SEAM News
Charity Law Changes: What You Need To Know
The Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Act 2023 introduces important updates to Scottish charity law. We’ve summarised the most significant updates and how charities in Midlothian can prepare.
Changes to the PVG Scheme: Are You Prepared?
Disclosure Scotland will be implementing the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 from April 1 2025 onwards. This includes making changes to Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme memberships. Below we have highlighted…
Midlothian Charities Call on UK Government to Reimburse NI Increases
Recent announcements from the UK Budget have raised extreme concern over the impact on charities and community groups across Midlothian. The increase in employer’s NICs from 13.8% to 15% is…
Scottish Government proposes charges for volunteers’ PVGs.
What’s Happening? Disclosure Scotland has opened a proposal to introduce fees for volunteering. They plan to remove the current fee waiver and apply a fee of £28 for volunteers to…
Community Climate Action Project
Midlothian Council has set a target of reaching Net Zero by 2030. We are living in a Climate Emergency and it’s imperative that we all take a role, big or…
Midlothian Third Sector faces devastating cuts
Midlothian council are facing a projected budget gap for 2023/24 is £14.481 million rising to a projected £26.575 million by 2027/28. The current proposal of budget cuts includes; the removal…
Anam Cara – Empowering and Supporting Women
Anam Cara is a charity run by women, for women, in East and Midlothian. They offer a programme of workshops aimed at empowering and supporting women to improve their wellbeing…
MAEDT Really Makes It
MAEDT is a community development trust dedicated to creating opportunities and improving outcomes for the local community of Mayfield and Easthouses. A key value of the Trust is to work…
Bonnyrigg Rose Community Football Club: Championing Football and Mental Health
Bonnyrigg Rose Community FC (CFC) is a football club that is gaining recognition for its work championing mental health and wellbeing in Midlothian. As such, it was one of four…
Resist potential cuts to third sector budgets
We are once again concerned that there will be cuts to third sector budgets by statutory funders. We wish to strongly resist this, and we are keen to make sure…
TSI Statement on the Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
We were deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the afternoon of Thursday 8th September 2022. The Queen dedicated her life to serving…
Midlothian: Shared Prosperity Fund Recording
If you missed our event about the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the proposed grants programme for Midlothian you can now watch the full video recording here:
