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Welcome to SCCAN's July Newsletter
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Sharing Your Stories - Learn How to Podcast

Training Days:
Edinburgh, Tuesday Aug 21st, 10am-4pm
or
Glasgow, Thursday Aug 23rd, 10am-4pm
Follow-Up Session:
Edinburgh, Thursday, Aug 30th, times to be confirmed.

‘Future voices’ is our new participatory podcast project to give voice to community-led climate action. Specifically, it is about giving you the skills and confidence to start using audio as a means of telling the stories of what you and your community are doing to face up to climate change. 

Want to be part of this? Please get in touch to explain why, in no more than 250 words. Deadline for applications is 5pm, Friday 20th July.
What could a podcast sound like? Listen to one about this training!

This opportunity is open to community organisations that are members of SCCAN and is delivered together with social enterprise Media Education.

We want this training to be available to any SCCAN member organisation, irrespective of location or funding situation. The training will therefore be FREE and we hope to be able to provide bursaries towards travel costs, particularly for organisations outwith central Scotland. Please get in touch to discuss this. Also, please note that we hope to be able to deliver training in other parts of Scotland over the coming months.

Email info@scottishcommunitiescan.org.uk to register your interest! More information

Democracy Matters

Scottish Government and COSLA have jointly launched a Local Governance Review, which will consider how powers, responsibilities and resources are shared across national and local spheres of government, and with communities. As part of this, they are inviting communities to take part in Democracy Matters, a conversation about community decision making. The conversation will take place over a period of six months, ending around November 2018, and is meant to inform new legislation.

You can get involved by answering the questions contained in the consultation document: Democracy Matters - Your Community. Your Ideas. Your Future or by joining the conversation online.

There is also a Democacy Matters: easy-read guide.

Your response should be sent to democracymatters@gov.scot or 'freepost DEMOCRACY MATTERS'. 

It is recommended that you hold a community conversation and submit a community response. To help cover any costs associated with running community events you can apply to the Democracy Matters: Community Engagement Fund.

Further guidance to local authorities - allotments
The public consultation on the draft statutory guidance for local authorities relating to certain sections of Part 9 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 – Allotments – is now open. 
 
The consultation can be accessed via link : https://consult.gov.scot/food-and-drink/part-9-allotments/
 
It closes on Monday 20th August.

Funding

Enterprise Accelerator
Many community groups are looking to diversify their income streams and build a more sustainable group by setting up and running a social enterprise. The Enterprise Accelerator is a partnership between Scottish Community Alliance and Community Enterprise and is intended as a programme of business support for community based organisations who have little or no trading experience but wish to expand this aspect of their operation.

Interested? See more information here and contact us on info@scottishcommunitiescan.org.uk for an initial enquiry form.

The Democracy Matters Community Engagement Fund provides grants of up to £300 (in exceptional circumstances up to £500) to small voluntary organisations and community groups in Scotland to help them hold a meeting/event with a group of five or more people for Democracy Matters. Further information is available on the VAF website.

Volunteering matters are offering grants of up to £500 to run environmental activities in Scotland's green spaces through the Action Earth Grant.

Paths for All have grants open to community groups, workplaces and projects that improve health, promote walking, cycling and sustainable transport, and improve the environment for people to be active every day. 

The Community Learning Exchange provides funding to facilitate peer-peer visits and learning between communities.  To apply you must be a member of a Scottish Communities Climate Action Network (or another Scottish Communities Alliance member network).
 

The Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) is open for applications, for projects taking place between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2021. Climate Challenge Fund Grants (up to £150,000) and Climate Challenge Fund Development Grants (up to £1,000) are currently available. All grant awards are conditional on the confirmation of the Scottish Government budget.

Scottish Government’s Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) offers a range of financial support to local energy projects. The main funding streams for new applicants are:

  • CARES Enablement Grant – Up to £25K to fund feasibility for energy systems or renewable energy projects, investigation of shared ownership opportunities or work to maximise the impact from community benefit association with renewable energy projects.
  • CARES Development Loan – Up to £150K (10% interest rate) can be provided for projects with a reasonable chance of success.   
  • CARES Innovation Grant – Up to £150K to either fund innovation activity or improve the viability of projects by grant funding elements of the project.

Upcoming Events
Garden Cottage Open Day
Sat July 14th, 10.30am-4pm
Garden Cottage, Coldstream

July is probably the best time of all to visit Garden Cottage!

The soft fruit is at its very best, with gooseberries, blackcurrants, white currants and redcurrants juicy and fresh picked straight from the bus. There are strawberries, tayberries, raspberries and loganberries to try too!

So come along on the 14th July and you'll not only get to eat the fruit but learn how best to grow soft fruit.
DTAS Annual Conference
September 2nd-3rd
Ardoe House Hotel, Aberdeen


Development Trusts: Driving Positive Change in Communities
Booking on http://www.dtascot.org.uk/conference-2018 
European Day of Sustainable Communities
September 22nd
All over Europe

The European Day for Sustainable Communities is a celebration of local communities taking action for a better, more sustainable world. Use the #EDaySC2018 logo and website to raise the credibility and promote visibility of your event.  Our joint efforts will make a big impact on the European level. Be part of the movement and register your event here. 
We regularly update our facebook page and twitter with the latest news and events, make sure you are following us!

Invitation to contribute to our next newsletter

Do you have a project, event, or story that you would like to share here? Please email us on info@scottishcommunitiescan.org.uk with your text and image by August 19th.
Keep Scotland Beautiful and CCF Trainings

Carbon Literacy for Communities - there has been a lot of interest from groups wanting to host a course and these events are being added to the events section of the CCF website www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccfevents. If you would like to host a course please get in touch with Claire Gibson by 27th July,

The CCF theme gatherings are now open for registration  taking place on August 1st, Home Energy and Community Buildings Gathering - Gate Church, Dundee; August 7th, Food Gathering - Ecology Centre, Kinghorn, Fife;  22nd August, Reuse and Repair Gathering - Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow; August 29th, Transport Gathering - SoulRiders Scotland, Glasgow

Understanding Social Enterprise
8-9 August, Stirling. Made available in partnership with the Social Enterprise Academy.

Enterprising Leadership
6 day course: 19, 20 Sep, 4, 5 Oct, 31 Oct, 1 Nov, Stirling.
Social Enterprise World Forum 
Sep 12th-14th
Edinburgh

The Social Enterprise World Forum 2018 is an international event for social enterprises from all over the world to come together, share wisdom, build networks and explore how to create a more sustainable future.
 
 It will gather Social entrepreneurs and social enterprise practitioners, Policy makers, academics and investors, Community leaders, activists, supporters and more from Scotland and across the globe!
 
There will also be Fringe events around Edinburgh with local social enterprises, Study tours, Academic and rural symposium, and a Young talent programme.
 
More information and registration
Interested in hearing more about community action across Scotland? Check out the Scottish Community Alliance, which SCCAN is part of, and subscribe to their fortnightly briefings!
Join our growing network here!
Happy summer harvests! wishes the SCCAN steering group
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