ACVO
ACVO exists to represent, support and develop
the voluntary sector and to foster, and promote the sector's role
in the development of caring communities where individuals are enabled
to achieve their full potential.
Age
Concern
Leading charitable movement in the UK concerned
with ageing and older people. Take a lead role in campaigning
to influence government policy and bring about lasting change,
in the provision of information and advice, research, training
and grants.
Amnesty
International
Worldwide campaigning movement that works to
promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights and other international standards. Activities
range from public demonstrations to letter-writing, from human
rights education to fundraising concerts, from individual appeals
on a particular case to global campaigns on a particular issue.
Care
and Health
Care and Health is a major online resource
for people in the care sector. The site has a database of all
UK approved social work courses, extensive policy and law references,
a sector specific care jobs service, daily news, features on professional
practice, over 1400 links to other sites, discussion areas and
guides to finding the right training courses.
CASE
The ESRC Research Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
(CASE) was established in October 1997 with funding from the Economic
and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Castlemilk
Budgeting Services
is a charity run project which works closely
with Poverty Alliance, and offers money advice and support to
people in the local area of Castlemilk and the wider area of Glasgow.
CAVOC
C.A.V.O.C. is the umbrella organisation
that exists to support and represent the voluntary sector in North
Lanarkshire south area - the former Motherwell District.
Citizens
Advice Scotland
The Scottish Association of Citizens Advice
Bureaux, and its member bureaux form Scotland's largest independent
advice network. The CAB Service is free, independent, confidential
and impartial. CABx empower people to tackle their problems head
on by providing advice and practical support on any subject. A
"citizens' service, provided for citizens by citizens".
CHEX
- Community Health Exchange
Is part of the Community Development Foundation
and operates within the Scottish Community Development Centre.
It is funded by the NHS Health Scotland.
Child
Poverty Action Group
CPAG is the leading charity campaigning for
the abolition of poverty among children and young people in the
UK and for the improvement of the lives of low-income families.
Direct
Payments Caledonia
provides support services to help people who
want to apply for, or are currently in receipt of, a direct payment.
Edinburgh
Central Citizens Advice Bureau
Offer advice on a range of issues including
employment, housing, money and welfare benefits. Follow individual
subject links down the left side of the page for more information
about the kind of help we can give.
Energy
Action Scotland (EAS)
Is the national charity which works for
warm, dry homes and aims to eliminate fuel poverty, particularly
as it affects low income households. EAS provides conferences,
forums, reports, information leaflets, a quarterly journal and
email updates. It also offers a range of training, research and
consultancy services in energy-related topics.
Engender
An information, research and networking
organisation for women in Scotland, working with groups locally
and internationally to improve women's lives and increase their
power and influence. The organisation campaigns to ensure that
women and their concerns have greater visibility and equal representation
at all levels of Scottish society.
Financial
Fitness Resource Team
is a project based in Inverclyde which offers
advice and guidance on a wide range of benefit issues free of
charge.
Friends
of the Earth - Scotland
Part of the largest international network
of environmental groups in the world.
GingerBread
Leading support organisation for lone parent
families.
Glasgow
Healthy City Partnership
Glasgow's main formal health alliance, working
to improve health and wellbeing for all those living and working
in the city.
Greenpeace
International campaigning organisation on
environmental issues. Also visit the uk
site.
Have
a Heart
Have a Heart Paisley is an exciting project
which has been created with the aim of radically improving Paisley's
rate of heart disease. The benefits of this dynamic project wont
just be felt locally, however. Lessons learned in Paisley will
be used to help prevent heart disease throughout the rest of Scotland
and beyond.
Help
the Aged
UK-based charity which provides practical
support to help older people live independent lives, particularly
those who are frail, isolated or poor.
Joined
Up For Jobs
Joined up for Jobs is Edinburgh’s Employability
Agreement. The website contains an online directory of organisations
in the city which provide support to people seeking work.
Midlothian
Voluntray Action
The first port of call for CVS (Council of Voluntary
Services) services in Midlothian.
Million
Children Campaign
Every day in Britain, more than one million
children wake up in squalid, temporary or crowded accommodation.
Bad housing is making our children ill, robbing them of a decent
education and damaging their future.
Mental
Health Specialist Library
The Mental Health Specialist Library aims to meet the information
needs of health care professionals who work in the field of mental
health. It is also freely available to the general public.
National
Library of Scotland
The website of Scotland's national library.
Instant access to the Library's online catalogue and tailor-made
information service.
Nithsdale
CVS
Support, develop and represent voluntary
and community sector organizations so that they can participate
positively in the planning & delivery of high quality, high
impact services to communities and individuals, and to develop
vibrant volunteering and community action.
NSF
Scotland
Provide support and information to carers
relatives and family members of people who suffer serve and enduring
mental illness.
One
World
Non-profit network dedicated to promoting
human rights and sustainable development through the internet.
Phace
Scotland
HIV awareness, promotion and support for
people infected or affected by HIV/AIDS.
Policy Library
is a social, economic and foreign policy
resource - updated daily with the latest jobs, research, and events.
It's members reach an audience of hundreds of thousands of policy
makers, politicians, academics and students.
Quality
Action Group
Are a group of adults in Stirling who have
a learning disability. We meet and work in partnership with organisations,
currently including Stirling Council Community Services, Key Housing
Association, and Forth Valley Health Board and also with other
members of the local community to provide a range of services
for people with learning disabilities.
Renfrewshire
Council for voluntary services
Support and develop for the third sector
in Renfrew.
Save
the Children
For the past 40 years, Save the Children
has been working in Scotland to beat poverty and create a better
world for children.
Scottish
Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)
Umbrella body for voluntary organisations
in Scotland. SCVO promote and advocate the independence, interests
and values of the voluntary sector and encourage voluntary organisations
to realise their full potential by improving their effectiveness
and capacity through providing access to training, information,
analysis, funding opportunities, and services.
Scottish
Poverty Information Unit
Research and collate information about poverty
in Scotland and make it accesible to community groups, voluntary
organisations and people working in the anti-poverty field. The
Unit seeks to redress the surprising lack of specifically Scottish
based information in the poverty field and to make this information
available to those who need it. Site features free downloadable
version of 'Poverty in Scotland 1999' - a mine of poverty-related
statistical information.
Scottish
Women's Convention
The Scottish Women's Convention provides opportunities
for women to engage in focused debate about specific issues of
concern and to influence policy decisions in Scotland. It aims
to reflect the diversity of women in Scotland and to ensure that
their voices get heard in the policy making process.
Sense
Scoland
Sense Scotland is a leader in the field
of communication and innovative support services for people who
are marginalised because of challenging behaviour, health care
issues and the complexity of their support needs.
Shelter
National organisation working to improve
the lives of homeless and badly housed people.
Statewatch
The on-line database contains over 25,000
entries, with news, features, books, pamphlets and reports on
the state, civil liberties and justice and home affairs in the
UK and the European Union.
Swansea
Poverty Action Network
Swansea Poverty Action Network is an alliance
of people and organisations in Swansea who are committed to combating
local poverty and social exclusion.
Trades
Union Congress (TUC)
Brings trades unions together to draw up
common policies on issues such as employment law, ways of tackling
unemployment, and other workplace issues.
The
Land is Ours
Campaigns peacefully for access to the land,
its resources and the decision making processes affecting them,
for everyone - irrespective of race, age, or gender. TLIO believes
that the land is a "treasury for the welfare of humanity".
Vocational
Guidance for Low-Paid Workers
European team, working to gather and disseminate
examples of good practice in this field. Developing a set of methods
and solutions that can be used by employers and trade unions.
Zero
Tolerance
The Trust is an independent charity that
campaigns for the prevention of male violence against women and
children. Work with a range of agencies to promote innovative
policy and best practice that target the root causes of male violence.
Zero Tolerance lobbies Government, commissions research and develops
educational intervention and training programmes.
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