Today, we’re launching two new funding programmes in Scotland - Community Action and Fairer Life Chances, committing £166m over 5 years!  Our goal? To uplift communities facing the biggest challenges – tackling poverty, disadvantage and more. [½]

🍾Congratulations to a supporter of @PLUSForthValley who won £2⃣5⃣0⃣ on this weekends Stirling Community Lottery draw!! If you would like to become a supporter and have a chance of winning cash prizes visit the Stirling Community Lottery today! 👉stirlingcommunitylottery.scot

The SVE Offices will be closed from Monday, December 23rd, until Friday, January 3rd, and will reopen on Monday, January 6th. We wish all our third sector friends and partners a very Happy Christmas🎄 and we look forward to working together again in 2025🎇

We would like to wish all our members and partners a very Happy Christmas! 🤶🎄 We hope you are all having a brilliant day! 🎁🍾

Happy New Year from all of us here at SVE!!🎆

The SVE Offices are Open! We are excited to work with you again in 2025 We can help with ✅ Starting your charity, group or enterprise ✅ Governance, funding, and volunteering advice ✅ Training, workshops & resources ✅ and more! ☎️ 01786 430000 📧 [email protected]

📢The Essential Trustee Training 🗓 27 Feb ⏰5.30 - 8 💻Teams Are you a charity trustee? This workshop is designed to equip you with the knowledge & confidence to fulfil your duties under the Charities & Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 Book👉bit.ly/4h24z7X

🌟 Exciting Training Opportunities! 🌟 Check out what's coming up on our training calendar in the next few months. ✅ Workshops ✅ Skills development ✅ Leadership training & more! 📅 Explore & book now: sventerprise.org.uk/training-calen… #CommunityLearning #TrainingOpportunities

Monday 20th Jan is Blue Monday💙 Join St Andrew's First Aid for an online Mental Health & Wellbeing Workshop 🧠 Break the stigma around mental health 💼 Learn tools to support yourself & others 🌟 Hear from guest speakers Turn Blue Monday into a day of growth bit.ly/4h9NcSI

📣 Here are our key Forum Dates for 2025! These forums are your chance to connect, collaborate & stay informed on what’s happening across the sector🗣️💡 🗓️ Mark your calendars! 📍 Stay tuned for venue details and agendas. We can’t wait to see you there!

Join us for the next Third Sector Breakfast Club! 📅 February 25th ⏰ 9.30 - 11.30 📍Mayfield Centre, Stirling Our focus will be on Funding & Evaluation We will be joined by Stephen Cox The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland & Kerry McFarlane The Robertson Trust Book here👉bit.ly/40J9JPR

Come and join us at the next Forth Valley Social Enterprise Network Meeting! Details below👇

Due to the Met Office's weather warnings, the SVE Office will be closed on the 24th of January. The team will remain reachable by telephone and email.

📢 Great news! The PVG fee waiver for volunteers will stay! 🎉 This ensures free PVG membership, supporting volunteers who make a huge difference 💛 Volunteer Scotland 💚 calls it the "correct decision" during tough times for the third sector. More info: bit.ly/3CgGiMN

We are here at the Mayfield Centre for a morning of networking and learning with colleagues. We’ve already had some meaningful conversations promoting partnership and joined up working across Stirling, sharing examples of good practice. Learning and Employability - Stirling Stirling Council

A reminder that our in-person #networking event is tomorrow! ☕🍰 Hear from other #socialentrepreneurs and Firstport for Social Entrepreneurs, the first port of call for #socialenterprise! Register👉bit.ly/3W8XNFf Clacks Third Sector Interface CVS Falkirk SVEnterprise #fvsen

What a great atmosphere FVSEN this morning - face to face has certainly got people along The Gate Charity with Firstport for Social Entrepreneurs Clacks Third Sector Interface SVEnterprise CVS Falkirk

Check out Stirling Voluntary Enterprise's new #XeroAccounting Workshops designed to help their members configure and use Xero, a powerful accounting software that can be tailored for #socialenterprises 🔗bit.ly/41kbXq3 (Membership to SVE is free) SVEnterprise

❗ Limited spaces left!! ❗ Our next free funding clinic with Stephen Cox from TNL Community fund is happening on the 4th of April - book your place here: ow.ly/8TCm50VghnC For non-grant holders only, discuss your ideas and get expert advice for your applications.