Inspiring Scotland

More than £9 million is being made available over the next three years to give people who access social care in Scotland more choice and control over decisions relating to their care. This funding builds on an additional £2 billion investment in social care and integration, as part of th

More than 180 projects across rural Scotland will receive grants ranging from £100,000 to several hundred pounds, from the Rural & Island Communities Ideas into Action (RICIA) fund. The fund encourages and supports not-for-profit community groups with innovative approaches to community-led

A new £1 million fund has been established to support projects which look after the wellbeing of staff working in social care.

A massive step forward to creating Orkney's first cohousing development and Scotland’s only entirely rental cohousing scheme was been taken after Hope Cohousing was awarded over £48,000 by Inspiring Scotland’s Rural Communities Ideas into Action Fund. Hope Cohousing was set up to a

Not-for-profit community groups in rural areas will soon be able to apply for Scottish Government funding of up to £50,000 to trial new and innovative ways to address local challenges and benefit from local opportunities. The Rural Communities “Ideas into Action” Fund is supported

Organisations across Scotland will share £21 million of funding from the Scottish Government over three years to advance human rights, promote equality and tackle discrimination. A total of 48 organisations – including five specialist human rights organisations – will benefit from

Aberdeen Cyrenians and Penumbra are working in partnership to deliver ‘Strength for Tomorrow’ – a new service which will support adults who have experienced childhood abuse which continues to affect their lives today. The project, which is funded by Inspiring Scotland, will help th

Third sector organisations across Scotland are being encouraged to apply for emergency funding to help cope with the effects of coronavirus.

Young people from a pioneering mentoring service delivered by Ypeople were among a group invited to meet with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at a special event to celebrate the intandem programme’s success. The First Minister welcomed the young people to her official Bute House residence and s