Voluntary Action Fund: Race Equality Integration and Community Support Fund

Examples of funded projects

PATH (Scotland)

PATH (Scotland) exists to tackle the under-representation of Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in Housing and Social Work. The funding PATH have received has enabled us to run a leadership programme which will assist BME Communities to progress into management positions - reducing barriers to employment and development.

Gypsy/Traveller Education and Information Project North East

This organisation is working with the Gypsy Traveller community and agencies in Grampian to increase Gypsies/Travellers access to public services and to provide authorised halting sites. They are also supporting this community to articulate their concerns to the public bodies as well as helping to raise awareness of these issues in a more positive way than in the past.

Race Equality Integration and Community Support Fund

PLEASE NOTE THIS SCHEME IS NOW CLOSED

The Scottish Executive intends the Race Equality, Integration and Community Support fund to provide a dynamic and accountable funding framework to help tackle race equality issues across Scotland and help deliver concrete improvements for all Scotland’s communities- minority and majority. Resources have been targeted where the need is greatest. Projects funded are providing a powerful mechanism to deliver lasting change to the face of race equality across Scotland.

The Fund has the following key goals

Eliminating racial inequality and disadvantage
Combating racism and racist crime
Driving up public sector performance on race equality and improving access to and benefit from public services
Fostering integration and promoting dialogue and understanding between communities
Developing the awareness and capacity of both majority and minority communities to engage with this agenda, to tackle racism and promote race equality
Developing the organisational capacity of the Minority Ethnic (ME) voluntary sector and promoting closer working with mainstream services
Improving the provision of services and support to minority ethnic communities

All projects funded met at least one of these key goals and as a portfolio contribute collectively to the delivery of these goals.

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