Community Groups

• www.durness.org

• http://www.kinlochbervie.org/ the website for the Kinlochbervie area of North West Sutherland, in the Highlands of Scotland. The site has been set up by Kinlochbervie Community Council to inform you about this beautiful part of the world.

• http://www.lochinver.bordernet.co.uk/ Information on the village of Lochinver in Scotland.

• Assynt Foundation

 

• Voluntary Action Highland would like to announce the launch of its new website which can be accessed at http://voluntaryactionhighland.org/

   One of the features of the new VAH website is the Highland Third Sector Virtual Forum. The web forum is an extension to the Highland Third Sector Forum meetings held approximately every 3 months. The web forum has been designed to enable discussion to continue beyond the physical meetings and to engage with Highland wide voluntary organisations that might not otherwise be able to attend the forum meetings.

   Once registered to the forum, you will be able to engage in topics by adding comments in discussion threads, producing new discussion threads and forum topics. The forum is an opportunity for all voluntary organisations in Highland to engage with one another and will be shaped to the needs of the Highland Third Sector.

   The VAH website also has news items, events and meetings relevant to the Highland Third Sector. VAH welcomes new material and links to the site. Please send all events, news and other relevant information to info@voluntaryactionhighland.org

  The website also allows organisations to sign up to the VAH e-news letter which will highlight good practice and issues affecting the Highland Third Sector.

   
   

Grant Assistance

• Updated as new programmes are announced and launched by the Big Lotteries. For information on our new programmes so far please visit http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/pub_new_programmes.pdf

• Funder Finder now has a new improved website. Take a look at  www.funderfinder.org.uk 

•  intellectual assets and new fund for social entrepreneurs http://www.firstport.org.uk/ Firstport web site where you can now down load information on a new award fund for new start social entrepreneurs in Scotland.

• http://www.cnag.org.uk/ Small grants scheme for community organisations

,Government & Agencies

• http://www.highland.gov.uk/  The Highland Council website

• http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Home  The Scottish Government

• http://www.acas.org.uk/ Acas (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) aims to improve organisations and working life through better employment relations. We provide up-to-date information, independent advice, high quality training and we work with employers and employees to solve problems and improve performance

• http://www.sutherlandpartnership.org.uk/ This is the location website of the Sutherland Partnership - a not-for-profit company dedicated to promoting community development in Sutherland, in the Scottish Highlands.

•  the website of DTA Scotland - the national body for development trusts in Scotland

• http://www.chex.org.uk/ CHEX is supporting community and voluntary sector organisations in ‘Meeting the Shared Challenge’ National Support Programme for community-led health. As a main plank of the Scottish Government’s Community led health Task Group

• The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the national body representing the voluntary sector.

• www.vges.org.uk Voluntary Groups - East Sutherland VG-ES is a Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) and exists to support the voluntary sector in East Sutherland by representing and supporting voluntary groups, facilitating co-operation, and enabling citizens to access the decision making processes affecting their community.

• http://hie.co.uk/caithness-and-sutherland/ Highlands and Islands Enterprise

• http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/ The Rural Gateway shares news, views and information across Scotland's rural communities.

• http://www.snh.org.uk/ Scottish Natural Heritage Looking after all of Scotland's nature and landscapes, across all of Scotland, for everyone

• http://www.ssec.org.uk/ The Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition is the national collective lobbying and campaigns voice for social enterprise in Scotland

• www.hisez.co.uk Highlands & Islands Social Enterprise Zone (HISEZ) Provides support to the social enterprise sector in the Higland & Islands region.

• www.vds.org.uk  Volunteer Development Scotland Promotes, supports and develops volunteering in Scotland

• www.nhft.org.uk  an independent charity giving advice and assistance to groups, crofters and individuals involved in woodland related projects within Caithness and Sutherland.