Health and wellbeing

Dumfries & Galloway LEADER Project Officer (Temporary)

• Dumfries with a region-wide remit
• Salary: £20,535 - £22,056

Dumfries & Galloway LEADER is seeking a confident, out-going individual to support the local business sector in the development of projects which will ensure we maximise the benefit of this new tranche of funding for Dumfries & Galloway.

Successful candidates will bring knowledge of the business and enterprise sector and a keen understanding of the economic context in which rural businesses currently operate.

Kelvin Valley & Falkirk LEADER are holding a series of drop-in sessions this spring.

These sessions are drop-in events at a local level across the Kelvin Valley & Falkirk area and LEADER will be joined by local funders at each event.

Attendees will be able to discuss project ideas with LEADER staff and LAG members and also with the other funding organisations. They will also be able to find out information on how to apply and our forthcoming deadlines.

The dates and venues for the drop-in sessions are:

The new West Lothian LEADER programme will officially launch on 17 March at SRUC Oatridge College Campus.

The West Lothian LEADER programme will see £2.17 million invested in community-led local development in rural West Lothian.

The deadline for applying to the Central Scotland Green Network (CSGN) Community Project Fund is approaching.

CSGN would like to hear from groups or organisations who want to deliver greenspace projects that make a difference to the quality of places and people's lives.

Applications to the CSGN Community Project Fund will be accepted until 12 noon on 22 March 2016.

A service which allows deaf people across Scotland to contact public sector services using sign language is being expanded into the voluntary sector.

The online British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting service contactSCOTLAND is funded by the Scottish Government. As the service celebrates its first birthday it has been announced that it is being extended to community groups, voluntary organisations, charities, social enterprises, cooperatives and individual volunteers.