Voluntary Action Fund

VSGS - Full Funded Project List

We're working with a number of Volunteering Scotland Grant Scheme Funded Projects through until 2011. 

They Include:

ACHARACLE COMMUNITY COMPANY Furniture reuse/recycling project in Ardnamurchan

CONTACT: Sheila Nairn or Hughena Macphee
TEL: 01967 431248
E-MAIL: nairn.kentra@btinternet.com or hughena@btconnect.com

AUGMENT (SCOTLAND) LTD Pilot peer-outreach service for people with mental health problems in Angus

CONTACT: Andrea Stewart or Duncan Davidson
TEL: 01241 434405
E-MAIL: augment@btconnect.com or andreastewart@augment-scotland.org.uk

ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND - Glasgow & East Dunbartonshire Volunteer visiting scheme for people with dementia living in care homes
CONTACT: Fay McCormick
TEL: 0141 418 3930
E-MAIL: fmccormick@alzscot.org

BANNOCKBURN RIDING FOR THE DISABLED Supporting the development of an organisation providing therapeutic riding experiences

CONTACT: Iain Cluggie
TEL: 01786 813338
E-MAIL: volcoord@bannockburnrda.org.uk

BREAST CANCER CARE SCOTLAND Providing information and support to those affected by breast cancer in 4 ‘hotspots' in Scotland

CONTACT: Joanne Stewart
TEL: 0141 353 8330
E-MAIL: joanne.stewart@breastcancercare.org.uk

BRIGHTER HORIZONS, BANFF Developing a volunteering resource to deliver additional youth services

CONTACT: Sarah Anderson
TEL: 01261 818499
E-MAIL: sandrasanderson@hotmail.co.uk

BROUGHTY FERRY ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT Conservation and heritage work by volunteers on the Dighty Burn

CONTACT: Ann Lolley
Debbie Lochhead
TEL: 01382 436932
E-MAIL: environ.project@dundeecity.gov.uk

CLYDESDALE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES Developing new volunteering opportunities for adults and young people with complex support needs

CONTACT: Helen Thomson / Ian Grant
TEL: 01555 664211
E-MAIL: niall@cciweb.org.uk

COMMUNITY FOOD INITIATIVES NORTH EAST (CFINE) Involves disadvantaged volunteers in a Fare Share project distributing donated unsold food to homeless people and others

CONTACT: Fiona Rae
TEL: 01224 596156
E-MAIL: cfine@btconnect.com

CRAIGMILLAR ABILITY NETWORK Involving unemployed volunteers within a new Community Information Point and setting up a volunteer programme to support an advice and benefits service

CONTACT: Archie Lowe / Terri Semple
TEL: 0131 661 6677
E-MAIL: a.lowe@can-disability.org.uk

CRAIGMILLAR COMMUNITY ARTS New creative arts volunteering programme for local disadvantaged residents

CONTACT: Hilary Morrison
TEL: 0131 659 4759
E-MAIL: craigmillarcommunityarts@gmail.com

CREATE, CAMBUSLANG To involve volunteers in providing community support and advice in a One Stop Shop

CONTACT: Fiona Gilchrist
TEL: 0141 613 5777
E-MAIL: community.matters@hotmail.com

DEPOT ARTS COMPANY LTD, GLASGOW Developing skills of young people as volunteer art leaders in North Glasgow

CONTACT: Tamara Hedderwick / Jain McIntyre
TEL: 0141 336 5808
E-MAIL: jain@depotarts.co.uk

DUMBARTON ROAD CORRIDOR ENVIRONMENT TRUST Developing volunteering opportunities prior to the construction of a new community centre

CONTACT: Kenneth Montgomery / Ryan Galbraith
TEL: 0141 587 6010
E-MAIL: eo3@dumbartonroad.com

FIFE GINGERBREAD Volunteer befriending scheme involving unemployed lone parents as volunteers supporting other lone parents in fragile circumstances

CONTACT: Rhona Cunningham
TEL: 01333 303124
E-MAIL: rhona@fifegingerbread.org.uk

GLASGOW WOOD RECYCLING Providing practical volunteer and training opportunities to disadvantaged individuals as well as placements

CONTACT: Owen Parcell /Peter Lavelle
TEL: 0141 944 6541
E-MAIL: info@glasgowwoodrecycling.org.uk

GREEN DOOR CATERING CO LTD, KIRKCALDY Social enterprise offering volunteering opportunities to disadvantaged volunteers

CONTACT: Avril Crossley
TEL: 01592 566869
E-MAIL: avrilcrossley@blueyonder.co.uk

HAVEN CARING COUNSELLING CENTRE, BLANTYRE To develop a pilot volunteer buddy scheme providing one-to-one assistance to clients

CONTACT: Connie Postlethwaite or Fiona Davidson
TEL: 01698 727884
E-MAIL: connie@thehavencentre.com or fiona.davidson@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

HOME BASICS (Tweeddale) Co Ltd To establish a volunteering infrastructure in a furniture reuse charity which will allow them to expand their services

CONTACT: Nikki Ramage
TEL: 01450 363974
E-MAIL: home_basics_hawick@live.co.uk

HOMELINK FAMILY SUPPORT PROJECT, EDINBURGH Volunteer befriending service offering support to families with young children

CONTACT: Julie Bolos  (Kate Watson providing maternity cover)
TEL: 0131 661 0890
E-MAIL: julie.b@homelinkbefriending.org

INSTANT NEIGHBOUR, ABERDEEN To develop a structured volunteering programme to recruit and deploy volunteers across all elements of their services

CONTACT: Ian Armstrong
TEL: 01224 489955
E-MAIL: Ian.Armstrong@instantneighbour.co.uk

INVERCLYDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST New volunteering community project ‘Gestures' providing practical help and assistance to elderly and disabled people

CONTACT: Julie Gillan
TEL: 01475 553300
E-MAIL: Julie.Gillan@volunteerinverclyde.org.uk

ISLAY & JURA COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE LTD To establish a volunteering core with 4 parent organisations to improve their services and involve marginalised people

CONTACT: Karen Siddall / Gary Scott
TEL: 01496 810767
E-MAIL: mlc.siddall@btconnect.com

JOHNSTONE CASTLE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTRE Supporting disadvantaged volunteers in the day to day operation and development of community managed learning centre

CONTACT: Bobby Milroy
TEL: 01505 331015
E-MAIL: Bobby@johnstonecastle.org

KINTYRE YOUTH CAFÉ, CAMPBELTOWN To establish and embed volunteering within each element of a community based project to develop a range of outreach opportunities for young people

CONTACT: Heather Kennedy
TEL: 01586 553555
E-MAIL:

LINKLIVING LIMITED - FALKIRK Peer education project aimed at reducing crisis homelessness among young people

CONTACT: Irene Blackburn
TEL: 01324 629200
E-MAIL: ibla@linkhaltd.co.uk

LOCHABER COMMUNITY CARE FORUM Volunteer visiting service for socially isolated, housebound and disabled people

CONTACT: Joan McNeil
TEL: 01397 700311
E-MAIL: lccforum@aol.com

MERKINCH DEVELOPMENT VENTURES  To engage volunteers in two social economy businesses - Ness Soaps and Black Ridge Bikes

CONTACT: Jamie McJimpsey
TEL: 01463 243869
E-MAIL: Jamie@mdvltd.org.uk

MORAY ARTS CENTRE To involve volunteers in supporting the development of a new intergenerational project which pass on traditional skills

CONTACT: Sue Watsham / Randy Klinger
TEL: 01309 692426
E-MAIL: info@morayartcentre.org

MOVE ON, GLASGOW Peer education service recruiting young people who have experienced homelessness as peer educators of other young people at risk

CONTACT: Linda Tiffany
TEL: 0141 221 2272
E-MAIL: mail@moveon.org.uk

NEILSTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST Developing additional volunteering opportunities in the Trust community café and new horticulture project

CONTACT: Anne Macdonald
TEL: 0141 561 1201
E-MAIL: annem@hotmail.co.uk

PAN AFRICAN ARTS SCOTLAND To expand and consolidate volunteering across Pan African Arts Scotland's work

CONTACT: Gameli Tordzro
TEL: 0141 334 3706
E-MAIL: gameli@panafricanartsscotland.org.uk

PROSTATE CANCER CHARITY SCOTLAND Volunteer outreach programme to raise awareness of symptoms and treatments

CONTACT: Jacqueline Sivell
TEL: 0141 314 0050
E-MAIL: Jacqueline.sivell@prostate-cancer.org.uk

RESTART ORKNEY - EMPLOYABILITY ORKNEY Furniture recycling project supporting existing volunteers and creating additional volunteering and training opportunities

CONTACT: Tina Leask / karen Williams
TEL: 01856 876605
E-MAIL: tina@employabilityorkney.co.uk or karen@employabilityorkney.co.uk

REACHOUT WITH ARTS IN MIND, ALLOA To build on pilot outreach project creating volunteering opportunities for volunteers from disadvantaged groups

CONTACT: Lesley Arthur
TEL: 01259 723666
E-MAIL: reach_out@tiscali.co.uk

SUE RYDER CARE, STIRLING To promote the resettlement of ex-offenders and prisoners back into communities through volunteering opportunities at Sue Ryder shops

CONTACT: Stuart Mitchell
TEL: 07920727835
E-MAIL: stuart@suerydercare.org

THE BORDERS FOREST TRUST Volunteering project for young people in woodland projects

CONTACT: Lisa Brydon
TEL: 01835 830750
E-MAIL: lisa@bordersforesttrust.org

THE CLANRANALD TRUST FOR SCOTLAND Training disadvantaged volunteers to assist in the construction and running of a medieval motte and bailey fortified village in the Carron Valley as an educational resource

CONTACT: Charles Allan
TEL: 01259 731010
E-MAIL: info@clanranald.org

THE FURNITURE PROJECT (STRANRAER) LTD To expand the volunteering opportunities involving disadvantaged volunteers from
2 community bases who collect and redistribute donated furniture to benefit families on low incomes

CONTACT: Denys Smith
TEL: 01776 707375
E-MAIL: denyssmith@furnitureproject.org.uk

THE ROCK TRUST, EDINBURGH Volunteering project for young homeless and vulnerable people as a means of
self-development

CONTACT: Sarah MacGregor
TEL: 0131 524 9863
E-MAIL: sarah.macgregor@rocktrust.org

THE WATERWAYS TRUST SCOTLAND Green Action Project involving young people from priority areas in conservation volunteering

CONTACT: Brian Learmonth / Karen Moore
TEL: 01324 677820
E-MAIL: brian.learmonth@thewaterwaystrust.org.uk  or   karen.moore@thewaterwaystrust.org.uk

THIRD SECTOR HEBRIDES (formerly Voluntary Action Lewis) To establish a structured volunteering programme across 3 emerging community interest companies

CONTACT: Kareen Macleod
TEL: 01851 702632
E-MAIL: kareen.macleod@valewis.org.uk

WAVERLEY CARE, EDINBURGH To support volunteers from the African communities to become buddies to those from the same communities affected by HIV and HCV

CONTACT: Mariegold Akomode
TEL: 0131 556 9710
E-MAIL: mariegold.akomode@waverleycare.org

WEST LOTHIAN FOOD & HEALTH DEVELOPMENT Volunteering project in social enterprise providing fresh fruit and vegetables to schools and community venues

CONTACT: Clare Bell
TEL: 0156 429000
E-MAIL: clare@welfehd.co.uk