Charity and Voluntary Sector (Archive)

BIG:  Scottish Land Fund backs island plans for new affordable housing – (BIG:  Eyemouth community to take ownership of historic buildings ~ BIG:  “I’m deafblind but I can still drive a car just like any other teenager” ~ BIG:  Lottery money connecting communities in Edinburgh and Dundee)

CAB:  New energy industry standards for vulnerable prepayment meter households – (CAB:  New national service supports witnesses at home before trial)

DCMS:  Troubled Families Programme: transforming the lives of thousands of families – (DCMS:  £40m homelessness prevention programme announced ~ DCMS:  Local Charities Day: 16th December ~ DCMS:  Government seeks grant maker to deliver £3m of Tampon Tax funding)

WAG:  People in residential care to keep more of their money

ESPO:  Case study - Charity achieves 6.5% saving using Commercial Catering Equipment framework

BHF help train thousands of people in CPR on Restart a Heart Day

AGE UK:  Ageing Societies Conference - Age International discount – (Age UK:  Older people who pay their own way in care homes struggling to get a ‘fair deal’)

Cancer Research UK:  Tobacco companies 'exaggerating need for small retailers to sell cigarettes'

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