Undiscovered Speyside

Could you improve your community?

Do you have an idea that will help make your area a better place & help the Moray economy?
Do you need £200 to £4,000 to put your idea into action?

If your answer is YES then ‘Money £or Moray’ is the opportunity for you to make your project happen.**

Application forms are now available via the website www.moneyformoray.org

Hard copies can be obtained by telephoning 01343 843025 (leave a message).

Deadline for applications is 5.00 p.m. Friday 3rd November 2017

This is a great opportunity for your area!

**Groups with projects based in the towns of Elgin, Keith, Lossiemouth, Forres or Buckie are ineligible to apply.

However, if a group is based in one of these towns and the project is outwith the town area you may apply for this funding.

If you need information or assistance with the application please contact::

enquiries@moneyformoray.org

www.moneyformoray.org


Anita - 01343 842289;

Linda - 01542 850383

Alastair - 01343 547352

Andrea - 01340 871745

PROPOSED changes to UK Parliament constituencies could see Moray’s constituency boundary extending to include Nairn.

The Boundary Commission for Scotland today published its revised proposals for UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland as part of its 2018 review. An eight-week public consultation exercise on the proposals has begun, finishing on 11 December.

The UK Parliament has decided to reduce the number of constituencies from 650 to 600. In Scotland this means that 59 constituencies will be reduced to 53. The suggested changes to Moray’s boundary remain unchanged from the Commission’s initial proposals.

Comments on the revised proposals can be made on the Commission’s consultation portal at www.bcs2018.org.uk, by email to bcs@scottishboundaries.gov.uk, or in writing to the Boundary Commission for Scotland, Thistle House, 91 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5HD.

All comments should be submitted by 11 December 2017, after which the Commission will finalise its recommendations and submit these to the Secretary of State for Scotland, with the resulting constituencies to be used in the General Election in May 2020

Community groups in Moray are set to get a cash boost next year. Following on from the success of the first Money for Moray participatory budgeting project earlier in 2016, the Money for Moray Working Group are pleased to announce a new funding stream that will open for applications early in the New Year.

£40,000 in total will be available, funded through the Scottish Government’s Community Choices scheme, for projects that voluntary community groups put forward to tackle social isolation in Moray. Ideas for projects could include those that tackle some of the causes of social isolation, including lack of access to services, accessible transport issues, loneliness and low income levels.

Groups will be able to apply once for a maximum of £4,000 and application forms will be available from 5th January 2017, with applications closing on 10th February. Applicant groups who meet the criteria will be asked to make a short presentation to the public at an event to be held in late March 2017.

Alastair Kennedy of the Money for Moray Working Group encouraged groups across Moray to apply: “Here is an opportunity to progress what may as yet be an idea and take it to fruition, to help relieve the awful effects of social isolation which are found across Scotland. That idea, if firmed up and taken to application stage, may at least make a difference to Moray folk who find themselves in this unenviable position. What`s to lose by applying?”

Further details on the scheme, including how to apply, will be available in early January.

Participatory budgeting is now being used across Scotland in around two-thirds of local authority areas, as a means of communities making democratic decisions about funding for themselves. Money for Moray is the first such scheme to be run by a working group consisting solely of volunteers, who come from community councils, area forums, village halls and community associations across Moray.

The Money for Moray Working Group ran a successful participatory budgeting scheme in 2016, culminating in two public events in May and June, allocating £120,000 of funds to 34 projects that will benefit the local economy of rural areas in Moray.

Contact:

enquiries@moneyformoray.org

www.moneyformoray.org


Tel: Anita Milne 01343 842289;

Linda McDonald 01542 850383

Following our successful Creative & Caring Moray seminar Oct 2012 - I am pleased to be able to launch the ‘Creative & Caring Moray Community Development Small Grants Fund’.

This fund sets out to stimulate the development of new community initiatives that utilise the participatory arts and creativity in health & social care. Participation in the arts & creativity have the ability to transform lives and contribute to improved health and social care outcomes for individuals and communities.

The closing date for applications is noon Monday 18th February 2013.

Steven McCluskey
Strategic Manager - Health Improvement (Moray Council)
Choose-Life Co-ordinator (Moray)
Tel: 01343 567188
Email: steve.mccluskey@moray.gov.uk
Moray Community Health & Social Care Partnership
Spynie Hospital, Duffus Road, Elgin - IV30 5PW

Click here for application form

Click here for the guide to applying

Dear Community Member
Thank you for participating in Moray Council’s budget consultation exercise. The feedback we have received has been extremely helpful and is being considered as part of the budget-setting process currently underway.
Two documents listing all the responses received can be found by clicking the following link:

http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_84123.html

Kind Regards
Ian Todd
Community Support Unit Manager

The Scottish Government analysis report from the consultation on the proposed Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill.

Click here to read the 179 page PDF document.(1.8mb)

 

The Community Leadership Project (CLP) aims to develop a new generation of role models and leaders from Scotland’s multicultural communities, with particular reference to black and minority ethnic (BME). It aims to “Entice & Excite” participants to get involved in Scotland’s outdoor environment, develop their skills, competence in engaging people to enjoy, learn about and protect our natural environment.
It’s the opportunity of a lifetime… and a fantastic way to start developing a career in outdoor leadership or environmental action!

Click HERE to read the information on this project (pdf document).
Click HERE to read the training schedule (pdf document).
Click HERE to open the application form for download (pdf document).

 

A top award has been presented to Dufftown in Bloom by Scotland’s leading charity for the environment in recognition of efforts to improve the local community.

The award was made by the charity Keep Scotland Beautiful at a ceremony in Motherwell on Tuesday (11 September 2012).

The prestigious Beautiful Scotland award ceremony, this year hosted by North Lanarkshire Council, is the climax of a year of continuous work by local people throughout Scotland who have worked hard to successfully transform their local environments.

First time entrant in the national Beautiful Scotland competition, Dufftown in Bloom won the Community Horticultural Award and a Silver Gilt medal certificate.

During the past year, Dufftown in Bloom volunteers have not only filled the streets and green spaces with colourful hanging baskets and planters, but they were commended by the judges for their polytunnel, soup and sweet fundraiser, and the planting of sustainable and pollinating plants around the outskirts of the village.

Dufftown in Bloom was competing with 52 communities from across Scotland in the 2012 Beautiful Scotland competition and was visited by highly-experienced judges during a national tour in July and August.

Derek Robertson, Chief Executive of Keep Scotland Beautiful, said: “Beautiful Scotland, a campaign run by Keep Scotland Beautiful, celebrates the work of communities, from whole cities to villages, who pull together to improve and enhance their local areas. Through floral enhancement, community participation, and taking responsibility for tackling the criminal activity of littering and dog fouling, this Beautiful Scotland group is making a massive difference to Moray and our country.

“The awards presented at this ceremony go some way to recognising all the endless hours which volunteers and local authorities put in throughout the year to ensure that visitors and local community members are able to enjoy clean, green and sustainable surroundings.”