria is available on the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) website

Further information

For any additional support or any further questions before applying, please email wellbeingfund@scvo.org.uk.

 

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Have Your Say in Participatory Budgeting Voting Day tomorrow!

Participatory Budgeting voting will take place this SATURDAY 8 FEBRUARY

 

What is Participatory budgeting

Participatory Budgeting (PB) is about local people deciding how public money is spent.

 

PB comes in all shapes and sizes, but generally looks like this:

1. ideas are generated about how a budget should be spent
2. people vote for their priorities
3. the projects with the most votes get funded

For more information about participatory budgeting see the Angus Council website

If you live in Angus you can have a say in how £200,000 of funding will be spent in your area when voting opens on Saturday 8 February for the 114 projects that have made the final stage of Participatory Budgeting.

To find out more about the 114 projects see the Shaping Angus website.

There’s funding available for  projects in four localities in Angus:

• Forfar and Kirriemuir
• Carnoustie/Monifeith and Sidlaws
• Brechin and Montrose
• Arbroath

How to vote

• Vote online on the Shaping Angus site -between 7am and 10pm.
• Vote in person at the venues below – these will be open between 10am and 2pm

VENUES

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Happy voting!

Funding Announced to Help End Homelessness

We’re pleased to announce the award of £172,000 from the Scottish Government to support our 5 year Rapid Rehousing Transition Plan to help prevent homelessness and ensure homeless people get the help they need quickly .

The funding is part of the £50 million Ending Homelessness Together fund announced by the First Minister to support the prevention of homelessness and the implementation of the recommendations from the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group.

As a key part of these recommendations, each local authority submitted their Rapid Rehousing Transition Plan to the Scottish Government by 31 December 2018. Soon we will publish our plan, following feedback received from the Scottish Government. The plan outlines a number of actions under five priorities to achieve rapid rehousing in Angus, developed with extensive consultation with partners, stakeholders and the community:

• PRIORITY 1: Increase focus on prevention to stop homelessness happening in the first place
• PRIORITY 2: Ensure households get through the homeless system faster
• PRIORITY 3: Ensure homeless households can access existing housing
• PRIORITY 4: Ensure homeless households can access the right type of support
• PRIORITY 5: Increase affordable housing supply to meet needs of homeless households

The distribution of the remaining £16 million funding for 2020/21 and 2021/22 will be subject to further consideration of potential options by the Scottish Government and COSLA.

Communities Convener, Mark Salmond said

We welcome the additional funding which will help us and our partners deliver a number of initiatives identified to make the change to rapid rehousing that we are all committed to. We will continue to work in partnership with the Scottish Government to support the strong, determined national effort to end rough sleeping, transform the use of temporary accommodation and end homelessness.

Scottish Government Families and Communities Fund opens for applications

The new Scottish Government Families and Communities Fund is now open for applications.

The fund will run from April 2020 to March 2023, with up to £16 million being available each year. The funding is targeted at registered Scottish charities (that are also a company limited by guarantee or a SCIO) which deliver work of national significance.

The full criteria for the fund along with guidance about the different aspects of it are available at Corra Foundation’s website

There will be four Families and Communities Fund information sessions:

• Glasgow on Tuesday 18^thJune at 1.30pm
• Dundee on Monday 24^thJune at 1.30pm
• Edinburgh on Wednesday 26^thJune at 1.30pm
• Webinar on Thursday 27^thJune at 2.00pm

Organisations that think they fit the fund criteria can book a place at one of these events using the link on Corra Foundation’s website.

Voluntary Action Angus (VAA) and our funding team may be able to support Angus bids. Contact Hayley Mearns from VAA if you are interested in getting together on this fund.

Social Enterprise Fund for Community-led Initiatives launched

The Social Enterprise Fund is a new scheme to support social enterprises which enable organisations to access the funds they need to expand and thrive. This £17m fund launched this month will stimulate further growth and support in this area.

The money from The Scottish Social Growth Fund will enable social enterprises, charities and voluntary groups to deliver community projects while contributing to the wider economy.

Organisations will be able to access affordable and flexible loans of between £100,000 and £1.7m from the new fund.

For more details about the new scheme see the Social Investment Scotland website.

New Build Affordable Housing Target Met

We can confirm that we have met our 2018/19 target for new build affordable homes, with 33 Council and 95 Housing Association properties delivered through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme!

The Scottish Government allocates money each year to part fund affordable housing projects to help achieve their target of 50,000 new supply affordable homes over the lifetime of the parliament.  If councils don’t spend their allocated funds, it goes back into a ring-fenced housing fund.

For the second year running our Angus programme was able to claim more than its allocated funding, due to slippage elsewhere.

This year over £8m of grant money was claimed which is a substantial increase from previous years.

To find out what affordable housing is happening in your area, check out our Housing Development pages.

Need Funding for a Community Project? – Community Innovation Fund advice sessions are coming to Angus

NHS Tayside’s Community Innovation Fund is available to groups of people living in communities across the area to enhance their environments, promote community spirit and inspire pride in neighbourhoods. Groups can apply for money to start projects or take action to tackle community issues. Details of drop-in sessions below.

For more information see the NHS Tayside website.

Angus Funding on Facebook

You can see all updates on funding available on Angus Funding Facebook now.

To find out about Community and European funding see:

https://www.angus.gov.uk/community_support/community_and_european_funding

 

Angus Affordable Housing Supply – Government Funding

The Scottish Government recently announced funding for affordable housing up to 2020/21 for the Angus area.

This follows on from the previously announced funding levels for 2017/18.

Our funding for the next 4 years will be:

2017/18	£5.754m
2018-19	£7.511m
2019-20	£8.497m
2020-21	£9.066m

For more details see the Scottish Government website

The Council manages the Affordable Housing Supply Programme in Angus by working with the Scottish Government, Housing Associations and developers.

Our aim is to ensure a robust, long term programme to assist the Scottish Government to meet their target of building 50,000 affordable homes by 2021.

The recent announcement on subsidy levels provides the certainty needed to ensure these long-term objectives are met.

For affordable developments currently underway visit our Housing Development webpage.