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The Tesco Bags of Help grant scheme accepts applications from community groups, schools, local authorities and not-for-profit organisations. Bags of Help uses the money raised from the sale of Bags for Life in Tesco stores to fund a wide range of projects that meet the programme’s aims and objectives to benefit the local community.

Read more: Tesco Bags of Help grants [local community grants]

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Find the latest Adult Support and Protection information in their latest newsletter. This edition includes details of the staff training event, adult protection training, Better Than Well, and the Action on Elder Abuse Survey. To report harm, call the Adult Protection Phone Line on 01383 602 200.

To view the newsletter please click here.

From Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 24 January 2019

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Session ‘A’ of the 39th Fife Festival of Music 2019 gets underway on Tuesday 29 January in Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline and will continue until 09 February with sessions taking place in Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Cupar. Entry levels are on a par with previous years and there is a wide range of music-making on offer for both performers and audience.

Read more: Fife Festival of Music 2019

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LinkLiving Older People Service Social Cafe

Maxwell Centre

Every Thursday 12.15 - 14.15

Start date is 14th February

Read more: LinkLiving Older People Service Social Cafe - Maxwell Centre (Cowdenbeath)

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Due to the rapidly changing landscape in mental health services both locally and nationally, Fife Health and Social Care Partnership is reviewing its current Fife Mental Health Strategy “What Matters to You?” 2013-2020. It is proposed that the new Mental Health Strategy for Fife will be implemented from April 2019 to 2023.

Read more: Fife Health and Social Care Partnership - Fife’s Mental Health Strategy Review

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Alzheimer Scotland are running a Memory Lane social group every Wednesday from 2:15 - 3:45pm at St Andrews Erskine Church, Robertson Road, Dunfermline, KY12 0BF.

They welcome people living with dementia, their carers family and friends to join in with different activities to suit all from games, seated exercise and craft.

For more information please contact Michelle Hodgson by phoning 01592 204 541 or e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

From Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 10 January 2019

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Alzheimer Scotland are running a Memory Lane social group every Monday from 1:00-3:00pm at Crossgates Community Centre, 2 Inverkeithing Road, Cowdenbeath, KY4 8AL.

They welcome people living with dementia, their carers family and friends to join in with different activities to suit all from games, seated exercise and craft.

For more information please contact Michelle Hodgson by phoning 01592 204 541 or e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

From Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 10 January 2019

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The below are video`s I took of my Stoma since 2010 which was the 30th anniversary of getting my Stoma.

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This fund helps organisations based in local communities to deliver projects or provide equipment to people in need at the heart of local communities.

Read more: Greggs Foundation - Local Communities Project Fund

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The purpose of the Tampon Tax Fund is to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls.

Read more: Tampon Tax Fund 2019/20 [Disadvantaged women and girls]

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Help craft Fife’s Health & Social Care strategic future – the next phase in the Strategic Commissioning Planning Cycle commences in April 2019. Our Health & Social Care Partnership is inviting it’s partners to help generate the new Strategic Plan for 2019 – 2022.

Read more: Making it Happen in Fife - Health and Social Care Strategic Planning Workshop

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Trefoil supports the interests of children and young people with special needs, including physical disability, caring obligations, other disadvantage or learning and psycho-social needs to foster their independence, confidence and assertiveness. They will in particular consider funding for: projects promoting education, health and social welfare; team building activities; recreation with an educational element; therapeutic activities not core funded by the statutory authorities; new development and start up project costs.

Read more: Trefoil - Organisational Grants [Children and Young People]

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This edition gives details of:

•    Surviving Christmas
•    Winter Warmer event
•    Domestic abuse and women with a learning disability
•    ‘What’s important to older people?’ event
•    Hate Crime
•    Carer’s Rights Day

Read more: What's new in Adult Support and Protection? - November 2018

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Audit Scotland have just released a new report updating on progress in Health and Social Care Integration:

Read more: Health and Social Care Integration: Audit Scotland Report

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Trefoil supports the interests of children and young people with special needs, including physical disability, caring obligations, other disadvantage or learning and psycho-social needs to foster their independence, confidence and assertiveness. They will in particular consider funding for: projects promoting education, health and social welfare; team building activities; recreation with an educational element; therapeutic activities not core funded by the statutory authorities; new development and start up project costs.

Read more: Trefoil - Organisational Grants [Children and Young People]

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Last week the Scottish Government published the first National Action Plan on Neurological Conditions. This draft plan sets out the Government’s vision for driving improvement in the care, treatment and support available to people living with neurological conditions, and their carers, in Scotland.

Read more: Scottish Government published the first National Action Plan on Neurological Conditions

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Macmillan and ENABLE Scotland have released a guide to getting good health care if you have cancer and a learning disability.

To view the full guide please click here.

From Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 15 November 2018

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The Carers Act Transformation Support (CATS) Fund, funded by the Scottish Government, will give third sector organisations the opportunity to apply for small grants to improve their capacity to implement the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016. Round 2 of this fund will focus on supporting third sector organisations who have a role in local implementation of the Act the opportunity to apply for small grants to purchase hardware/software to improve their capacity to do so. The fund will also consider applications for refreshing website functionality.

Next deadline: 30 November 2018

For more information, click here.

From Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 08 November 2018

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A new fund has been announced that will allow charities and small/medium-sized business to protect their systems against cyber attacks.

Read more: SCVO - Cyber Resilience and Cyber Essentials Grants

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Our website has moved to a new address!  Lots of things seem to be getting shorter - the days, my memory and, technically, life itself!  We've decided to help a little bit by making our website and e-mail addresses shorter - saving you time typing and reducing the workload on your memory.  We're now at www.fva.org and your e-mail contacts here are all <firstname>@fva.org

Read more: FVA has a new virtual address!

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Dementia Friendly Communities aims to improve quality of life and well-being of people whose lives are affected by dementia – both people with dementia and unpaid carers.

Read more: Life Changes Trust - Dementia Friendly Communities Development Funding

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The Digital Fund is a new UK wide £15 million funding programme to support charities and community organisations. It is about helping the charity and voluntary sector to use digital tools and approaches to support people and communities to thrive.

Read more: Big Lottery Fund - Digital Fund

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Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 01 November 2018

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Community Concerns

FCE Roadshow:

The first FCE Roadshow is taking place this Wednesday, this is an open event free for anyone to come along and learn more about the services that we have on offer and how you can take part in what we do.

Pop in on 10 Oct 2018, at Dunfermline Advice Hub, 7 Douglas Street, Dunfermline KY127EB from 11:00 to 13:00.

Read more: Fife Centre for Equalities - Equalities Weekly Week Commencing  08/10/2018

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More support for young people, a national programme for new mothers and next-day help for more than 1,000 people in distress demonstrate some of the progress that has been made under Scotland’s national strategy for mental health.

Read more: Mental Health Strategy first progress report

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Fife Society for the Blind has been dedicated to helping sight impaired people lead more independent lives for over 150 years, and as the charity continues to develop and expand its horizon, it has revealed its new name – seescape.

Read more: Fife Society for the Blind sees in change of name to become seescape

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Alzheimer Scotland are running a new community group every Monday from 10.00am – 12.00 o'clock at The Otter’s Head, Happer Crescent, Woodside, Glenrothes, KY7 5DQ.

Read more: Alzheimer Scotland - Memory Lane Community Group

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Alzheimer Scotland are running a new community group every Monday from 10.00am – 12.00 o'clock at The Otter’s Head, Happer Crescent, Woodside, Glenrothes, KY7 5DQ.

For People Living with Dementia, their family, friends and carers. Join with them to reminisce and recall your local area, meet friends and enjoy a variety of social and therapeutic activities.

Tea and Coffee will be provided, £2.00 donation welcome.

For more information please contact Shelagh Pilgrim on 01592 204 541 / 07825 546 006 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

From Fife Voluntary Action Bulletin 27 September 2018

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At the Anne Rowling Clinic we use research to improve treatments and care for a range of neurological conditions - including multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

Read more: How you can help us - Clinical Audit Research Evaluation

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Welfare grants are awarded once a year. Applicants must be charities and grants must provide a direct benefit to the species supported by Petplan ie. dogs, cats, rabbits and horses.

Read more: Petplan Charitable Trust - Welfare Grants

  1. Unlimited [Disabled Artists and Disability-led Work]
  2. Information on Care Inspections
  3. Carers Allowance Toolkit Launched
  4. Child and Adolescent Health and Wellbeing in Scotland – Evidence Review
  5. Children and Young People’s Mental Health Task Force: preliminary view and chairs recommendations
  6. What's new in Adult Support and Protection? - August 2018
  7. Fife Self-Harm Project temporarily close referrals to waiting list
  8. New carers allowance will be paid in September 2018
  9. Transforming Social Care: Scotland's progress towards implementing self-directed support 2011-2018
  10. The Scottish Burden of Disease Study 2016
  11. Young Scot - Time to Shine Fund
  12. The Robertson Trust - Open Grants
  13. CAF - Smart Energy GB in Communities (Small Grants)
  14. GC Gibson Charitable Trust
  15. Rosa Justice and Equality Fund
  16. Fife Health and Social Care Partnership have launched their ‘Joining Up Care’ Consultation and they want you to take part.
  17. Cruse Bereavement Scotland Launch Second Kirkcaldy Group
  18. Support services for people living with dementia in Fife
  19. Chance to Flourish - Vulnerable families
  20. BEMIS - Year of Young People 2018 Small Grants Programme (New Fund)

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