Future Support and Advice to Rural Communities

APPENDIX 2: PROVIDERS OF SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY GROUPS IN SCOTLAND

We identified over 270 organisations during our mapping exercise. In this Appendix we have presented them as National Organisations or Local Organisations.

National Organisations (78)

Assist Social Capital
Big Lottery Fund
Business Gateway
CADISPA
CAP
CARES
CEiS
CEMVO Scotland
Church of Scotland
Community Broadband Scotland
Community Development Alliance Scotland
Community Energy Scotland
Community Enterprise
Community Ownership Support Service (COSS)
Community Resources Network Scotland
Community Retailing Network
Community Shares Scotland
Economic Development Association Scotland (EDAS)
Evaluation Support Scotland
EVOC
Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens
Firstport
Forestry Commission Scotland
Foundation Scotland
Grantfinder
Hugh Fraser Foundation
Institute of Fundraising (some pages of site are accessible freely)
Interface - The knowledge connection for business
J4B BidTrack (online funding search)
J4B Grants Database
Just Enterprise
Keep Scotland Beautiful
Local Action on Food
Museums Galleries Scotland
Office of the Scottish Charity Commission
Open4community
Paths for All
Planning Aid for Scotland
Plunkett Foundation
Princes Trust Youth Business Scotland
Ready for Business
Resourcing Scotland's Heritage
Rural Direct
School for Social Entrepreneurs Scotland
Scotland Europa
Scotland Funders Forum
Scotland's Town Partnership
Scottish Allotment Gardens Society
Scottish Community Development Centre
Scottish Community Land Network
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
Scottish Crofting Federation
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Funders Forum
Scottish Government Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate (SGRPID)
Scottish Islands Federation
Scottish Land Fund
Scottish National Rural Network
Scottish Natural Heritage
Scottish Orchards
SENSCOT
SKS Scotland
Social Audit Network
Social Enterprise Academy
Social Enterprise Chamber
Social Enterprise Scotland
Social Firms Scotland
Social Impact Scotland
Social Investment Scotland
Social Return on Investment Network
STEP
SURF
The Crofting Commission
The Scotland Food and Drink Skills Academy
TRELLIS
Triathlon Scotland
VAS - Voluntary Action Scotland
Voluntary Arts Scotland

Local organisations

Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations (ACVO)
Aberdeenshire Council
Aberdeenshire Rural Partnerships
Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action
Ailsa Horizons
Alloa Town Centre BID
Angus Council (External Funding Team)
Arbroath Guildry
Argyll and Bute Council
Argyll and The Islands LEADER
Argyll and Bute Third Sector Partnership c/o Argyll Voluntary Action
Argyll and the Isles Coast and Countryside trust
Arran Community and Voluntary Service
Assist Social Capital
Ayrshire LEADER
Ayrshire Rivers Trust
Ballater Royal Deeside Ltd.
Banffshire Partnership
BCCF Environmental
Berwickshire Association for Voluntary Service (BAVS)
Big Lottery Fund
Borders Childcare Partnership
Borders Community Transport Network
Borders Disability Forum
Borders Sport and Leisure Trust
BRAG Enterprises
Bridge
Buchan Development Partnership
Business Gateway
Business Gateway and Economic Development team
Business Gateway Falkirk Council
CADISPA
Cairngorms LEADER
Cairngorms National Park Authority
Caithness Voluntary Group
CAP
CARES
CEiS
CEMVO Scotland
Central Borders Federation of Village Halls
Central Scotland Green Network
Church of Scotland
Clackmannanshire Council
Clackmannanshire Third Sector Interface
CnES Funding Portal
Coalfields Community Federation
Co-Cheangal Innse Gall
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar - Community Gateway
Community Broadband Scotland
Community Development Alliance Scotland
Community Energy Scotland
Community Enterprise
Community Learning and Development - Falkirk East Team
Community Organisations core-funded to offer this sort of advice
Community Ownership Support Service (COSS)
Community Resources Network Scotland
Community Retailing Network
Community Shares Scotland
Community Woodlands Association
Creetown Initiative
CVS Aberdeenshire - Central and South (CVSA - C and S)
CVS Falkirk and District
CVS Inverclyde
CVS North
D and G Arts Unlimited
Deeside DMO
Deeside Donside Development Project
DG4 community
Dumfries and Galloway LEADER
Dumfries and Galloway Area Committee
Dumfries and Galloway Council - External Funding Unit
Dumfries and Galloway Social Enterprise Network
Dundee 4 communities
Dundee Voluntary Action
Dunfermline Delivers BID
East Ayrshire Council
East Ayrshire North Communities Federation
East Dunbartonshire Council
East Dunbartonshire Voluntary Action
East Lothian Council
East Lothian Voluntary Organisations Network (ELVON)
East Renfrewshire Council
East Renfrewshire LEADER
Economic Development Association Scotland (EDAS)
Embrace Elgin BID
Engage Renfrewshire
Enterprising Bathgate BID
Evaluation Support Scotland
EVOC
Falkirk Council Funding Unit
Falkirk Delivers BID
Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens
Fife Council
Fife LEADER
Fife Rural Partnership
Fife Voluntary Action
Firstport
Forestry Commission Scotland
Formartine Partnership Ltd
Forth Sector Development
Forth Valley and Lomond LEADER
Foundation Scotland
Funder Finder
Fusion
Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere
Gannochy Trust -Bell's Whiskey
Garioch Area Partnership
Giffnock Village BID and I Love Clarkston BID
Grant Adviser Info Network (GAIN)
Grantfinder
Growbiz
Hamilton BID
Harris Voluntary Service
Health Improvement Team - NHS Borders
Heritage Looters
HI-Arts
Highland Council
Highland Environment Network (HEN)
Highland LEADER
Highland Third Sector Partnership
Highlands and Islands Enterprise Limited
HISEZ
Holywood Trust
Hugh Fraser Foundation
Inspiralba
Institute of Fundraising (some pages of site are accessible freely)
Interface - The knowledge connection for business
Inverness City Centre BID
J4B BidTrack (online funding search)
J4B Grants Database
Just Enterprise
Keep Scotland Beautiful
Kelburn Windfarm Trust
Kelvin Valley LEADER
Kincardineshire Development Partnership
Kirkcaldy4All BID
Largs Matters BID
LEADER Innse Gall
Linlithgow BID
Living Lerwick BID
Local Action on Food
Local Origins Rural Network
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority
Loch Ness and Inverness Tourism BID
Machars Action
Marr Area Partnership
Midlothian Council
Midlothian Third Sector Interface
Midlothian Voluntary Action
Milngavie My Way BID
Moray Council - Economic Development
Moray LEADER
Mull and Iona Community Trust
Museums Galleries Scotland
North Ayrshire Council External Funding Team
North Lanarkshire Council
Office of the Scottish Charity Commission
Open4community
Orkney Islands Council
Orkney Islands LEADER and Kirkwall BID
PA23 BID - Dunoon and Cowal
Paths for All
Peeblesshire Federation of Village and Community Halls
Perth and Kinross Council
PKC grants direct
Planning Aid for Scotland
Plunkett Foundation
Princes Trust Youth Business Scotland
Queensferry Ambition BID
Ready for Business
Renfrewshire Council
Renfrewshire LEADER
Resourcing Scotland's Heritage
Ross-shire Voluntary Action
Roxburgh Federation of Village and Community Halls
Rural Aberdeenshire LEADER
Rural Community Enterprise and Innovation (SCVO ERDF-funded project)
Rural Development Trust (Lanark)
Rural Direct
Rural Tayside LEADER
School for Social Entrepreneurs Scotland
Scotland Europa
Scotland Funders Forum
Scotland's Town Partnership
Scottish Allotment Gardens Society
Scottish Borders Council
Scottish Borders Elder Voice
Scottish Borders Environment Partnership
Scottish Borders Housing Network
Scottish Borders LEADER
Scottish Borders Social Enterprise Chamber
Scottish Borders U3A
Scottish Community Development Centre
Scottish Community Land Network
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
Scottish Crofting Federation
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Funders Forum
Scottish Government Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate (SGRPID)
Scottish Islands Federation
Scottish Land Fund
Scottish National Rural Network
Scottish Natural Heritage
Scottish Orchards
SENSCOT
Shetland Islands Council
Shetland Islands LEADER
SKS Scotland
Skye and Lochalsh Council for Voluntary Organisations
Social Audit Network
Social Enterprise Academy
Social Enterprise Chamber
Social Enterprise East Lothian
Social Enterprise Scotland
Social Firms Scotland
Social Impact Scotland
Social Investment Scotland
Social Return on Investment Network
Social Value Lab
South Ayrshire Council
South Lanarkshire Council
South Lanarkshire LEADER
Southern Uplands Partnership
STEP
Stewartry Council of Voluntary Service
Stirling Council
Stirlingshire Voluntary Enterprise
SURF
Sutherland Partnership
SVE
The Ayrshire Community Trust (TACT)
The Bridge - Central Borders (Council of Voluntary Service)
The Bridge - Roxburgh (Council of Voluntary Service)
The Bridge - Tweeddale (Councils of Voluntary Service)
The Crofting Commission
The hub - your community action centre
The Melting Pot
The Rural Development Trust
The Scotland Food and Drink Skills Academy
The Social Learning Company
Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway
Third Sector First - Dumfries and Galloway
Third Sector Hebrides
TRELLIS
Triathlon Scotland
tsiMORAY - the Third Sector Interface for Moray
Tweed Forum
Tyne Esk LEADER
VANL - Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire
VAS - Voluntary Action Scotland
Voluntary Action Angus
Voluntary Action Badenoch and Strathspey
Voluntary Action Barra and Vatersay
Voluntary Action East Ayrshire c/o CVO East Ayrshire
Voluntary Action East Renfrewshire
Voluntary Action Lochaber
Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire
Voluntary Action Orkney
Voluntary Action Perthshire
Voluntary Action Shetland
Voluntary Action South Ayrshire (VASA)
Voluntary Action South Lanarkshire
Voluntary Arts Scotland
Voluntary Groups East Sutherland
Voluntary Sector Gateway
Voluntary Sector Gateway West Lothian
Volunteer Centre Aberdeenshire
Volunteer Centre Borders
Volunteer Centre East Lothian
Volunteer Centre Midlothian
West Dunbartonshire Council
West Dunbartonshire CVS
West Lothian Council - Community Regeneration
West Lothian LEADER
Youth Borders

How to access background or source data

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