Member/Board support role with Scottish Communities Climate Action Network
Scottish Communities CAN is looking for a part-time self-employed worker to support our organisation and membership over the coming year.
The post is funded for up to one day per week (max. 40 days, approximately 280 hours) until the end of March 2017 at a day rate of £150.
Application deadline: 5pm on Friday 3rd June
Interviews: Tuesday 14th June Continue reading
The Spring Gathering and 2016 AGM of Scottish Communities Climate Action Network will now take place on Thursday 12th May at Salutation Hotel in Perth, 30-34 South Street, Perth PH2 8PH (9:30 for)10am to 2:30pm
Book your place here: https://sccangathering.eventbrite.co.uk.
Following the formal business of the AGM, we will be focussed on the latest draft of our three-year strategy, and particularly on the objective of ensuring the physical and psychological wellbeing of individuals who are involved with the demanding work of community-led climate action. Continue reading
If you’re a community group in Fife, please sign up for the next Fife Communities Climate Action Network event and pass onto others that may be interested in joining the network.The theme is ‘Sustaining and funding your project or initiative ( viability / sustainability at different scales). The event will cover (detail tbc):
Speakers include:
Suzy Goodsir – How Greener Kirkcaldy is evolving its funding sources by providing local services
Pedro Santos BRAG – support to help your group/project develop social enterprise
Others tbc (possibly Fife Council, Development Trust Association Scotland, Fife Voluntary Action.
Find out more about Fife Communities CAN on fccan.wordpress.com or visit our Facebook page on www.facebook.com/groups/1020846321309100/
Scotland’s community-based networks have collaborated over a six-month period to produce this joint vision of how Scotland’s community sector can grow and develop. These national intermediaries represent a wide variety of community interests, with a collective membership spanning the length and breadth of Scotland. Together these networks form the Scottish Community Alliance.
This report has been written at a time when the spotlight of public policy is focused as never before on the role that Scotland’s communities can play in helping to meet the many challenges facing the country. It offers a brief analysis of the key factors that determine these social, economic and environmental challenges and a realistic appraisal of how communities contribute to the solutions.
The report aims to distinguish the community sector from other parts of the broader third sector, as being the wide range of self-organised activity that is led by, and accountable to, the people who live and work in geographically defined areas. Often this activity takes place under the radar of public awareness and as such, its contribution to both the social and the real economy is often underestimated.
The report sets out our shared vision for communities to become more empowered and for the community sector as a whole, to become stronger.
This is stored on our Resources page, where you can find lots of other useful and interesting stuff. There are some new Links on our Links page too!
Invitation to Scottish Communities CAN members:
There is an opportunity for you to join a visit to the Pillars of Hercules Organic Farm in Fife on March 19th.
The lead organisation is Girvan Community Garden, and the visit is funded by the Community Learning Exchange. There are up to 6 places available for the members of other SCA organisations (including Scottish Communities CAN).
The CLE will fund travel and subsistence, and accommodation if that is necessary.
The farm tour will take place on Saturday March 19th at the Pillars of Hercules organic farm shop and cafe, near the village of Falkland in Fife, from 12 midday to 4pm. The tour will focus on how a Community Garden can strive to be self sustainable as a social enterprise using the Pillars of Hercules as a business model.
Learning outcomes:
Please contact Amanda Cornish for further information <exchange@scottishcommunityalliance.net>
Amanda Cornish, Coordinator,Community Learning Exchange
tel 0131 260 9501, mob 07843 481 790