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Here is your weekly round-up of content from our website, www.fva.org.
We'd love to share your plans for Volunteers' Week and Carers Week coming up in June! Please share these with us by e-mailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Click on any of the purple text below to be taken to the item on our website.
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We’re currently recruiting for three exciting opportunities to join the team at FVA!
Whether you’re looking for a hands-on support role, a leadership opportunity, or a chance to make a real difference through peer support, we’d love to hear from you.
Current Vacancies
Building Support Officer (Cleaner)
Closing date: Sunday 07 June 2026
Head of Employability
Closing date: Friday 12 June 2026
Mental Health Peer Support Network Co-ordinator
Closing date: Sunday 24 May 2026
At FVA, we’re passionate about supporting communities across Fife and creating positive change. We pride ourselves on being an organisation that values its people, works with integrity and honesty, and is committed to achieving the best outcomes for local communities.
Anyone joining FVA will become part of a supportive, professional and dedicated team, with opportunities to contribute to meaningful work that makes a real impact across Fife. We also have a strong track record of partnership working, delivering outcomes, and helping communities thrive.
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Volunteering Development Summit 2026
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Fife's Volunteering Development Summit offers an engaging learning and development opportunity for anyone in the third sector who involves, supports, and manages volunteers in Fife.
Come along to hear the latest updates on volunteering development, take part in hot topic discussions to ensure your voice is heard, and make connections with other volunteer coordinators and managers. Learn about strategies, tools, frameworks and resources which you can use to improve and enhance your practice.
Speakers include:
- Bethany Sikes, Research and Policy Manager at Volunteer Scotland
- Fraser Clark, Project Manager at Youth VIP
Attendees at this session will:
- Hear first-hand at "table hops" from a range of service providers
- Hear the latest updates on Volunteering Development and issues affecting Fife
- Input to discussions on key issues for the sector in Fife
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Lunchtime Learning: Fife Job Contract and Life Chances
Thursday 28 May, 12.00 - 1.00pm, online
Stuart Don from the Fife Job Contract team will give an overview of the key types of funding and available and how to access it.
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Lunchtime Learning - Power of Attorney
Thursday 18 June, 12.00 - 1.00pm, online
We'll be joined by a variety of experts in power of attorney from the public and third sectors who can help attendees understand what power of attorney is, why it's important, support services that are available, and financial advice.
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Volunteering Development Summit
Thursday 04 June, 10.00am - 3.30pm, Caledonia House Glenrothes
Come along to hear the latest updates on volunteering development, take part in hot topic discussions to ensure your voice is heard, and make connections with other volunteer coordinators and managers. Learn about strategies, tools, frameworks and resources which you can use to improve and enhance your practice.
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Understanding Universal Credit
Tuesday 09June, 2.00 - 3.30pm, online
At this session, Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) will help participants understand how employability practitioners can continue to support those who are now on Universal Credit in terms of application, online access, and making queries about benefit decisions.
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DWP Connect
Wednesday 10 June, 9.00am - 12.30pm, Caledonia House Glenrothes
DWP Connect is a Know Your Network-style event at which participants will find out more about multiple individual Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) projects and services via the ever-popular table hops.
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PVG/Disclosure - Introductory Session
Thursday 11 June, 9.30am - 1.00pm, Caledonia House Glenrothes
Following the updates from the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020, the course will provide up-to-date information on different types of disclosure checks, regulated roles, how to process checks, and safe recruitment.
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Top Tips On Completing Funding Applications
Tuesday 16 June, 6.00 - 8.00pm, online
This session is about successfully completing funding applications and will guide you to effectively find appropriate funders and funding opportunities, understand funders’ priorities, and construct compelling proposals that meet application criteria.
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Voluntary Sector Children‘s Services Forum - May
Thursday 28 May, 10.00am - 12.00pm, New Volunteer House Kirkcaldy
The Forum meets regularly to provide updates, networking opportunities, problem solve, respond to consultations, raise concerns for representatives/FVA to progress and to get updates from FVA and representatives about what's happening at the many partnerships, networks and groups across the Children's Services Partnership in Fife and beyond.
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Carers' Providers Forum
Tuesday 02 June, 2.00 - 4.00pm, Caledonia House Glenrothes
This forum provides a platform for management-level carer providers from Fife's third sector to network, discuss ideas, share best practice, and much more.
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RESCHEDULED - Fife Employability Forum
Tuesday 09 June, 9.00am - 12.30pm, Caledonia House Glenrothes
The Fife Employability Forum is held quarterly and brings together staff and managers involved in employability services from all sectors - aiming to help organisations to work together to improve employment outcomes for people in Fife.
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Fife Befriending Forum
Thursday 11 June, 1.00 - 3.00pm, Caledonia House Glenrothes
The Befriending Forum is an opportunity for members to share learning, develop positive working relationships, and gain support. This is an open invitation for all befriending support services within Fife.
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Mental Health Forum
Tuesday 16 June, 10.00am - 12.00pm, Caledonia House Glenrothes
Membership of the Forum is open to all staff and trustees with constituted third sector organisations operating in the Fife area in the field of health and social care (i.e. it's not just for organisations that focus entirely on mental health).
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Health and Social Care Forum
Thursday 18 June, 10.00am - 12.00pm, Caledonia House Glenrothes
The forum is a fantastic space for third sector colleagues to come along and hear about key developments in health and social care in Fife and nationally, discuss significant issues and network with other third sector organisations.
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How to Become An Impactful STEM Volunteer
Join STEM Ambassadors for this 45-minute introduction to the STEM Ambassadors Programme to find out how you can get involved in valuable STEM outreach with young people.
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Fife Volunteering Open Day
Friday 05 June, 10.00am - 3.00pm, Dunfermline
Discover how volunteering can open new doors at Fife Voluntary Action’s Volunteering Shop in the Community Support Hub, Dunfermline, during Volunteers' Week.
Whether you’re looking to give back, build confidence, meet new people, or learn new skills, this is your chance to explore exciting volunteering opportunities and sign up for inspiring training sessions.
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Charity Fundraising Concert for Express Group Fife
Friday 05 June, starts 7.00pm, St Andrews
The event aims to shine a light on the importance of mental health while raising vital funds for Express Group Fife, a local charity dedicated to supporting mental health and wellbeing across the community.
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Largo Blue Space Festival (2 day event)
Saturday 06 June, 10.00am - 5.00pm, Lower Largo
Come along to meet the organisations caring for Largo Bay and the Firth of Forth for shared learning, fun, and collaboration, and celebrate the launch of the Community Triptych.
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Carers Week Day Disco
Wednesday 10 June, 2.00 - 5.00pm, Kirkcaldy
Bring a friend, bring the person you care for, or just come along yourself. Everyone is welcome, including professionals who work alongside carers across Fife.
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LINK Befriending AGM
Wednesday 17 June, 4.00 - 5.00pm, Cupar
LINK are pleased to invite you to their AGM where you'll hear about the work of their projects from this past year.
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Support Groups and Opportunities
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Fife Carers Centre: Unpaid Carers Conference
Monday 08 June, 9.30am - 4.00pm, Dunfermline
This year's Carers Week theme is Carer Friendly Communities, and that theme sits at the heart of this event. You'll explore what it means to build communities where carers are seen, supported, and valued, and what more needs to happen across Fife to make that a reality.
The day will include interactive workshops and talks from organisations working alongside carers, with plenty of opportunity to share your own experiences and hear from others.
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LinkLiving: Step On Starting in August
LinkLiving have announced that referrals are now open for the Step On course in Kirkcaldy, which begins at the end of August, with another cohort running in January 2027.
Any referrals received by LinkLiving will be added to their waiting lists and they will reach out at the end of July to arrange an initial meeting.
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Take a Break Fund for Carers
Take a Break is Scotland’s short breaks fund for carers of disabled and seriously ill children, young people and their families.
Closing date: 22 June 2026
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Theatres Trust Small Grants Programme
This scheme provides grants of up to £7,500 for essential works to enable not-for-profit theatres across the UK to be viable and thrive in the future.
Closing date: 26 June 2026
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