MVA News
Free Unrestricted Funding With Easyfundraising
MVA hosted an online event today with Becky Coleman at easyfundraising.org.uk. Don’t worry if you missed the session, you can view the recording below: You can download the slides from…
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…
National Lottery Funding – Briefing Blog
MVA recently held a National Lottery Funding Briefing to provide third sector organisations with an update on some changes the National Lottery are making to their funding streams.
ALISS (A Local Information System for Scotland) Training Recording & Recap
We recently held training alongside Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland & Midlothian Council to help organisations in Midlothian learn more about ALISS (A Local Information System for Scotland) and…
A Fresh Start for The Midlothian Climate Action Network – Meet The Team!
The Midlothian Climate Action Hub is delighted to confirm that our staff recruitment is now complete and the community-led Hub Steering Group has been formally elected! Meet The Team The…
Applications open for CMHWB Micro Grant
Are you a community group looking for funding? Year 3 of Midlothian Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for Adults launched in the end of September 2023 distributing over £246…
Success for a Midlothian Climate Action Hub
Members of the Midlothian Climate Action Network are thrilled and making plans to celebrate after the Scottish Government confirmed that their application for grant funding for a staffed Climate Action…
Challenge Poverty Week: Uniting Against Poverty In Midlothian
We are more than halfway through Challenge Poverty Week and we want to highlight what’s been happening in Midlothian to unite against poverty and what we are doing at MVA…
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…
