Funding Information

Comic Relief Local Communities Fund

Foundation Scotland is currently accepting applications to Round Two of the Comic Relief Local Communities Fund which it is administering on behalf of Comic Relief in Scotland. The funding aims to support community projects in Scotland that empower local people and enable them to create lasting change in their communities. Local community groups, resident associations, community centres, social enterprises, community interest companies and credit unions may apply for grants of between £1,000 and £10,000. Grant recipients can use the money to increase local services, build skills of local people, increase community cohesion, or respond to local economic needs. The deadline for Round Two is 20 May 2014.  Full details can be found on the Foundation Scotland website. 

Santander Social Enterprise Development Awards

The Social Enterprise Development Awards are provided by the Santander Foundation and managed by community foundations in the UK. The Awards aim to recognize and support social enterprises and Community Interest Companies in the UK that are working to grow their business and improve their local community. The Growth Awards are open to applications with a deadline of 21 May 2014. Growth Award offers a prize of up to £10,000 to support UK registered charities and community groups looking to increase trading.The Catalyst Awards are open to applications with a deadline of 16 June 2014. Catalyst Award offers a prize of £5,000 to social enterprises looking to grow their business. For more information, click here.

People's Postcode Trust - Small Grants Programme

The Trust aims to make the UK a better place for both people and nature. The Trust also delivers People's Postcode Trust - Dream Fund. This initiative aims to give organizations the chance to deliver the project they have always dreamed of, but have never had the opportunity to bring to life. Grants range from £500 to £20,000 for those in Scotland and England and up to £5,000 for those in Wales. The Fund is open to applications from Scotland, Wales and South of England (excluding Greater London) with a deadline of 23 May 2014. For more information, click here.

Dundee Partnership Community Regeneration Funding 2014-15

The following is the overall allocation to each of the six Wards with Community Regeneration Areas:

£125,000 has been allocated to the Community Regeneration Forums for

·         Coldside,
·         Maryfield,
·         North East and
·         Strathmartine

Increased allocations for

·         East End - £136,473
·         Lochee - £190,462

The splits for each Ward will be:
·         20% for Small Grants
·         40% for Youth Diversionary
·         40% for Physical / Environmental Improvements

Contacts

Coldside
Elaine Pratt, Community Officer - 433444
elaine.pratt@dundeecity.gov.uk

Maryfield

Stuart Fairweather, Communities Officer - 438858
stuart.fairweather@dundeecity.gov.uk

Hayley Tunstall, CLD Worker - 438856

hayley.tunstall@dundeecity.gov.uk

North East

Mike Welsh, Communities Officer - 438596
mike.welsh@dundeecity.gov.uk

Jim Gordon, CLD Worker - 438593

jim.gordon@dundeecity.gov.uk

Strathmartine

Vanessa Kelly, Communities Officer - 436363
vanessa.kelly@dundeecity.gov.uk

Val Kane, CLD Worker - 436364

val.kane@dundeecity.gov.uk

East End

Olive Smiles, Communities Officer - 436910
olive.smiles@dundeecity.gov.uk

Hazel Feilder, CLD Worker - 438629

hazel.feilder@dundeecity.gov.uk

Lochee

Angie Hastie, Communities Officer - 431839
angie.hastie@dundeecity.gov.uk

Ally Rankin, CLD Worker - 431838

allison.rankin@dundeecity.gov.uk

 

Tackling Sectarianism Small Grant Programme

The Scottish Government is seeking to support communities by stimulating local level activity that contributes to tackling Intra-Christian Sectarianism in Scotland. The main aim of the programme is to support a range of community-led activities that improve the Scottish Government's understanding of the sectarian issues faced by communities. This programme is administered by the Voluntary Action Fund (VAF).

The following levels of funding are available:

• Grants of up to £10,000 for an individual group applying to carry out activities.
• Grants of up to £20,000 for group applications (including two or more organisations) to carry out partnership working.

Grants are available to stimulate community-based activity that will:

• Increase understanding of how Intra-Christian impacts on the lives of people in different communities.
• Support communities to take action to tackle the sectarianism experienced.

Projects must be completed by 13 February 2015. Applications can be made at any time and will be considered on a rolling basis until 1 December 2014. For more information, click here. 

Wider News and Events

New Faith in Throughcare (FiT) Volunteer Training Programme in Dundee

Faith in Throughcare are a developing organisation created to offer local community based support to short term prisoners released from HMP Perth. We aim to reduce repeat offending by supporting people to have a more positive experience on return from prison.

·         Do you have an interest in community justice?
·         Do you believe in addressing social inequalities?
·         Do you want relevant experience for further education or training?
·         Do you want to build positively on personal experiences and insights which could contribute to helping other people make a positive return to the community?

We have a new Volunteer Training programme starting in Douglas and Mid Craigie Church of Scotland, Balbeggie Place, Dundee, DD4 8RD at 2pm until 4 pm on 15th May in Douglas. In the subsequent weeks, the training will start at 1:30 pm until 3.30pm. There may be still some places available on this programme – for further information please contact Morag Sievwright on 07788219403 or email morag@faithinthroughcare.org

Mental Health First Aid Courses

Mental Health First Aid Courses are available for people to attend in Dundee and Arbroath, the details are as follows.
Courses in Dundee with availability are:
·         2nd and 8th July, 2014
·         1st and 8th Sept. 2014
·         23rd and 28th Oct. 2014
All the above courses will be held in the Seminar Room, Kings Cross, Clepington Road, Dundee from 9.30am – 4.30pm.
Courses in Arbroath are planned on the following dates:
·         26th and 27th June, 2014;
·         24th and 25th Sept. 2014;
·         27th and 28th Oct. 2014;
·         3rd and 4th Dec. 2014;
All the above courses will be held in Bruce House, Arbroath from 9.15am – 4.15pm

Booking is required and please contact Lorna Webster (SMHFA administrator) on 424086 or email: smhfa.tayside@nhs.net.

Invitation to Jean Kilbourne Talk  on Gender and Media

On Monday, 18 August 2014, leading academic Dr Jean Kilbourne will be in Dundee to discuss the portrayal of women, men and relationships in advertising & the media. She will look at the impact advertising, online pornography and sexting on young people's views and expectation of relationships. Dr Kilbourne has been exploring the connection between advertising, media and public health issues, including violence against women since the 1960s.

The Dundee event will take place at the Contemporary Arts, Nethergate, from 9am onwards. To book a place, please contact June Hepburn on 0141 532 5805 or via violence.reduction@scotland.pnn.police.uk.

Launch of the R & R (Revive and Restore) Café

On Friday May 23rd 2014

From: 6pm- 8pm
Bring the Kids to Meet - Animal Attractions & Have A Photo Taken Or - Face Painting & Party Balloons  
From: 8pm-11pm Live Music For The Big Kids
At: Mark Henderson Centre, Ann Street
All Welcome & It’s FREE

Come Along If You Are Up For A Fun Alcohol & Drug Free Evening Refreshments Provided.

CrossReach have moved to a New Address

CrossReach – Axis Forward Project has moved office. Their new address and contact details are:

The Gatehouse

Strathmore Lodge
31 Ward Road
DUNDEE DD1 1NG
Telephone: - 01382 322397
Fax:- 01382 228170

'Community is the Answer' Conference: Sponsored Places  

The international ‘Community is the answer' conference is taking place here in Glasgow on 9-11th June, 2014 and is organised by the International Association for Community Development (IACD) and the CLD Standards Council for Scotland, with the support of the Scottish Government and other partners (including SCDC, SCDN, CDAS and CLDMS).

Education Scotland are now offering 80 sponsored day places to allow people who would otherwise not be able to attend, such as unwaged or low-income volunteers, to do so. This reduced delegate rate of £35 (otherwise £99 to £125) is inclusive of meals, a conference pack and social events.

To apply individuals are asked to provide a brief statement covering the following:

·         Your current role (especially, for example, as an unwaged or low-income volunteer)
·         The name of any organisation that you are attached to
·         The reason that you are requesting a sponsored place (including what benefit you hope to get for yourself and your community)
·         The day on which you would like to attend (9 June: Health; 10 June: Wealth; 11 June: Power)

Priority will be given to allow as many people as possible to benefit for one day each. But if any places remain, applications for a second day may be considered - if interested please also indicate a second choice of day. 

Please return these to cdas@pdtaylor.com or Community Development Alliance Scotland, 56, Turnberry Road, Glasgow G11 5AP. Applicants will be informed as soon as possible whether they have been allocated a place. Sponsored places will be allocated until all available have been filled.

The conference itself will showcase community-based solutions from Scotland and around the world and allow community members, activists, practitioners, researchers and policymakers to come together and examine what actually matters to people, how to measure it and how to place it at the core of what we do. You can find out more details here.

Exciting Opportunities at Destiny College

Destiny College is introducing an HNC in Counselling, which will run alongside a certificate in Christian Counselling accredited by ACC. This course will run on a part-time (day release) basis with aim to begin in the new academic year, September 2014. The demand for this course is already high but we don’t want you to miss out! Please email our SQA centre at sqa.co@destiny-college.com to express your interest in this course.

Mind Yer Heid Plus Training Session

 

A free training opportunity available through Equally Well - Mind Yer Heid Plus raises awareness of Mental Wellbeing and Health Inequalities, and promotes inequalities sensitive practice amongst a wide variety of partners. It supports participants to make the link between social, environmental and economic factors and how people think, feel and behave. This training will be of relevance to any frontline member of staff who comes into contact with people experiencing health and/or mental health and wellbeing inequalities. Participants may come from a wide range of mainstream and voluntary sector services that impact on the health and wellbeing of Dundee’s citizens, such as housing, social work, health, mental health, leisure, communities, financial inclusion, community safety, criminal justice and many more. The training will also be useful to those responsible for managing staff and services. 

To book a place at these training sessions please request a booking form from Sheila McMahon at sheila.mcmahon@dundeecity.gov.uk  Please note that places are limited, and whilst there is no charge for this training, a £20 administration fee will be incurred if you book a place and do not attend, or if you cancel with fewer than 5 working day’s notice.

 

Training dates 2014

Training session:                                   Booking deadline:          Place confirmed by:

Thursday June 12^th                                                 Monday May 19^th              Friday May 30^th 

Monday September 15^th                                     Monday August 25^th             Friday September 5^th       

Wednesday November 12^th                              Monday October 20^th        Friday October 31^st

Friday December 5^th                                Monday November 10^th    Friday November 21^st

 

The training will be held at Dudhope Castle, Barrack Street, Dundee between 9am – 4.15pm. These training sessions are free and places are limited.  Tea, coffee and a light lunch will be provided. Free parking is available on-site. 

FiCDundee News and Events

WEvolution Comes to Dundee

 

WEvolution (formerly known as Passage from India) has recently started working in Dundee and is based in the FICD office in Kirkton Community Centre.  

This is an exciting project which works, primarily with women, who are not earning or are on low incomes, to form self-reliant groups or SRGs.  These are small, local groups who meet together regularly for friendship, to save together and often to start micro-businesses.  The model is in widespread use in India (hence the original name of the organisation) where it forms a key part of the government's strategy to combat poverty.    

If you'd like any more information, want to start an SRG, or know someone who might please contact Sian McCarthy on: 

07803436977 

sian@wevolution.org.uk
Or have a look at their new website:
www.wevolution.org.uk

Launch of Tackling Poverty Together Initiative

In December last year, Faith in Community Scotland was awarded money by the Lottery to initiate a project – Tackling Poverty Together (TPT). TPT is about local communities working together and responding to the impacts of welfare reform changes in their neighbourhood.

Hence, this initiative will be led by local communities with support from Faith in Community Dundee. Our role will be to help communities identify the impact of the welfare reform changes and supporting them in filling local gaps in services. We have already started working in four local areas in Dundee (Charleston, Lochee, Douglas and Whitfield) and one in Stirling (Raploch) from March and April 2014.

Some of the things that local communities are doing and may wish to build on with our support are:

·           Helping to improve budgeting skills, access to welfare rights advocacy and advice;
·           Providing free food, information and access to services in drop in cafes;
·           Improving the ability of people to grow and cook food, which is healthy and inexpensive;
·           Increasing access to IT facilities to help people with job searching and signing on to the Universal Credit when it is introduced; and
·           Setting up of small, local self-reliant groups that help people develop their enterprising skills.

We are looking to update our Online Project Directory

In December 2013, Faith in Community Dundee launched an online Directory of Faith based projects tackling poverty in Dundee. Containing information on a wide range of projects- from youth groups, to lunch clubs, to community cafes - we believe that it highlights the important contribution that projects initiated by faith groups are making to tackling poverty in Dundee.

If you would like to provide any new update on your group or organizations, please get in touch with us at 01382-825351 or email us at becky.stojanovic@faithincommunitydundee.org. Also, if you identify a project that we have not included please do let us know.  

Update on Dundee Drop In Survey

 

Dundee Drop In (DDI) is a group of church based projects that provide crisis help to those who are struggling to make ends meet. These projects provide drop in facilities that offer food, a chance to socialise and signposting to other services.  They include projects like Parish Nursing, St. Salvador’s food cupboard, Lochee Drop Inn, Eagles Wings, The Bus Stop at the Gate, The Big Issue Group, The Bridge at the Friary, Graham’s Kitchen and Street Chaplains.  Some time ago the projects agreed, with support from Dundee University and the Alcohol and Drug Partnership  (ADP), to undertake research with those who use these range of services.

During the months between March to May, volunteers and staff from DDI services, university students, Bethany Christian Trust  and FiCDundee have visited almost all the various drop-ins mentioned above to complete questionnaires with those who use these services. A total of 95 questionnaires have been completed and it is almost at the stage of data entry and analysis. On 18^th June, the university research leader will present some of the key findings to the DDI Group and they will  consider actions that may be appropriate for the Group to recommend and the scope for more in-depth research.

Reflection on Faith in Community Dundee’s past year’s work

Faith in Community Dundee organised a review session on April 22^nd, which was facilitated by Clare Radford, Community Theologian from Faith in Community Scotland. This provided an opportunity for FiCDundee staff and committee members to reflect on the organisation’s past year’s work, specifically in the context of the agreed outcomes but also on the broader and deeper aspirations of the organization about the future.

Training on Valuing Volunteers

A workshop was organised by Faith in Community Dundee (FiCDundee) in collaboration with Anne Leslie from Volunteer Centre Dundee on January 22, 2014. Its aim was to help resource people who use volunteers or would like to use volunteers in their project.  The training essentially focused on three key aspects of volunteering:

• understanding the benefits volunteers bring to projects
• how to manage and recruitment volunteers and
• how to make volunteers feel valued

By partnering with Volunteer Centre, the purpose of the workshop was to also introduce the participants to some parts of Volunteer Friendly Award. A total of 9 people attended the event, some of whom were attending FiCDundee training for the first time like Christians Against Poverty and Soul Garden.

Gordon’s Contribution at Al Maktoum Leadership Programme

 

 

During February Gordon was able to contribute, along with Jenny Mabrouk of the Yusuf Youth Initiative (YYI), to the training programme at the Al Maktoum college for 52 young female students from the United Arab Emirates. The students spend four weeks in Scotland on the Valuable Leadership and Management Programme and Gordon was able to facilitate workshops on making a difference in work and community.

For information on other courses at Al Maktoum please visit:

http://www.almcollege.org.uk/programmes-courses/sqa-programmes/

For the lecture programme please visit:

http://www.almcollege.org.uk/open-lectures-2/

For information on YYI visit: http://www.yyi.org.uk/ 

Volunteering Opportunities

Volunteering Opportunities at St. Ninian’s Scottish Episcopal Church, Kingsway East Dundee

Could you volunteer?

Stay and Play Family Support Group for families in Mid Craigie/Linlathen and Douglas.

The latest government statistics show this area to be one of the most deprived areas of Dundee and it is vital that the church reaches out to those families with children under 5 years. We are here to show God’s love in action and we work in a holistic way with absolutely no hint of judgement.

- Please, please can you help us?

- We are now desperate for volunteers

- Are you a good listener?                                                                                         

- Do you enjoy being around children?

- Can you make soup?
- Are you happy to work in the kitchen?

If the answer to any of the above is yes, please do consider giving this very busy group 4 hours of your time on a Monday or a Tuesday. Take time to think about this and if you would like more information please look at our web site: www.stniniansfamilysupportgroup.btck.co.uk

Contact information:

Audrey Mitchell, Group Leader: 07712331124 or e mail  - stniniansstayandplay@gmail.com
                                        

Starter Packs is looking for New Committee Members

Starter Packs Dundee are looking for new members for their management committee, especially for a secretary to the committee who can take minutes for the meetings and organise the AGM along with a few other tasks.  We would also like to recruit someone with fundraising knowledge to organise coffee mornings and other small events in Dundee.

We are also looking for a new Treasurer who has knowledge of keeping the records for a charity. If you would like to know more about any of these positions please contact the office at Starter Packs Dundee, 40 Perth Road on 223977 or e-mail us at starterpacks_dundee@btconnect.com.