Engage COVID 19 Update - 21 August

Connecting Scotland

Connecting Scotland is a Scottish Government programme set up in response to coronavirus.
  
It provides iPads, Chromebooks and support to develop digital skills for people who are digitally excluded and on low incomes.
 
Phase 2 of the programme launched on 18th August and is focused on:
 

• households with children, or where a child is normally resident (this includes pregnant women with no child in the household)
• care leavers up to the age of twenty-six (in line with eligibility for aftercare support)

If your organisation would like to help with this programme you can apply here:
 
https://connecting.scot/for-organisations

Funding Support

These are challenging time for charities in the culture & creative sector.

At Engage through - our GRANTfinder search engine - we have found a number of external funding sources used for the following, key areas of criteria:

• Charity,
• Working in the ARTS or in CULTURE;
• Paying staff,
• Paying Utility Bills,
• Venue Hire.

The list below highlights some of the funders that came up during the search.  

• Andor Charitable Trust 
• Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation
• Art Fund Response & Reimagine Grants. (re-opens 12 October 2020)  
• Baring foundation Arts & Mental Health Programme 
• Clore Duffield Foundation Main Grants
• D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
• Foyle Foundation Main Grants Scheme
• Garfield Weston Foundation         
• Idlewild Trust
• Jerwood Arts

If you would like a more detailed search for your specific charity or community group please contact info@engagerenfrewshire.com

Vacancies

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