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Here is your weekly round-up of content from our website, www.fva.org.
As many of us begin to wind down for the summer holidays, it's a great opportunity to catch up on your learning. While our own training programme is quieter over the summer, Volunteer Scotland continues to offer a range of sessions to help you stay up to date with your PVG knowledge.
We'll be taking a short summer break, and the News and Events bulletin will return on Friday 24 July.
Click on any of the purple text below to be taken to the item on our website.
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Footcare Fife Introduces Personal Footcare Packs
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We've made an important change to our Footcare Fife service from 01 July 2026.
To help make our service more sustainable while continuing to provide the high standard of care you expect, every client will receive their own personal Footcare pack. This includes a handy toiletry bag containing an information leaflet and your own pair of nail nippers, which are yours to keep.
While this is a new way of working, everything else about our service remains exactly as you've come to expect. You'll still see our friendly volunteers, and the appointment fee remains £10 — a price that has stayed the same since 2014.
This small change will help us reduce waste and make our service a little greener for everyone.
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Volunteer Managers‘ Forum
Thursday 27 August, 10.00am - 12.00pm, Caledonia House Glenrothes
The forum will give you the chance to meet other Volunteer Managers, share ideas and approaches to various issues that are important now within the volunteering sector.
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Volunteer Management Training Course 1 - Volunteer Involvement - Getting Started
Thursday 20 August, 9.30am - 1.00pm, Caledonia House Glenrothes
Whether you don't yet have any volunteers or have been working with volunteers for a while, getting these basics in place will reap great rewards. You'll be able to head off any issues with volunteers not understanding their responsibilities and you'll be clear about yours.
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Afro-Caribbean Summer Festival 2026
Saturday 04 July, 11.00am - 6.00pm, Dunfermline
The Afro-Caribbean Summer Festival is a celebration of culture, music and food - come along and experience a fun day full of fun activities and delicious food!
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Craigtoun Country Fayre (weekend event)
Saturday 04 and Sunday 05 July, 10.30am - 5.00pm, St Andrews
With free entry, free parking and free entertainment, it's a great budget-friendly way to start the holidays. They will also have a wide variety of craft stalls to suit any budge plus charities, displays and all their regular seasonal paid attractions.
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SAMH Community Fun Day
Friday 31 July, 10.00am - 4.00pm, Glenrothes
Activities include facepainting, keyring making, 5 Ways to Wellbeing, games, information stalls, invite-only football tournament. You also don't want to miss the Play Talk Read bus!
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Craigtoun Food Festival
Saturday 01 August, 10.30am - 5.00pm, St Andrews
Join the first-ever Craigtoun Food Festival, bringing together the best of what Fife has to offer. Meet a variety of food and drink vendors for a relaxed, fun-filled day out for all the family.
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Opportunities and Support Groups
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Lead Scotland: Paid Lived Experience Opportunity
The Accessible Cyber Experiences group (ACE group) is a paid opportunity for people who are disabled, learning disabled, learning differenced, neurodivergent, blind or visually impaired, D/deaf or hearing impaired, or a carer.
Deadline: 12 July 2026
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Fife Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) - Lived Experience Panel - Service Brief
Fife’s Health & Social Care partnership (HSCP) & Fife Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) are looking for funding bids from third sector organisations who currently recognise the vital contribution of people with lived and living experience of alcohol and substance use and recovery, in shaping services, informing policy and improving outcomes for individuals, families and communities.
Closing date: 14 August 2026
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Heart Research UK: Healthy Heart Grants
They support innovative projects designed to promote heart health and to prevent or reduce the risk of heart disease in specific groups or communities.
Closing date: 08 July 2026
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Scottish Government Childcare Support Fund
The fund aims to provide short-term, flexible childcare through registered childcare providers, to support families living in, or at risk of, poverty at key times when childcare costs create financial pressure or act as a barrier to employment, training or learning.
Closing date: 09 July 2026
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