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GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · Nov 20

Hi, Blue Sky-ers and welcome new followers! 🎉
We're GCVS - Glasgow's Council for the Voluntary Sector -here to support and champion community groups and voluntary organisations so they can thrive and support local communities. #Glasgow is home, but we also offer services across the rest of Scotland!

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GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 20h

Yesterday, we co-hosted a No Wrong Door #ChallengePoverty event with Cabinet Sec. Shirley Anne Somerville. Huge thanks to all the organisations who joined to help ensure every #Glasgow family has access to life’s essentials 👏🏽🏠

Read more: gcvs.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Shirley Anne Sommerville and Councillor Richard Bell next to an event banner

people around the table, with Shirley Anne Sommerville listening

busy table discussions at Glasgow city chambers

GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 2d

Pick of 6!😍Here are just a small selection of the amazing charities and organisations in #Glasgow who are tackling poverty, and helping to provide #LifesEssentials

#ChallengePovertyWeek

Want to recommend a service you love in Glasgow? Please share below.

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GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 2d

🥰Delighted to meet our #Glasgow partners today to highlight Paid Work Placements for people they support.

Now in its third phase, the PWP programme is a powerful example of partnership working that's offering meaningful, life-changing opportunities - especially on #ChallengePoverty Week!

people looking at printed job descriptions ad chatting around a table

group gathered around a long boardroom - a TV at the far end is playing a short film

Paid Work placement leads, Cairne and Jennifer laughing and chatting with attendees

GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 4d

Find events online, and in your area, during #CPW2025 from @povertyalliance.org 🫶

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The Poverty Alliance @povertyalliance.org · 20d

❓ How are you getting to #Edinburgh on #25Oct?
🚌 Now is the time to book your transport to get to the march for all of us! The #ScotlandDemandsBetter travel bursary is now open - and can cover up to 80% of your coach hire costs!
👉 www.scotland-demands-better.com/travel-bursary

Get help to pay for your bus. Travel bursary now open! Scotland Demands Better. The march for all of us. Edinburgh. 25 October. scotland-demands-better.com

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GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 4d

📢Its #ChallengePovertyWeek and in Glasgow, we’re working together for a fairer city where no one is held back by poverty.

Our blog highlights:
- No Wrong Door Network
- #Glasgow's Child Poverty Programme
- Social prescribing & holistic support
- Community voice & lived experience

✨ bit.ly/3IQ55ui

Blue Challenge Poverty graphic says we're raising our voice to challenge poverty

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GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 7d

“The banter is great as it makes me laugh and forget my woes.... I now freely talk about my wife, I lost her two years ago, which I could never have done six months ago.”

🥰Thank you MENSELF + for sharing the impact of projects helped by
#GlasgowWellbeingFund - now open at https://bit.ly/3XQsvod

Yoga class in Menself+'s Glasgow community centre

GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 14d

Proud to join the Whole Family Support event with the #Glasgow Child Poverty Programme, sharing third sector learning on early intervention.

💡 Collaboration is a powerful tool
🤝 Shifting power to families & frontline staff
🌱 Embedding learning & wellbeing

#WholeFamilySupport #ChildPoverty

John Swinney on stage opening the Whole Family Support event

A diagram of holistic family support principles

GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 15d

We're closed Friday - Monday for the September Weekend! (Not that we're excited or anything😜).

In the meantime, please visit our website gcvs.org.uk for more info on our support and what's coming up. We'll be back, refreshed, on Tuesday 30th September!

Blue sky above Glasgow tenements behind an autumnal tree with its leaves turning orange and red

GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 15d

💫Our fifth workshop with University of Strathclyde today, recapping knowledge shared so far and helping organisations take forward their research ideas! Watch this space for resources and tools coming from these sessions. 🥰

Illustrator drawing an event report at the workshop. The illustration is titled Connecting for Impact, and records the key event topics

Introduction from the team opening the workshop from the front of the room

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COPE Scotland @copescotland.bsky.social · 17d

Do you volunteer or support people in Glasgow who are volunteering then this wee workshop during #selfcareweek may be of interest to share www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kindness-c... @glasgowcvs.bsky.social @volunteerglasgow.bsky.social @whatsonglasgow.bsky.social @menmatterscotland.bsky.social

Kindness Counts workshop

A gentle reminder to those who are kind to others to be kind to yourself too.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks to everyone for their questions today 💙

GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 20d

🤝A warm welcome to GCVS members and former First Minister, Humza Yousaf MSP in #Glasgow this morning! Great to discuss ideas and gather insights on campaign planning into the next election.

Humza Yousaf speaking to audience of voluntary sector organisations

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · 21d

Our #ArtRoots programme is now open for funding applications 📢

ArtRoots offers grants of up to £6,000 to enable communities to produce art projects along their local, traffic-free #NationalCycleNetwork routes 🎨

Just like this one in Dumbarton 👇

More: buff.ly/qMgq1n1

A storage container painted with a mural of a kingfisher by a river,. The container is sitting in front of two high rise blocks of flats.

Close up of a storage contained painted with a mural of a heron by a river.

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Close the Gap @closethegap.org.uk · 22d

Our Programme Officer Collett O'Connor recently wrote a guest blog for @thre-equal.bsky.social

As part of their Good Practice Library, she discusses why violence against women is a workplace issue and what steps employers can take to drive change.

📖 Read it here:

Are We Equally Safe at Work? Close the Gap on Violence Against Women and the Workplace - THRE

Third Sector Human Rights & Equalities

thre.org.uk

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GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 22d

New drugs counselling service in #Glasgow on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursday evenings👇

GCA - Glasgow Council on Alcohol @thegca.bsky.social · 23d

New Drugs Counselling Service in Glasgow 💬
Support for anyone affected by cocaine or cannabis—your own use or a loved one’s.
Sessions with counsellor Rachel | Mon, Wed & Thu evenings | Affordable rates.
🔗 www.gcadrugscounselling.co.uk

#Glasgow #Counselling #MentalHealth

GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 23d

👋Please find all the information you need, including contact details for support at:
gcvs.org.uk/project/glas...

The Glasgow Wellbeing Fund - GCVS

The Glasgow Wellbeing Fund provides small grants to support adult mental wellbeing projects across the city

gcvs.org.uk

GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 23d

📢Now Open, the #GlasgowWellbeingFund supports community projects with grants up to £10,500. Successful projects will be those that promote good mental health and wellbeing for adults 16+, with a focus on early intervention.

👉Visit our website for:
- Guidance and FAQs
- Support Video
- FAQ Sessions

collage of pictures showing community projects, including those supported in Glasgow to promote wellbeing

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GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 24d

New! Our HR Advice service now supports you with #DataProtection

📚 We’ll help you understand your legal duties, create policies, and handle subject access requests. Get in touch, or
check out our Data Protection Training on 2nd October: bit.ly/4n1TUxg

#GDPR #HRSupport

A pink box says data protection training to the left. On the right are a collage of pics of the HR support team at GCVS

GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 28d

Joining us next Friday to meet with former First Minister Humza Yousaf? He'll be sharing insights and answering your questions on what really influences politicians and policy as we look ahead to next year's elections in Scotland.

See you next Friday morning!
[email protected]

Humza Yousaf smiling at a conference. To the left are 3 key questions: what captures politician's attention? How can charities amplify their message? What approaches help shape policy change?

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GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 28d

#GlasgowClimateAction Network event🌱
Thu 18 Sept | 10am–1pm
26 Civic St, Glasgow

Workshops (inc.Verture’s Community Climate Adaptation Routemap), group discussions, and delicious lunch!

Open to members and groups sharing our vision:
form.jotform.com/251761934645...

#CommunityClimate

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Carers Scotland @carersscotland.bsky.social · 29d

Are you a professional working with people who provide unpaid care?

The University of Strathclyde would like you to take part in a survey researching the needs of unpaid carers.
Find out more and get involved here: strathsci.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Media Trust @mediatrust.bsky.social · 29d

Want skilled professionals knocking on your door to volunteer? Your posting makes all the difference! 🔥

Join our FREE webinar on Wednesday 24 September to discover how to create volunteer roles that grab attention and inspire action.

Book your space:
https://shorturl.at/X6chA

A person, crouching on the floor, using their laptop and making notes on sticky paper

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GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 29d

We're delighted this programme is open again for organisations to apply - although spaces are limited. Find out more at gcvs.org.uk/project/paid...

Paid Work Placements - Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector

Paid work placements are about helping to build new routes to employment in Glasgow. Organisations can be funded to provide opportunities

gcvs.org.uk

GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social · 29d

📽️Want to strengthen your team and support your community? Host a #PaidWorkPlacement and bring new skills, ideas, and energy into your organisation.

Amanda shares the difference her placement made:
▶️ youtu.be/TXnBk30UVqI

Amanda's new job makes a real difference, through Paid Work Placements

YouTube video by Glasgow CVS

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