ELEMENTARY FOOD HYGIENE TRAINING

'A REHIS course (ELEMENTARY FOOD HYGIENE TRAINING) has been organised for Forres and Speyside and will be delivered in the evenings. This training is free to anyone who wishes to access it either for themselves or on behalf of their community groups. We are looking for a minimum of ten names for each course to run. Times and venues have yet to be confirmed, but we will be looking at 3 hours on each evening.

Dates are as follows:

Forres - Monday 24th and Wednesday 26th November
Speyside - Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd December

If you are interested, please email - debi.ingram@moray.gov.uk
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"Who's Who & What's What"
Sexual Health in Moray

The Gallery, Elgin Library
Tuesday 16th December 2008
11.45 am - 2.15 pm
For more information or to book a place please email
laura sutherland@nhs.net
or
jenny.mclean1@nhs.net
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COMMUNITIES URGED TO APPLY FOR LATEST
RURAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING

Rural community groups across Scotland are invited to come forward to apply for the latest round of funding to support and grow the rural economy, Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead said today.

Over £5 million of LEADER* funding has been awarded to four new Local Action Groups (LAGs) to help revitalise and empower rural communities in Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Moray and Renfrewshire.

Mr Lochhead said:

“This £5 million will empower rural communities to take action to revitalise and revive remote areas, in line with the Scottish Government’s commitment to supporting sustainable economic growth.

For more information please contact Eleanor Stratford 0131 244 2018
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WANTED – APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS!

Charities in the Elgin area are invited to discuss their funding needs at a surgery being organised by Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland.

The event is taking place on Monday, 17th November 2008 at Elgin Library, Cooper Park, Elgin IV30 1HS. 45 minute appointments for a one-to-one consultation with an Assessor are available between 11:00am and 6:30pm and should be booked in advance. Disabled access is available at this venue, and when making an appointment please mention that this would be required.

The consultation is an opportunity for representatives of registered charities to discuss potential projects towards which the Foundation may be able to provide financial support. Foundation representatives will be able to give you tips on filling in the application form and advice on the kind of projects that we fund.

“The Foundation is the largest independent Scottish grant-making Trust. We are very keen to support charities where our grants will make a real difference. The Foundation has an ongoing commitment to investing in the Scottish community and we like to support charities which enable people to play a fuller role in the community”, said Andrew Muirhead, the Foundation’s Chief Executive. He added: “We are always keen to encourage a wide range of local charities to come and discuss their projects with us, and these consultations prove invaluable to charities looking for help and advice prior to making an application to the Foundation.”
To arrange an appointment please telephone 0870 902 1201.

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VOLUNTARY ACTION FUND

Cash for Your Group

COMMUNITY CHEST

Community Chest is a small grant programme providing grants of up to £1,000 designed to help small community groups in Scotland. Fund activities which would not be possible without financial assistance. This could include making a contribution toward the running costs of the group, holding an event or helping to buy an esential piece of equipment.

To find out more visit the VAF website on: www.voluntaryactionfund.org.uk
or phone the office on 01383 620780.
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The Batty Charitable Trust
The BCT will normally award one year grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 to charities which can demonstrate that such a grant will make a significant difference to their work.

How to Apply
• Applicants should submit a letter addressed to the Charity Correspondent stating when, for how much and for what purpose a grant is required.

• Applications should explain how the grant will make a significant difference to their work.

• Applicants must supply a signed copy of their latest annual accounts.

• If relevant a project budget should be supplied.

Other Information
There are no deadlines for submission. Applications will be received at all times but please note that it may take up to four months to obtain a decision from Trustees.
All applications will be acknowledged but please note that in order to reduce administration, usually we will not send declination letters. If you have not heard from The Batty Charitable Trust within three months of your application being acknowledged, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.
Applicants should apply for funding at least six months before the funding is required.
Please send your application to:
The Charity Correspondent
The Batty Charitable Trust
Rugby Chambers
2 Rugby Street
London WC1N 3QU
www.battycharitabletrust.org.uk/index.php
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FREE WEBSITES

Stevenson IT understand the difficulties involved for charities to gaining funding for IT services, this is why we are giving away websites to the value of £1,500 each. Our aim over the next year is to design free of charge, 300 websites for charity organisations across the world. This will amount to just under half a million in IT services. We are very proud of our work in the community, our business works like a social enterprise, when businesses purchase services from Stevenson IT we in turn donate our web design services to charity.

Charities will have two chances to be selected for the project. Due to the large number to interested parties, our team believes the fairest way to decide who takes part was to devise a very quick and fun competition. There will be two competitions over the next few months and charities are free to enter both if they wish.

The first way to enter is our Halloween competition. To enter simply click the link below and take part in our Halloween quiz for a chance to win a website for your organization. Already have a website? Why not win one for a local charity. All entries must be in by the end of November, entrants will be drawn at random.

www.stevensonit.com/halloween.html

The second competition is our Christmas competition. To enter simply click the link below and take part in our Christmas quiz for a chance to win a website for your organization. Already have a website? Why not win one for a local charity. All entries must be in by the end of November, entrants will be drawn at random.
http://www.stevensonit.com/christmas.html
Forthcoming MVSO Events/Seminars

Thurs 20th Nov 08-Charge
Governance Seminar

If you would like further information please contact our office.
Tel - 01343 541713
email - mvso@mvso.org.uk

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