No images? Click here November 2021Hi Following facilitated SEN sessions, earlier this month SENScot submitted this Response to the National Care Service Consultation. Some of the key points addressed are that proper recognition be given to the valuable support and services provided by social enterprises and the wider third sector and that it is crucially important to explore and embrace a community-led approach. This month we are also delighted to share the Summary Report on the Collaborating in Communities to Improve Mental Health (Pockets & Prospects Project). We are delighted to have worked with CHEX and Scottish Communities for Health & Wellbeing to demonstrate how small amounts of funding, when well-managed, can have a disproportionate positive impact on communities. We look forward to progressing this, with further support from Scottish Community Alliance. If you didn’t manage along to one of the info sessions on the Co-Shadowing Project we’re developing with Outside the Box, there’s still time to get involved. Please get in touch if you’re interested. All the best, Mary Learning & Knowledge Exchange Opportunities
Let’s Get Sporty Community Learning Exchange (Wednesday 8th December) The Larder Community Learning Exchange (Monday 13th December) Leadership & Wellbeing Within My Community (December 21 to March 22) RenSEN on Social Enterprise Week Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities (Monday 6th December, 6-7.15pm via Zoom) Social enterprise and the climate emergency – Social Enterprise Cross Party Group (Tuesday 14th December) Social Enterprise in Scotland Census 2021 is now underway SEN Member NewsFamilies in Trauma have lots of news this month, along with their beautiful new logo that more accurately describes the journey that many families find themselves on, they have also developed a delivered a ‘co-produced’ peer support course for online participants and are now officially delivering ‘emotional CPR’ (eCPR) through Scotland. Read more. You Can Cook has a fantastic new YouTube channel, where they will be uploading one recipe every Friday for the next six months focusing on food from around the world. The team have been working hard behind the scenes since the Covid-19 Lockdown to bring people a huge variety of mouth-watering, easy and simple recipes to make in the comfort of their own home. Thriving Survivors are running a Christmas Wellbeing Hamper Appeal for the survivors they are working with and are currently looking for donations. Find out what they are looking for and how you can get involved here. Shaper/Caper have a fantastic couple of opportunities available at the moment including RESPIRE offering unpaid carers a creative break and Dance for Parkinsons. More info about Shaper/Caper. The Advisory Group (TAG) have shared their most recent inspiring videos from their Game Changers project, including Dance Story (The journey of dancing in Glasgow for people with disabilities during Covid) and Amy’s Story with Dance4all, partners in the Game Changers initiative. Projekt 42’s yoga and wellness team want to help you build self-care into your daily routine. To help you get started, they are running 4 weeks of free yoga. Yoga can improve your mind and body, adding purpose and community to your day. Visiting a yoga class won’t just help you get fit and flexible, you can also expect to reduce stress, increase concentration and improve your posture. For 4 weeks they are offering an hour of free yoga per day, aimed at bringing the community together and creating a space where everyone can move and grow together. Classes are delivered from their Mental Health Hub at Ocean Terminal and are suitable for beginners. More info. All Strong Scotland CIC have lots of new developments including programmes and gym memberships for young unpaid carers. Find out more and check out their Wellbeing Bundle here. Kaleidoscope Counselling are celebrating their first birthday and due to being met with such high demand for their services over the past year, they are planning a move to new premises. They hope their new space in Glasgow's east end will allow them to see more service users and expand their capacity. More info. Scottish Recovery Network has produced this short animation exploring what Peer2Peer is and how to get involved. This is ideal if you’re looking for help and resources to develop peer roles and approaches. They also just had this blog published in TFN for Co-production Week Scotland 2021. The Wee Retreat CIC are launching a new support service for wellbeing practitioners. By creating a safe space for all wellbeing practitioners, Nurture & Grow aims to do what it says on the tin- nurturing the wellbeing, passion and skills of practitioners and helping them to grow their businesses. Read more. Talking Mats won the National Health & Social Care Award at the Scottish Social Enterprise Awards, with the award recognising their excellent vision, clear strategic direction and strong evidence of social and wellbeing impact. They are also now in the finals for the UK Health Social Care awards on 8th Dec. Congratulations to the whole team and wishing them success for the UK awards next month. Read more. Healthy n Happy were busy hosting visits during Cop26 from DTAS and the Zero Carbon Tour elective bus, sharing information on the great work the Greening Camglen Partnership has been doing locally to tackle climate change. Read more. Health News
Nature Based Health Activities Research Rural Lives: understanding financial vulnerability and wellbeing (Thursday 2nd December, 1pm) The Community Benefits Gateway Communities played a crucial role in the response to Covid-19 Coming out of Covid-19: reimagining Scotland Community Food News
Ending the Need for Food Banks Consultation – open until 25th January 2022. The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on a new national plan for ending the need for food banks. This plan sets out the vision and approach that the SG is taking to prevent and respond to food insecurity, as well as the current activities and plans for next steps. This provides an opportunity for people to scare their view on these plans and to offer suggestions about what else will be needed to ensure that everyone can afford the food that they need. You can respond here. Its worthwhile checking out the Dignity in Practice Project for resources that could help hosting conversations about this if you are considering responding. Local Food Strategy Consultation – deadline extension. Plunkett Foundation Training Event: Natasha's Law - Allergens and Labelling (Friday 3rd December) FareShare Community Volunteering Hub Tenders & Funding Opportunities
Go to Partnership for Procurement (P4P) and Public Contract Scotland to check current and forthcoming tender opportunities. Some relevant examples below: Prior Information Notice: Inverclyde Council – Provision of Daycare and Outreach Services (Publication date 5.11.21) Prior Information Notice: Aberdeen City Council – Provision of Counselling in Schools (Publication date 11.11.21)
Some current relevant funding opportunities are listed below, but for fuller listing go to SCVO-funding. Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund Radical Care | Creative Scotland Empowering Communities Programme The Promise Partnership |