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Our office will be closed from 18th December and will reopen on 5th January.
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
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Our office will be closed from 18th December and will reopen on 5th January.
Women’s Aid East & Midlothian will be holding their annual general meeting on the 5th of December 2025. Join them for a review of their work over the past year, and the unveiling of their Strategic Plan for 2026-2030
Welcome to the latest funding update from Volunteer Centre East Lothian.
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.
Upcoming Events
Each year approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health condition and at least 1 in 6 employees experience common mental health problems in the workplace. Research has shown that work is the biggest cause of stress which can stop people performing at their best.
People management is often the biggest concern of team leaders, supervisors and managers, which is understandable given that it is a fundamental to being a great manager.
In an exciting partnership, SCVO and Amplify Training are pleased to offer an introductory training course on safeguarding for the voluntary sector. The aim of this three-hour course is to build participants’ knowledge of safeguarding for the Scottish voluntary sector. You will be able to learn more about the regulatory requirements for safeguarding and good practice in proactively preventing harm, building a positive safeguarding culture and responding well to concerns.

