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Coming up
- Peer Mental Health Network: Reconnecting
- Sexual Abuse - Support to Report and Navigate the Legal System
- Hidden in Plain Sight: Gambling and Financial Harms
- See Me’s Diagnostic and Improvement Framework for Reducing Mental Health Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health Services
- Breast Cancer Now: Train the Trainer Free Pilot Breast Promotion Training Course
- NeuroNatter: Supporting Neurodivergent Staff to Thrive
- Dementia UK Clinic in Kirkcaldy
- Young People and Substance Use
- Dementia UK Clinic in Glenrothes
- Breast Cancer Now: Train the Trainer Free Pilot Breast Promotion Training Course
- Fife Adult Support & Protection Forum November 2026 (Central Fife)
- Dementia UK Clinic in Dunfermline
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- Fife Health & Social Care Partnership: LGBT+ and Transgender Awareness Session
- Health and Social Care Forum
- Understanding Young People's Substance Use
- Creative Journalling Session to Support Wellbeing
- Domestic Abuse and the Protection of Children
- Carers Connect Event in Cowdenbeath
- Canine Partners' Virtual Open Day
- Online Creative Writing: Fife Stories – Autumn Edition
- Carers' Afternoon Tea
- Fife Adult Support & Protection Forum November 2026 (West Fife)
- Advancing Green Health - Exploring Green Social Prescribing in Practice
- Fife Adult Support & Protection: Hoarding Intervention Training
- Fife Befriending Forum
- Mental Health Forum Cancelled
- Carers' Providers Forum
- Health and Social Care Forum Cancelled
- Health and Social Care Forum Cancelled
- Fife Befriending Forum
- Mental Health Forum Cancelled
- Carers' Providers Forum
- Health and Social Care Forum Cancelled
Latest
Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund: Year 6 Now Open
The Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for Adults 2026 is now open for applications. As with previous years, applications for funding in Fife should be made...
The National Lottery Community Fund - Fairer Life Chances
This funding is for projects that support children, young people and families. Or help people be healthier and have better access to support. They’re looking for...
Mr Motivator's Bed Bank Small Grants Programme
Their Small Grants Programme supports organisations tackling bed poverty for children and families across the UK. Funding can be used for: Beds Mattresses Bedding packs...
Book Week Scotland 2027 Event Funding
Book Week Scotland, brought to you by Scottish Book Trust, is Scotland's annual, national celebration of books and reading. From its inception in 2011, Book Week...
Museums Galleries Scotland - Creative Minds Fund
The Creative Minds Fund will support museums and organisations working with people experiencing mental health issues to create engagement opportunities. Projects will...
Substances Support Scotland Launch New Outreach Service
Substances Support Scotland have launched a new Assertive Outreach and Recovery Service with Fife Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP). In 2025, Fife recorded 60 drug use...
Methilhaven Nursery Wins Diversity & Inclusion Award
Congratulations to Methilhaven Nursery for winning the Diversity & Inclusion category at Generations Working Together's Excellence Awards 2026! As a shared...
Social Work, Social Care and Health Spotlight Series – Rowan Alba Community
Join Tracey Stewart, founder of Rowan Alba Community, for an engaging online session that explores how simple human connection, shared values and everyday acts of...
Citizen Advocacy Awareness Event
As part of Fife Advocacy Week 2026, Include Me is hosting an information event about citizen advocacy. Find out what citizen advocacy is, how it benefits both...
Carers Help Shape New Online Support Hub for Unpaid Carers Across Fife
We've launched a new online information and support hub for unpaid carers in Fife, making it easier than ever for people to access advice, information and support in one...
Cash4Clubs
Grants are available this autumn for community organisations working with adults from under-represented communities, delivering sport or physical activity for social...
Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week 2026
This year’s Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week is the perfect opportunity to celebrate being active by inspiring and supporting women and girls across Scotland to...
Understanding Teens: An Online Information Session
Online information sessions developed for parents/carers of secondary school aged children to support their understanding around adolescent development and behaviour....
Parenting an Anxious Child (PAC)
Parenting An Anxious Child (PAC) is delivered as an in-person or online group that supports primary aged children (aged 5-11 years) and their parents/carers to learn...
SHINE: A 6-Session Group For Teenagers with Anxiety
SHINE is a six-session group aimed at helping young people aged 12-17 learn about anxiety and find out about helpful coping strategies. SHINE teaches techniques from...
Fully Funded Sex-Ed Course for Disabled Adults
Pillow Talks Scotland is running the second year of Sex-Ed for Grown Ups starting in 2027. This is a disabled-led programme of sex and relationships education for...
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland's New Women's Health Plan
Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) have launched their Women's Health Plan 2026-2029 . Chest, heart, stroke and Long Covid conditions are among the leading causes of...
Balancing Work and Unpaid Care: A Critical Issue
Carers Scotland and Carers UK have published their 'Balancing Work and Unpaid Care' report, underlining the importance of supporting carers to remain in and return to...
From Research to Reality: Social Prescribing In Scotland Report
The report from Voluntary Health Scotland's May event on social prescribing in partnership with Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) has now been published. It calls for...
Universal and Targeted Approaches to Tackling Poverty: Key Messages from the Poverty and Inequality Commission
The Poverty and Inequality Commission has published new research exploring the role of universal and targeted approaches in reducing poverty and inequality in Scotland....
The Oversight Board Report for The Promise Report FOUR
The Oversight Board for the promise has launched their fourth report into Scotland’s progress in keeping the promise. The report looks at where Scotland stands now, what...
Falling through the cracks: how childhood hardship shapes life chances
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published new research on how experiencing hardship during childhood shapes life chances, with analysis showing that persistent...
Education and Childcare: Voices from Early Years, Education Professionals and Parents (Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry)
As part of the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry, 2,000 children and young people talked about their experiences of Covid. In this report, voice was also given to professionals...
What Does Scotland’s New Programme for Government Mean for Health Inequalities?
The Scottish Government’s new Programme for Government 2026–31 sets out its priorities for the next five years – with commitments covering areas including child poverty,...
Building Shared Priorities for Trauma-Informed Change Across Fife Health & Social Care Partnership
These short online engagement sessions focus on helping shape Fife Health & Social Care Partnership's (FHSCP) approach to becoming a more trauma-informed organisation....
Bipolar Unfiltered: Lunch & Learn
A free introductory session for people working or volunteering in communities to build their understanding and awareness of bipolar. When people think about bipolar,...
Hostelling Scotland - Happy Hosteller Breaks
Happy Hosteller is a funded residentials programme, supported by memberships and donations, helping more people experience a stay in Hostelling Scotland's Youth Hostels....
The Magdalen Hospital Trust
Funding for projects working with vulnerable children and young adults, especially those at risk of sexual and other forms of exploitation. They prefer to fund project...
Barchester's Charitable Foundation
Barchester's Charitable Foundation helps older people and other adults with a disability across England, Scotland & Wales. Grants are to help people lead more fulfilled...
New Health and Social Care Forum Schedule
FVA's Health and Social Care Forum and Mental Health Forum will merge into a single forum, meeting every two months. The Forum will focus on: Prevention and early...
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - Together for Service Families
The Together for Service Families open programme will award grants to reduce the impact of service-related separation and relocation for families of serving personnel...
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - Family Focus Programme
The Family Focus programme offers grants to fund projects that help armed forces families with care needs to access support, improve wellbeing and resilience, and...
Understanding Grief Through a Neurodivergent Lens
How can grief look different for neurodivergent people? Grief is deeply personal, and there is no single way to experience, process, or express loss. For neurodivergent...
World Menopause Awareness Month: Support for Your Workplace
October is World Menopause Awareness Month and World Menopause Awareness Day (18 October 2026) is the highlight of this campaign. This year's theme for action is...
Taylor Wimpey - Charity and Local Support
Taylor Wimpey is committed to supporting charities and local community groups in the areas in which it operates. Their priorities include: Projects which promote...
Global’s Make Some Noise
Global’s Make Some Noise funds life changing projects delivered by small charities, making a real difference in communities across the UK. They're here to make sure...
Cycling UK - Cycle Access Fund
The Cycle Access Fund supports those least likely to have access to a bike by providing capital grants to organisations through five different funding strands. It makes...
Edinburgh Airport Community Fund
The Community Fund was established to ensure local communities benefit from Edinburgh Airport activities. It provides financial support to community groups and charities...
Meet Kim: Helping Bring Footcare Fife Closer to Home
When Kim heard about Footcare Fife through the NHS Podiatry Team in High Valleyfield, she was inspired by the difference volunteers can make in their local communities –...
Barclays Community Sport Fund - Female Coaches for Girls Grant
The Barclays Community Sport Fund offers grants, bespoke support, and exclusive ticketing opportunities to make football, tennis, and cricket more accessible to women...
Mental Health Listening Events in Fife
Following the success of their Lived Experience Network event this year, Fife Health & Social Care Partnership is delighted to announce their upcoming LEN Listening...
NHS 24 Supporting Student Health and Wellbeing
NHS 24, Scotland’s provider of digital and telephone-based health and care services, is promoting health tips to help students starting college or university. Covering...
Interim Report on Young People, Economic Inactivity and Mental Health
The Public Mental Health team at Public Health Scotland have been working over the last year to better understand the relationship between economic inactivity and mental...
Fife Violence Against Women Partnership's Training Programme Launched for October 2026-March 2027
Fife Violence Against Women Partnership (FVAWP) have launched their training programme for the period October 2026-March 2026. There are 23 courses available to all...
Briefing Series - Glasgow Child Poverty Programme
New briefings published by the Improvement Service are highlighting Glasgow’s pioneering work to tackle child poverty through public service reform. Produced in...
Contextual Safeguarding Pilot Launches in Lochgelly
Fife’s Contextual Safeguarding Pilot began on 1 September 2026 in the Lochgelly High School Cluster. Contextual Safeguarding is about understanding and preventing harm...
Have Your Say on New Domestic Homicide and Suicide Review Standards
Healthcare Improvement Scotland has published draft Domestic Homicide and Suicide Review (DHSR) standards for consultation, and organisations and individuals are being...
Wave After Wave Suicide Bereavement Training
The aim of the Wave After Wave Bereavement workshop is to ensure that all staff, peer supporters, and volunteers coming into contact with people bereaved by suicide have...
British Heart Foundation Defibrillator Programme
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is giving out a limited number of free defibrillators to community groups in the UK. To be eligible for a free, BHF-funded...
Supporting Information for Disability Applications
Social Security Scotland have launched a new supporting information stakeholder resources page highlighting what supporting information is, why it's needed, and who can...
Scottish Government announce multi-year funding for Bairns' Hoose model
Scotland’s Bairns’ Hooses will be supported with Scottish Government multi-year funding from the next year to help them better plan for the future and ensure that every...
Scottish Recovery Network's New Peer2Peer Toolbox
Scottish Recovery Network have launched a new online toolkbox to support the growth of Scotland's peer workforce. Peer2Peer is a free suite of resources for groups,...
Changes to Adult Support and Protection (ASP) Timescales from 31 August 2026
The Adult Support and Protection Committee (ASPC) has approved changes to local Adult Support and Protection (ASP) timescales, which will take effect from 31 August 2026...
NEW Health Promotion Service Prevention & Early Intervention Training Programme 2026-2027
A new Prevention and Early Intervention Training Programme for 2026-27 has been launched, offering a wide range of quality-assured learning and development opportunities...
Fife Parent Carer Support Group Drop-In Sessions Return This September
As schools have returned, the Fife Parent Carer Support Group is also getting ready to start up again. The first drop-in session will take place on Tuesday 1 September ,...
Fife Voluntary Action Recognised as Carer Positive Employer
Fife Voluntary Action (FVA) has been awarded Carer Positive Engaged accreditation by Carers UK, recognising our commitment to supporting employees who balance work with...
Meningitis B Vaccinations for Young People Aged 17-25
Following outbreaks of meningitis in the UK, the MenB vaccine is being offered to some older teenagers and students under 25 who are at higher risk of exposure to...
Social Care PVG Scheme Applications: Temporary Fee Waiver
Disclosure Scotland have provided information regarding the social care workforce eligibility and how to have the fee for your Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme...
B&Q Foundation
Funding is available for registered charities that are creating or improving home environments. The Foundation focuses on charities that support people who are most in...
Corra Foundation Alcohol and Drugs Fund - Local Support Micro Grants
Corra Foundation's Alcohol and Drugs Fund is intended to help organisations to stabilise or increase capacity, continue services, and provide further reach in the...
YoungMinds: Building positive mental health Resources
Building positive mental health with the young people you work with YoungMinds have a range of resources and activities for professionals and volunteers working with...
Digitally Excluded: How Families Raising Disabled Children Are Being Left Behind
Family Fund work with thousands of families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people across the UK. Their latest research, Digitally Excluded ,...
Helping Care Leavers - One-Off Payment to Reduce Financial Barriers
The Scottish Government introduced the Care Leaver Payment on 01 April 2026 to help young people overcome financial barriers as they leave care and move into independent...
Open University: Supporting Neurodivergent Children
The Open University has launched a new toolkit to support parents and carers of neurodivergent children as research reveals families feel overwhelmed and...
Free Online Parenting Course - Build Confidence in Your Parenting Skills
Action for Children have developed a free online course for parents and carers of 0 to 5 year olds. What you’ll learn In Building Blocks to Parenting, parenting coaches...
Parkinson's UK: Physical Activity Grants
The grant supports activity providers, communities, networks, organisations and others to develop opportunities for people with Parkinson’s to become and stay active....
New Youth Club for Young People Aged 16 - 25 Who Experience Communication Barriers
The Speech Language Communication Company is launching a supportive and creative social club for young people aged 16–25, helping to build confidence, social skills, and...
NSPCC Learning: Statistics Briefing About Neglect
NSPCC Learning has published an updated statistics briefing on child neglect. The briefing looks at data and statistics about child neglect in the UK to help...
Spotting Trauma in Children and Adults: Breaking Down the Signs
For Baby’s Sake has published an article looking at trauma in children and adults. The article explores the impact of trauma on children and how childhood maltreatment...
Clued Up: Breaking The Silence Peer-led Research About Young People and Drug-Related Deaths
Clued Up have recently released a report on their peer led research project called Breaking the Silence. The project has been led by a group of young people who have...
Fife CAMHS: Updated Topics on their Online Self-Help Resources
Fife CAMHS have recently updated the self-help topics section on their Things to try web page . Some resources on the website are aimed at children and young people,...
Contextual Safeguarding E-learning
A new e-learning module on Contextual Safeguarding is available on Fife Council's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) . What is Contextual Safeguarding? Contextual...
Kilbrandon Lecture 2025 - When common sense is complicated: a call for cultural reform to safeguard children beyond their homes
Kilbrandon Lecture 2025 When common sense is complicated: a call for cultural reform to safeguard children beyond their homes In the 23rd Kilbrandon Lecture which took...
New Resource for Everyone Working with Children, Young People and Their Families
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), in partnership with the Scottish Government and key stakeholders, has launched a new resource: Su
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- Fife Advocacy Week Lunchtime Learning Session (14 days ago)
- Social Work, Social Care and Health Spotlight Series – Rowan Alba Community (14 days ago)
- Citizen Advocacy Awareness Event (14 days ago)
- Citizen Advocacy Information Awareness Event (14 days ago)
- Tentsmuir Cycle Link Consultation (28 days ago)
- Professional Curiosity and Disguised Compliance Webinar (29 days ago)
- Online Survey: Health Screening for People with Learning Disabilities (29 days ago)
- Fit & Fired Up: Perimenopause & Menopause Day in Edinburgh (29 days ago)
- Understanding & Responding to Children & Young People at Risk of Suicide (29 days ago)
- McCarthy Stone Foundation - Festive Connections (30 days ago)
- Income Maximisation Level 1 - Fife Advice Framework (35 days ago)
- Money & Debt Advice Level 1 - Fife Advice Framework (35 days ago)
- Tackling Poverty & Money Worries in Fife (35 days ago)
- Miller Homes Community Fund (35 days ago)
- Henry Smith Foundation - Domestic Abuse Counselling (35 days ago)
- Samaritans Awareness and Active Listening (35 days ago)
- Pub is The Hub - Community Services Fund (35 days ago)
- The Robertson Trust - Large Grants (35 days ago)
- Falls Prevention Week 2026 - Find Out More (38 days ago)
- Are You An Unpaid Carer? Join the Fife Carers Forum (38 days ago)
- Have Your Say: Consultation on Draft Standards for Domestic Homicide and Suicide Reviews (41 days ago)
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation: Poverty in Scotland (41 days ago)
- Organ and Tissue Donation Week – 21-27 September 2026 (42 days ago)
- Autism Awareness - Inclusion (Level 1) (42 days ago)
- Dig Deeper, Look Closer, Think Bigger - Black History Month Event (42 days ago)
- Access Therapies & Mood Cafe: A Virtual Awareness Session for Fife Workplaces (42 days ago)
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) (49 days ago)
- Open Access Vaccination Pre-School Flu (Methil) (49 days ago)
- Open Access Vaccination Pre-School Flu (Leven) (49 days ago)
- Open Access Vaccination Pre-School Flu (Kirkcaldy) (49 days ago)
- Train to Be a Numeracy Champion to Support Others (49 days ago)
- Laughology Happiness Fund (49 days ago)
- The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund (49 days ago)
- Fife Health Charity Community Grants (50 days ago)
- Survey: Walk-In Service at Randolph Wemyss Hospital Buckhaven (52 days ago)
- Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) (57 days ago)
- Identifying and Working with Stalking Behaviours (57 days ago)
- Under Pressure (Zero Tolerance) Level 2 Virtual Workshop (57 days ago)
- Aldi Scottish Sport Fund - Fife, Perth and Kinross (57 days ago)
- Include Me Annual General Meeting (57 days ago)
- Peer Leadership in Scotland: Setting the Agenda (64 days ago)
- Carers Provider Forum (65 days ago)
- The Armed Forces Covenant Trust: Reveal & Respond Access to Support for Underrepresented Groups (65 days ago)
- What If: Suicide Prevention Awareness Week 7-13 September 2026 (65 days ago)
- Understanding Frailty: Information and Support from NHS Fife (66 days ago)
- Living Safely and Independently at Home in Fife (66 days ago)
- Falls and Frailty - How Are They Linked? (66 days ago)
- Sportscotland Sport Facilities Fund (69 days ago)
- Shared Care Scotland's Better Breaks for Third Sector Organisations (70 days ago)
- Mackie’s Charity Grant (70 days ago)
- Have Your Say About Cancer Care and Support (73 days ago)
- Introduction to Restorative Practice (73 days ago)
- Have Your Say: Digital Violence Against Young Women and Girls in Scotland (73 days ago)
- Changing Places Toilets Scotland Fund (77 days ago)
- The Woodroffe Benton Foundation Small Grant Programme (77 days ago)
- Free From Fear Programme (77 days ago)
- Gambling Harms & Carer Positive (77 days ago)
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- Food Champions Training (77 days ago)
- Food Champions Training (77 days ago)
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- Understanding Play Therapy - Foundation Level 1 (10-week course) (79 days ago)
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- Project Mindset – Improve Your Mental Health and Wellbeing (85 days ago)
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- Fife's Trauma Informed Practice Networking Conference (87 days ago)
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- Corra Foundation Alcohol and Drugs Fund - Partnership and Delivery Grants (3 to 6 months ago)
- Social Security Scotland: Changes to Motability Scheme leases (3 to 6 months ago)
- Social Security Scotland: First Year of Pension Age Disability Payment (3 to 6 months ago)
- Fife Parkrun Information Session (3 to 6 months ago)
- NHS 24 Engagement Opportunities for BME, Refugee and Asylum Seeking Backgrounds (3 to 6 months ago)
- Dementia UK: Admiral Nurse Appointments at Nationwide Glenrothes (3 to 6 months ago)
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- Dementia UK: Admiral Nurse Appointments at Nationwide Kirkcaldy (3 to 6 months ago)
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- Scottish Government: Effective Government Policies for Advancing Equality for Women and Girls Report (3 to 6 months ago)
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- Together We Move - A National Campaign Celebrating Movement (3 to 6 months ago)
- Fife Health & Social Care Partnership ILT Development Session (3 to 6 months ago)
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- Substances Support Scotland: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) - 2 day course (3 to 6 months ago)
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- DWP Seek Views to Transform Carers' Allowance (3 to 6 months ago)
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