Welcome to the KDP Bulletin.
 
South Aberdeenshire Public Health Newsletter
The South Aberdeenshire Public Health Team is excited to announce that they will soon be sending out their first Newsletter.  They will be sharing information about the team, public health news, events, courses, and health campaigns happening in your area.  
To comply with GDPR legislation, you are required to sign up in order to receive the newsletter.  Please click here to register. 
However, they would really like to hear what you would like to see in the newsletter, and would ask you to take less than a minute to complete the very short survey which can be found here.
 
Outdoor Community Play Fund
The Outdoor Community Play Fund for 2021-22 is now open.  This year it has an added focus on supporting parents and facilitating family play.
Charities can seek to work with children and their families to encourage them to play and learn together, help to improve attachments, strengthen bonds and parental confidence in supporting their children’s play. Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, outdoor play is recognised as being increasingly vital, for parents and children alike.
The closing date is midday on Monday 26^th April.
Learn more here.
 
Creative Breaks
The Creative Breaks programme provides 12-month grants to third sector organisations to develop and deliver short breaks projects and services for carers of adults (aged 21 years and over), and young carers (caring for children or adults), and the people that they care for.
The current deadline is 5pm on 20^th May 2021.
Discover more here.
 
Child Wellbeing and Protection in Sport Course
The Child Wellbeing and Protection in Sport course is for coaches and sports volunteers.
It is the recognised course for safeguarding training in sport and has been developed and certificated by SportScotland and Children 1st. The training will provide you with the knowledge on child wellbeing and protection that will give you the confidence to deal with issues that may arise in your role working with children. It is a blended learning course made up of two modules: 

• (Module 1), this is a precourse online module, details will be emailed to participants ahead of the course 
• (Module 2) followed by a 3-hour face-to-face or virtual course

The course will be held on Tuesday 20^th April 2021.
To register visit the website.
 
Youth Volunteering Guidelines
The Scottish Government have published a set of guidelines to help the third sector, community groups and partners in the public and private sector offer practical and effective volunteering opportunities to young people.
Download the guidelines here.
 
Aberdeenshire Holiday Programmes
Aberdeenshire Council is seeking the views of children, young people and parents to inform the creation of holiday activity programmes for children and young people in Aberdeenshire during the Summer and October holidays. Programmes will be developed to support the social and wellbeing needs of children and young people. This is being led by the Community, Learning and Development team and the survey will take just a few minutes to complete.
Parents and carers survey
Young people survey

KDP is here to help in any way we can.  Please let us know how we can support you or your organisation.  We will continue to share information and guidance in our Bulletins, however, due to the speed of change and quantity of information, the most current details will be found on our Facebook page (@kincardineshiredevelopmentpartnership).
 
Should you wish to get in touch, our contact details are as follows:
Jacky Niven              Development Officer                       jniven@kdp.scot
Margo Titmuss         Office/Windfarm Admin                  officesupport@kdp.scot

All of this information was correct at time of writing. 

This report covers progress Police Scotland have made in dealing with our priorities for the Kincardine and Mearns Community Council area for the period 1 to 31 March 2021.

The report aims to highlight emerging issues in our area, provide crime prevention advice and guidance to Community Council members and the residents we represent.  The  focus is to reduce crime and disorder, help create safer communities and respond effectively to local concerns.

Community Council Report – March 21 (1)

Welcome to the KDP Bulletin.
 
Today we have a funding special, with a variety of funding options for many different types of projects.  Hopefully, you will find something that can help your group….
 
Social Isolation and Loneliness Fund
Impact Funding Partners are delighted to invite applications to the Social Isolation and Loneliness Fund 2021.
The total fund value available is £54,000 and organisations across Scotland can apply for up to £1,500 to enable them to tackle social isolation, loneliness, wellbeing and the impact of Covid-19 on communities.
Eligible activities must take place between 24^th May and 27^th August 2021. The activities funded must be in addition to what you are already delivering, enabling you to reach and support more individuals at risk over this period.
The closing date for applications is 30^th April 2021.
Visit the Impact Funding website for more information.
 
Henry Smith Strengthening Communities Grant 
The Henry Smith Strengthening Communities Grant can fund between £20,000 –  £60,000. It is designed to support small charitable organisations working at grassroots level. Through this grant programme they want to make sure that the funding reaches the most disadvantaged areas of the UK, targeting places that are economically marginalised and affected by poverty.
You can apply to cover running costs which may include salaries, project costs, and small capital costs needed to support the work.
Visit the website for more details.   
 
People’s Postcode Trust 
The aim of People’s Postcode Trust is to support smaller charities and good causes in the Scotland to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and planet.
You can apply for £500 to £20,000 in funds here. 
Rounds open from 1^st to the 15th of each month until October.
 
Flexible Workforce Development Fund
The Flexible Workforce Development Fund 2020-21 Phase 2 is now open. Small businesses across Scotland can now access training up to the value of £5,000 provided by the OU to help them respond to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
They can use the training to adapt to new ways of working and maximise the opportunities to restart, recover and renew.
Businesses are advised to make an application as soon as possible, as access to the fund will be on a first-come-first-served basis.
Find out more here.  
 
Airbnb Community Tourism Programme 
The Airbnb Community Tourism Programme is available for projects that welcome tourism in new ways to strengthen communities, empower citizens, and preserve and promote local culture.
Applicants must be non-profit agencies, charities, public-backed initiatives, research organisations or academic institutions, start-up accelerators or community social groups. 
They are now accepting letters of interest year-round.
Get more information here. 
 
SSEN’s Resilient Communities Fund
The 2021 round of SSEN’s Resilient Communities Fund is now, with £480,000 available for non-profit making organisations, community groups and charities working to protect and enhance the resilience of those most vulnerable in the north of Scotland and central southern England.  
The deadline date for applications is Thursday 10 June. 
The 2021 fund will support local projects that:

• Protect the welfare of vulnerable community members through enhancing their resilience and improving community participation and effectiveness.
• Enhance community facilities, services and communication – particularly to support local response to a significant emergency event.

 The 2021 fund is particularly focused on projects helping vulnerable or isolated people living in SSEN’s network areas, with applications of up to £20,000 to be considered by an independent fund panel.
Click here for an application and guidance notes.
 
The Mary Salmond Trust
The Trust offers grants of up to £500 to groups or individuals from the North East of Scotland.
They aim to support the advancement of community development, by encouraging activities which have a public benefit.  They are also keen to promote projects which focus on children and young people’s health and welfare, training and education, civic responsibility and volunteering.
Applications should be submitted by 14 June.
Learn more here.
 
Clubs in Crisis Fund
The Clubs in Crisis Fund, administered by Foundation Scotland on behalf of Made By Sport, offers local sports clubs and organisations the opportunity to apply for a grant to help support young people as they start to recover from the effects of the latest lockdown.
The fund will award unrestricted grants of £2,021 to clubs who match the criteria.
The fund opens on the 12th of April 2021.
Visit the website for more details.
 
Digital Participation Charter Fund
The Digital Participation Charter Fund invests in community digital inclusion projects across Scotland. 
It provides small grants to help a range of organisations tackle poverty, social isolation, and other forms of inequality in society through embedding digital skills development work in day-to-day activity with their service users. 
The fund will close for applications at noon on 22^nd April. 
Click here for more information. 

KDP is here to help in any way we can.  Please let us know how we can support you or your organisation.  We will continue to share information and guidance in our Bulletins, however, due to the speed of change and quantity of information, the most current details will be found on our Facebook page (@kincardineshiredevelopmentpartnership).
 
Should you wish to get in touch, our contact details are as follows:
Jacky Niven              Development Officer                       jniven@kdp.scot
Margo Titmuss         Office/Windfarm Admin                  officesupport@kdp.scot

All of this information was correct at time of writing.