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For organisations, individuals and volunteers
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Featured News and Updates
We’re pleased to confirm that your lottery website is now back up and running.
Over the weekend, our lottery website experienced an unexpected period of downtime due to a power outage at a third-party server provider
Still time to apply! The Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund (Year 5) closes 14 Nov @ 11:59pm. Join our Q&A session on 6 Nov, 10:30–11:30am to get support and ask questions
Be part of East Lothian’s biggest third sector gathering at the 2025 Annual Conference – Facing the Future Together. Enjoy a day of inspiration, networking, and showcasing your organisation at The Royal Musselburgh Golf Club.
All News and Updates
We’re pleased to confirm that your lottery website is now back up and running.
Over the weekend, our lottery website experienced an unexpected period of downtime due to a power outage at a third-party server provider
Still time to apply! The Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund (Year 5) closes 14 Nov @ 11:59pm. Join our Q&A session on 6 Nov, 10:30–11:30am to get support and ask questions
A high point for the Scotland Demands Better campaign.
Be part of East Lothian’s biggest third sector gathering at the 2025 Annual Conference – Facing the Future Together. Enjoy a day of inspiration, networking, and showcasing your organisation at The Royal Musselburgh Golf Club.
Be part of East Lothian’s biggest third sector gathering at the 2025 Annual Conference – Facing the Future Together. Enjoy a day of inspiration, networking, and showcasing your organisation at The Royal Musselburgh Golf Club.
Support toolkit, webinar summary, and key resources available to help East Lothian groups apply for funding.
Applications now open for the Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund (Year 5–6)!
Grants up to £50,000 available for community-led mental health projects in East Lothian.
Welcome to the latest funding update from Volunteer Centre East Lothian.
Applications now open for the One Council Fund 2026/27! Join our webinars to explore the toolkit and get support before the 30 Sept deadline.
The report on the Social Enterprise Scotland Census 2024 has been published, marking a decade of innovation and social entrepreneurship in Scotland.
Welcome to the latest Third Sector Update for East Lothian.
Welcome to the latest funding update from Volunteer Centre East Lothian.
What is this training?
This training offers an opportunity to hear from a person with lived experience and for practitioners to reflect
on how the guidance is helpful as a framework
A new community hub for young adults with additional needs is opening this September.
We proudly support the Scotland Demands Better Campaign. Change for the better happens when we stand together.
Welcome to the latest funding update from Volunteer Centre East Lothian.
Save the date! The East Lothian Third Sector Conference is coming this November!
Our building will be closed for essential refurbishments. Services continue remotely, contact us as usual.
Welcome to the latest Third Sector update for East Lothian.
OSCR are making changes to how charities submit their trustee information through OSCR Online, and how this information is shared.
You can find out about the changes here.
Welcome to the latest funding update from Volunteer Centre East Lothian.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has opened a consultation on updates made to their code of practice for services, public functions and associations, following the Supreme Court’s judgment of 16 April 2025 in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers.
We stand with TSI Network Scotland’s calls for greater investment in communities.
Welcome to the latest Third Sector Update for East Lothian.
Join Our Community Kitchen on Sunday, 8th June 2025, from 12pm to 5pm at Maitlandfield Hotel, Haddington, for a delightful day filled with Indian culture, food, and entertainment.
The 2018 Local Transport Strategy for East Lothian Council introduced the Parking Management Strategy. The focus of this strategy is to provide balanced and appropriate parking facilities that support the economic, environmental and accessibility requirements of towns in East Lothian. The Strategy also aims to maximise the efficient use of parking provision.
Volunteers' Week (2 - 8 June 2025) celebrates the contributions of volunteers across East Lothian. We're hosting a social media campaign and need your help with videos, case studies, and sharing posts.
Upcoming Events
This course will help you to understand the components of project stages and lifecycles. It will provide an understanding of project methodologies and their application, teaching you how to develop a project plan, identify/mitigate risks and construct a strategy for monitoring/review.
This course has been written for Development Trust Association Scotland (DTAS) to give a practical overview of Facilities Management. Delivered by external consultant Beth Goodyear, with over 24 years of experience managing buildings and teams.
Introducing Signal Scotland! Join us for an interactive session introducing Signal Scotland – a powerful insight and data platform helping organisations understand local need, measure impact, and evidence change.

