Latest news and events , 13 April 2017

Welcome to this packed edition of our bulletin. This week we have a huge number of new funding opportunities available to you, as well as a series of Poverty Awareness Training.
Just a reminder that we’re accepting nominations for our Awards Ceremony. There are 17 categories to choose from and nominations close on 27 April.
Best wishes,
The team at FVA.
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/ 13 jobs - 5 new and 0 updated very recently
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/ 28 events - 10 new and 0 updated very recently
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This bulletin contains most of the new items on our website over the last couple of weeks - for hundreds more articles, publications, links, events, volunteering opportunities and much more including information on the range of support available from FVA then please visit our website.

/ Nominations open for Fife Voluntary Action’s Awards 2017Updated!

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/ Health inequalities statistics releasedNew!
/ DWP Dynamic Purchasing System Quick GuideNew!
/ CLEAR Buckhaven Update and EventsNew!
/ Fife Pilgrim Way UpdateNew!
/ Welfare benefits and grants handbooksNew!
/ Scottish Universities offer Brexit advice to Third SectorNew!
/ Pensions Auto-Enrolment - What You Need to Know
/ Support NHS Fife by becoming a board member
/ Scottish Book Trust - Do you have a tale to tell?
/ Scottish Government publishes Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027
/ Individual Training Accounts to replace Individual Learning Accounts
/ Latest health inequalities statistics released
/ Rights at risk: a collection of Scottish civil society perspectives

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/ The Muirhead Outreach Project - Sessional Workers (part-time)New!
/ Fife Voluntary Action - Research Assistant InternshipNew!
/ Fife Centre for Equalities - Modern Apprenticeship: Information and CommunicationsNew!
/ Greener Kirkcaldy - Community Development WorkerNew!
/ Kingdom Housing Association - Housing Management TraineeNew!
/ Early Years Scotland - Early Years Practitioner, Prisons Support
/ Kingdom Housing Association - ICT Trainee
/ Kingdom Housing Association - Apprentice Painter and Decorator
/ Kingdom Housing Association - Technical Services Trainee
/ Kingdom Support and Care - Support Workers
/ Kingdom Housing Association - Administrative Officer
/ Kingdom Support and Care CIC - Support Worker (Bank Staff) Chinese Service
/ Fife Community Interpreting Service - Administrator

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/ Cash4Clubs - funding for sportsNew!
/ Comic Relief - #iwill Youth Social Action FundNew!
/ Carnegie UK Trust - Engaging Libraries ProgrammeNew!
/ Law Society Charity Grants - Rights and Access to JusticeNew!
/ Greggs Foundation's Local Community Projects FundNew!
/ Help The Homeless FundingNew!
/ National Churches Trust Repair GrantsNew!
/ Heritage Lottery Fund: Heritage Grant SchemeNew!
/ Pink Ribbon Foundation Grants 2017New!
/ Funding to Use Digital Technology to Enhance the EnvironmentNew!
/ Time Out Grant - for those affected by Motor Neurone Disease (MND)New!
/ Transform Foundation Facebook and Website GrantsNew!
/ The Lords Taverners Outdoor Play grantsNew!
/ CashBack for Communities - Youth Work FundNew!
/ Comic Relief Community Cash Fund Re-Opens for ApplicationsNew!
/ Heritage Lottery Fund - Grants for Places of WorshipNew!
/ Central Scotland Green Network Trust Community Project Fund 2017New!
/ Cycling UK’s Big Bike Revival 2017New!
/ Creative Breaks Funding Programme Open Now - Grants for third sector organisationsNew!
/ Asda Social Enterprise Supplier Development Academy, deadline 13 April 2017New!

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/ Kingdom Support and Care - Recruitment Day
Friday 14 April 2017 - Brag Enterprise
/ Trellis - Adaptive Gardening Training - Trellis
Sunday 16 April 2017 - Redhall Walled Garden
/ Building a Child to Adult Transition Plan - Fife Carers Centre
Tuesday 18 April 2017 - 157 Commercial Street
/ Creating Healthy Communities Engagement Event, Levenmouth - Fife Health and Social Care Partnership
Tuesday 18 April 2017 - Buckhaven Community Centre
/ NHS Fife - Introduction to Kitbag for Schools and Families - NHS FifeNew!
Thursday 20 April 2017 - Playfield Institute
/ Home-Start East Fife Volunteering Preparation Course, 20 April - Home-Start East FifeNew!
Thursday 20 April 2017 - 158 South Street
/ Fife Carers Centre - Communicating with Dementia - words and beyond - Fife Carers Centre
Friday 21 April 2017 - Scores Hotel
/ Tool Repair Workshop, Kirkcaldy - Greener Kirkcaldy
Saturday 22 April 2017 - Ravenscraig Walled Garden
/ Saje Scotland - Freedom Hub Cafe, Kirkcaldy - Saje Scotland
Wednesday 26 April 2017 - Kirkcaldy
/ Creating Healthy Communities Engagement Event, Inverkeithing - Fife Health and Social Care Partnership
Wednesday 26 April 2017 - Inverkeithing Civic Centre
/ Equality Hustings for Council Elections - Fife Centre for Equalities New!
Wednesday 26 April 2017 - New Volunteer House, 16 East Fergus Place, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1XT
/ Home-Start East Fife Volunteering Preparation Course, 27 April - Home-Start East FifeNew!
Thursday 27 April 2017 - 158 South Street
/ Introduction to Composting, Kirkcaldy - Greener Kirkcaldy
Saturday 29 April 2017 - Ravenscraig Walled Garden
May 2017
/ Creating Healthy Communities Engagement Event, Dunfermline - Fife Health and Social Care Partnership
Tuesday 02 May 2017 - Dell Farquharson Community Centre
/ Fife Society for the blind technology day - Fife Society for the Blind
Wednesday 03 May 2017 - Adam Smith Theatre
/ Home-Start East Fife Volunteering Preparation Course, 4 May - Home-Start East FifeNew!
Thursday 04 May 2017 - 158 South Street
/ Creating Healthy Communities Engagement Event, Cupar - Fife Health and Social Care Partnership
Monday 08 May 2017 - New Howe of Fife Rugby Club (behind swimming pool)
/ Home-Start East Fife Volunteering Preparation Course, 11 May - Home-Start East FifeNew!
Thursday 11 May 2017 - 158 South Street
/ Creating Healthy Communities Engagement Event, Kirkcaldy - Fife Health and Social Care Partnership
Monday 15 May 2017 - Town House
/ Building a Child to Adult Transition Plan - Fife Carers Centre
Wednesday 17 May 2017 - 157 Commercial Street
/ Home-Start East Fife Volunteering Preparation Course, 18 May - Home-Start East FifeNew!
Thursday 18 May 2017 - 158 South Street
/ Fife Carers Centre - Vintage Tea Dance, St Andrews - Fife Carers Cenrte New!
Monday 22 May 2017 - St Andrews Town Hall
/ Home-Start East Fife Volunteering Preparation Course, 25 May - Home-Start East FifeNew!
Thursday 25 May 2017 - 158 South Street
June 2017
/ Learn More about Dementia Friendly Work in Glenrothes - Alzheimer Scotland
Thursday 01 June 2017 - Rothes Halls
/ Home-Start East Fife Volunteering Preparation Course, 01 June - Home-Start East FifeNew!
Thursday 01 June 2017 - 158 South Street
/ Age Concern Sponsored Walk - Age Concern Glenrothes
Saturday 03 June 2017 - Vane Farm Nature Centre
/ Building a Child to Adult Transition Plan - Fife Carers Centre
Thursday 15 June 2017 - 157 Commercial Street
/ Cupar Summer Fayre 2017 - Cupar Summer Fayre Team
Saturday 17 June 2017 - Duffus Park

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/ FVAWP - Stalking: A multi-agency seminar - Fife Violence Against Women Partnership (FVAWP)
Tuesday 18 April 2017 - Bankhead Central
/ Poverty Awareness Training - Supporting Hard Up Households, Kinghorn - Fife PartnershipNew!
Tuesday 18 April 2017 - Bay Hotel, Burntisland Rd, Kinghorn, Burntisland, KY3 9YE
/ Poverty Awareness Training - Supporting Hard Up Households, Leven - Fife PartnershipNew!
Wednesday 19 April 2017 - Fife Renewable Innovation Centre, Ajax Way, Leven KY8 3RS
/ Poverty Awareness Training - Supporting Hard Up Households, Leven - Fife PartnershipNew!
Wednesday 19 April 2017 - Fife Renewable Innovation Centre, Ajax Way, Leven, KY8 3RS
/ Course 3 - Supporting your Volunteers - Fife Voluntary Action
Thursday 20 April 2017 - Volunteer House
/ Single Parent Poverty Awareness Workshop, Kirkcaldy - Fife PartnershipNew!
Thursday 20 April 2017 - Kirkcaldy High School, Dunnikier Way, Kirkcaldy, KY1 3LR
/ Scottish Autism - Personal Coping Skills and Strategies - Scottish Autism
Tuesday 25 April 2017 - Lynebank Hospital
/ Poverty Awareness Training - Supporting Hard Up Households, Kinghorn - Fife PartnershipNew!
Tuesday 25 April 2017 - Bay Hotel, Burntisland Rd, Kinghorn, Burntisland, KY3 9YE
/ Affordable Trust fundraising training, Edinburgh
Wednesday 26 April 2017 - Lifecare
/ Poverty Awareness Training - Supporting Hard Up Households, Kirkcaldy - Fife PartnershipNew!
Wednesday 26 April 2017 - Beveridge Park Hotel, 6 Abbotshall Rd, Kirkcaldy KY2 5PQ
/ Poverty Awareness Training - Supporting Hard Up Households, Kirkcaldy - Fife PartnershipNew!
Wednesday 26 April 2017 - Beveridge Park Hotel, 6 Abbotshall Rd, Kirkcaldy KY2 5PQ
/ Supporting Young Learners – Benefits And Other Financial Support, Kinghorm - Fife PartnershipNew!
Thursday 27 April 2017 - Bay Hotel, Burntisland Rd, Kinghorn, Burntisland, KY3 9YE
/ NHS Fife - Naturally Connected - Network for Mental Wellbeing - NHS FifeNew!
Friday 28 April 2017 - Playfield Institute
May 2017
/ FVAWP: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Seminar - Fife Violence Against Women Partnership (FVAWP)
Tuesday 02 May 2017 - Bankhead Central
/ Personalisation and Workforce, Edinburgh - Providers and Personalisation
Tuesday 02 May 2017 - COSLA Conference Centre
/ Child Poverty and Welfare Reform, Dunfermline - Fife PartnershipNew!
Wednesday 03 May 2017 - Lynebank Hospital, Halbeath Rd, Dunfermline, KY11 8JH
/ Personalisation and Workforce, Glasgow - Providers and Personalisation
Thursday 04 May 2017 - IET Glasgow: Teacher Building
/ Course 4 - Fair and equal volunteering - Fife Voluntary Action
Tuesday 09 May 2017 - Craig Mitchell House
/ Disability Discrimination at Work - Managing the Legal and Practical Issues, Edinburgh - BTO Solicitors
Tuesday 09 May 2017 - One Edinburgh Quay
/ Poverty Awareness Training - Supporting Hard Up Households, Kinghorn - Fife PartnershipNew!
Tuesday 09 May 2017 - Bay Hotel, Burntisland Rd, Kinghorn, Burntisland, KY3 9YE
/ Poverty Awareness Training - Supporting Hard Up Households, Kinghorn - Fife PartnershipNew!
Tuesday 09 May 2017 - Bay Hotel, Burntisland Rd, Kinghorn, Burntisland, KY3 9YE
/ FVAWP - Rape and Sexual Violence: A multi-agency seminar - Fife Violence Against Women Partnership (FVAWP)
Wednesday 10 May 2017 - Bankhead Central
/ Mental Health and Stress Awareness – Training for Trainers - Health Promotion - Workplace Team
Thursday 11 May 2017 - Rothes Halls
/ Care Leavers And The Benefits System, Glenrothes - Fife PartnershipNew!
Thursday 11 May 2017 - Bankhead Central, Bankhead Park, Glenrothes, KY7 6GH
/ FVAWP - See me not my mask: Understanding Individuals Reactions to Sexual Trauma - Fife Violence Against Women Partnership (FVAWP)
Monday 15 May 2017 - Bankhead Central
/ FVAWP - Young People, Relationships and Pornography - Fife Violence Against Women Partnership (FVAWP)
Wednesday 17 May 2017 - Craig Mitchell House
/ Talk Action Media Training, Edinburgh - "Talk Action"
Wednesday 17 May 2017 - The Melting Pot
/ Facilitation Skills - Making Meetings Work, Edinburgh - Talk Action
Thursday 18 May 2017 - The Melting Pot
/ Disability Discrimination at Work - Managing the Legal and Practical Issues, Glasgow - BTO Solicitors
Tuesday 23 May 2017 - 29 Royal Exchange Square
/ NSPCC - Safer interviewing skills - NSPCC
Wednesday 24 May 2017 - NSPCC, third floor
/ Poverty Awareness Training - Supporting Hard Up Households, Dunfermline - Fife PartnershipNew!
Wednesday 24 May 2017 - Carnegie Conference Centre, Halbeath Rd, Dunfermline, KY11 8DY
/ Poverty Awareness Training - Supporting Hard Up Households, Dunfermline - Fife PartnershipNew!
Wednesday 24 May 2017 - Carnegie Conference Centre, Halbeath Rd, Dunfermline, KY11 8DY
/ Supporting Vulnerable Clients, Glenrothes - Fife PartnershipNew!
Wednesday 24 May 2017 - Fife Voluntary Action, Craig Mitchell House, Flemington Road, Glenrothes, KY7 5QF
/ Course 5 - Introduction to managing risk in your volunteer programme - Fife Voluntary Action
Thursday 25 May 2017 - New Volunteer House
/ Supporting Vulnerable Clients, Kirkcaldy - Fife PartnershipNew!
Tuesday 30 May 2017 - Victoria Hospital, Hayfield Rd, Kirkcaldy, KY2 5AH
June 2017
/ FVAWP - Introduction to Domestic Abuse - Fife Violence Against Women Partnership (FVAWP)
Wednesday 07 June 2017 - Bankhead Central
/ Bid Writing - The Basics, Glasgow - NFP Workshops
Thursday 08 June 2017 - Jurys Inn
/ Bid Writing - Advanced, Glasgow - NFP Workshops
Thursday 08 June 2017 - Jurys Inn
/ Bid Writing - The Basics, Edinburgh - NFP Workshops
Friday 09 June 2017 - Novotel Edinburgh Centre
/ Bid Writing - Advanced, Edinburgh - NFP Workshops Scotland
Friday 09 June 2017 - Novotel Edinburgh Centre
/ Supporting Low-Income Families Manage Benefit Change, Kinghorn - Fife PartnershipNew!
Wednesday 14 June 2017 - Bay Hotel, Burntisland Rd, Kinghorn, Burntisland, KY3 9YE
/ FVAWP - Forced Marriage: A Multi-agency Seminar - Fife Violence Against Women Partnership (FVAWP)
Thursday 15 June 2017 - Bankhead Central
September 2017
/ Scottish Autism - Voice, Participation and Involvement
Tuesday 26 September 2017 - Lynebank Hospital
January 2018
/ Scottish Autism - Relationships and Sexual Health
Tuesday 30 January 2018 - Lynebank Hospital

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/ Social Enterprise NewsNew!
/ The Scottish Local Election Manifesto for Social Enterprise 2017New!

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/ Free Treats for Volunteers during Spring Clean Ups

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Fife Voluntary Action
Tel: 0800 389 6046
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Fife Voluntary Action is the Third Sector Interface for the Fife Council area.
supporting, developing and representing community groups,
voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
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Registered Office: Craig Mitchell House, Flemington Road, Glenrothes, KY7 5QF.
Fife Voluntary Action is a Company Limited by Guarantee, Registered in Scotland No. SC203613 and Registered Scottish Charity No. SCO28457.