Date: 12th July 2010
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

The Scottish Human Rights Commission are compiling a new database of organisations which help, campaign for, or support vulnerable people in all parts of the country. Can you help them complete the database by telling them about your organisation? Can you help them map the human rights third sector in Scotland?

Date: 9th July 2010
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The Golsoncott Foundation aims to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and in particular the fine arts and music. This includes providing access to the arts for young people and developing new audiences.

Date: 9th July 2010
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The Hedley Foundation is a charitable organisation which supports young people, the disabled and the terminally ill.

Date: 9th July 2010
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The BIG Lottery Fund has launched its new Investing in Communities funding programme which aims to bring real improvements to communities, tackling need and addressing inequality.

Date: 8th July 2010
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Scottish Government has announced that it is going ahead with the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme, its equivalent of the Vetting and Barring Scheme recently put on ice elsewhere in the UK.

Date: 2nd July 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disabled children

The Scottish Government is launching a consultation to seek your views on secondary legislation that will enable the Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland (ASNTS) to hear disability claims (harassment, victimisation and discrimination) cases in school education.

Date: 1st July 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Respect for the views of the child

Are you a parent, child, young person, pupil, student, teacher or educator? Do you work in a school, nursery, college or university? Are you interested in early years or school education, further and higher education, or adult learning and skills? Do you have views and suggestions about how Scottish education could be even better? Have your say on the Scottish Government's new "Engage for Education" website.

Date: 30th June 2010
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Four Acre Trust is inviting registered charities to apply for funding to support activities that give individuals - mainly children and young people - help in making the most of their lives. Eligible activities include: mentoring schemes; youth work in local communities; breaks and holidays for young people; school holiday activity schemes; adventure and other activity/training centres.

Date: 30th June 2010
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The Trust supports young athletes (13-18) from a wide variety of sports across Scotland. Preference is given to top junior level athletes competing in minority sports. The following sports are not eligible: football, cricket, rugby, golf, tennis.

Date: 30th June 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disabled children

This guide will tell you more about what Easy Read means, give you some top tips on how to do it and provide links to other useful publications which will give you more detailed information. The guide also lists some organisations who can produce your documents in an easy read format.

Date: 30th June 2010
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The UNLtd Sport Relief 'Do It' Award provides opportunities for young people (18 - 21 years old) to bring communities together, to help promote understanding and solve problems through sport, arts and recreational activities. The fund will be giving away of up to £10,000 plus more intensive support directly to young people. Do It Awards will be made every 3 months.

Date: 30th June 2010
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The European Commission has issued a call for proposals aiming to support projects, which promote information and communication actions with a European dimension that are aimed at young people and youth leaders.

Date: 30th June 2010
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Comic Relief has announced that its grants UK programmes are once again open for applications. On average grants of between £25,000 and £40,000 are available to not for profit organisations for work that focuses on mental health, domestic and sexual abuse; refugee and asylum seeking women; older people, using sport in delivering positive change within the lives of individuals and communities, as well as projects focusing on young people (11 - 25) that are sexually exploited; suffer from alcohol abuse; and suffer from mental health problems. In addition, Comic Relief operates a programme that support disadvantaged communities.

Date: 30th June 2010
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ABCT supports charities that defend human rights, such as freedom from torture and arbitrary imprisonment, and promote respect for individuals whatever their circumstances. The Trust is particularly interested in charities that work with vulnerable, marginalised and excluded people in society, with a focus on; refugees and victims of torture, prisoners, older people, and people with mental health problems.

Date: 30th June 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

A project involving a group of 16 pupils has given young people the chance to have their views on Curriculum for Excellence heard. The research project ran over a number of days and was designed to develop pupils from P7 and S2 as curriculum consultants. The series of workshops builds on the Government's ongoing dialogue with teachers and parents about the new curriculum and will help ensure the changes are properly communicated to pupils too.

Date: 30th June 2010
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Grants of a few hundred pounds to a maximum of £10,000 are available for small grassroots charities, community groups and non-violent direct action groups working in the areas of environment / conservation; animal protection; and human rights. The funding is being made available through the Handmade Cosmetics Company's Lush Charity Pot.

Date: 30th June 2010
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Tam Baillie, the Children's Commissioner wants to hear all about what matters to children and young people.

Date: 28th June 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disabled children

AbilityNet have received funding to run a project to develop, deliver and promote a 'Quality and Assurance Standard' and online assessment tool, which will enable Education Institutions to evaluate and improve the accessibility of their documentation and internet provision for disabled children, young people and adults.

Date: 23rd June 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Adam Ingram MSP, Minister for Children and Early Years, launched the Guide to Implementing GIRFEC at The Children's Summit on 23rd June 2010.

Date: 20th June 2010
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The Nationwide Foundation's Small Grants Programme makes grants every two months and is currently seeking applications from charities working with families affected by domestic abuse. Grants up to £5,000 are available to registered charities with incomes of under £500,000.