IN-Ren Newsletter - 09 September

UK disorder – DEAR group (Diversity Equality Alliance in. Renfrewshire) - update

An extended DEAR group meeting has taken place which included feedback from various local and national support organisations. Although the feedback was informal, those in attendance addressed their concerns regards the recent UK disorder.

Police Scotland’s officers present at the meeting highlighted the ongoing efforts and support provided across Renfrewshire aimed at addressing these issues and there was consensus that clearer communication about the regular equalities work happening in Renfrewshire would be useful to all. It was agreed that a number of the issues raised at the meeting would be shared with appropriate departmental contacts within Renfrewshire’s community planning partnership.

The Police Scotland update can be found here:
https://www.scotland.police.uk/what-s-happening/news/2024/august/uk-disorder-police-scotland-update/
 

Skills Development Scotland (SDS) Consultation on Equality Objectives

The consultation will inform the delivery of our Strategic Plan 2022-27 as well as the development of our next Equality and Diversity Mainstreaming Report (2025) and associated equality objectives. The consultation is an opportunity to help shape our equality outcomes and key actions to help SDS improve services for customers with protected characteristics.

We will deliver 3 consultation sessions:

Glasgow – Tuesday 01 October 2024, 10am – 2pm, Skills Development Scotland, 11 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1DY

Edinburgh – Tuesday 08 October 2024, 10am – 2pm, Skills Development Scotland, 79 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh, EH2 4SD

Online (via Teams) – Thursday 03 October 2024, 10am-12pm

If you would like to attend one of these sessions, please email Diversity@sds.co.uk by Friday 13 September stating which consultation you will attend.

If you would like to participate in the consultation but are unavailable on the chosen dates, please email us at diversity@sds.co.uk and we can look at alternative ways to gather your views.

Kairos Women+ Involve and Evolve

This is a community-designed session by the Equalities Collective, were we are aiming to do some skill sharing that point us in the right direction to achieve shared strategic goals, such as:

•  Improving community well-being with a human rights-based approach.
•  Strengthening connections between statutory services, third sector, and community.
• Early identification of community needs.
•  Ensuring that people who are part of a marginalised group have their individual needs fully considered.
• Address barriers to community engagement.

We will focus on best practices when getting to know members of the community and/or gathering info to better support them.

Event: Involve and Evolve
Date: September 20th , 2024.
Time: 11am to 1pm. Lunch optional 1-1.30pm
Kairos Women+.  Unit 56-60 Embroidery Mill, Paisley, PA1 1TJ

If you can make it, please book through this link: BOOK YOUR TICKETS HERE (accessibility needs and dietary requirements are asked when booking)

Scottish Recovery Network

Be part of The Big Scottish Peer Support Survey!

Are you or do you know a group, service or activity that hosts one-to-one or group mental health peer support?

Scottish Recovery Network want to work with you to make sure mental health peer support gets the positive recognition it deserves.

It’s an exciting time as the Scottish Government and COSLA Mental Health and Wellbeing Delivery Plan includes a commitment to champion peer support. To feed into this and to inform our work we would like to get a fuller picture of what peer support looks like in Scotland – where it’s happening, who’s doing it and what’s needed to help it grow.

Help us to share your innovation, hard work and the realities around what is needed to drive peer support forward as a key part of our mental health system by taking part in the survey via this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/peer-support-service-survey

Renfrewshire Carers Centre

Renfrewshire Carers Centre has appointed a new Ethnic Minorities Carer Information & Development Advisor, Felician Francis.
Felician’s role is to identify, engage and support Ethnic Minority Carers in Renfrewshire. The centre's aim is also to identify possible barriers to engagement and offer Carers access to high quality information, advice, and support. services.  

Carers can self-refer to the Carers Centre by completing the online referral form on our website www.renfrewshirecarers.org.uk or by telephoning the Centre on 0141 887 3643.

Voluntary Health Scotland Annual Conference 2024
Wednesday 23 October 2024 

Book your place early and save

Use code EARLYBIRD for 20% discount: book here 

2024 marks 20 years of Voluntary Health Scotland. At our annual event we want to place a focus on health inequalities and promote our sector as Scotland’s Vital Health Sector.

Join us for a day of learning, sharing, discussing and networking.

Find out more and see the options here.

Speakers include:

• Professor Linda Bauld, Chief Social Policy Advisor, Scottish Government and Co-Head of Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh
• Martyn Evans, Chair, Scottish Police Authority
• Tejesh Mistry, Chief Executive, Voluntary Health Scotland
• Professor Andrea Williamson, Professor of General Practice and Inclusion Health, University of Glasgow 
• Ewan Aitken, Chief Executive, Cyrenians

Funding

The Matthew Good Foundation
Grants for Good Fund: The aim is to support small charities, not-for-profit groups, and social entrepreneurs who are passionate about making a difference for people, their communities, and the environment. The Fund will share £15,000 between five shortlisted projects every three months. Deadline for the next funding round is 15 September 2024. Find out more. 


Funding for Projects that Combat Abuse and Violation of Human Rights
UK-registered charities working to combat human rights abuses can apply for grants of £10,000 to £30,000 per year for up to three years. The funding is available to charities supporting migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, criminal justice reform, and access to justice. The funding is being made available through the AB Charitable Trust. It typically makes one-off grants to eligible charities with annual incomes between £150,000 and £1.5 million and limited investments or surpluses. The next application deadline is the 25 October 2024.  Find out more