Enabling, Facilitating, Championing

The Third Sector Resilience Fund (TSRF) is a £20 million emergency fund for third sector organisations in Scotland. It is part of a £350m support package for the sector in Scotland in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. 

The fund will support organisations across the third sector who are at risk of closure due to a sharp decrease in income or that are unable to deliver their services during this difficult period.

Dear community and voluntary groups,

We know that these are difficult times and that many of you have been working very hard to make sure that the vulnerable people in your communities continue to be supported.

Following on from last night’s announcement by the Prime Minister and the First Minister we now need your ongoing help and assistance in supporting the needs of your local communities. 

We will very shortly provide information on how you can to do this safely by following the guidance you will be given.

Voluntary Action South Lanarkshire are following all government advice on how to respond to the coronavirus (Covid-19) situation, we will keep the Third Sector and stakeholders informed of any changes in our working practices and services.

In line with this advice, as of Friday 20th March 2020 we introducing a ‘Work from Home’ model until further notice. Our staff have been provided with the necessary infrastructure to ensure that we can maintain support and contact with South Lanarkshire’s Third Sector and our partners.

Over recent days we have seen a sharp increase in the number of COVID-19 cases within Lanarkshire. It is our priority that everyone in our community remains safe and is aware of the advice and guidelines provided by the Scottish Government, NHS and the Local Authority.

As it currently stands we are being asked by the Scottish Government to remain at home and only leave our homes for essentials:

It has come to that time of year again when we are asking you to think about the important volunteers and organisations who work hard for and within the community of South Lanarkshire.

We are asking you to send in nominations for our 6 categories. The awards aim to recognise the wide, varied and vital work carried out by the third sector on a daily basis.

Here are the categories:

Young Volunteer Award

contactSCOTLAND-BSL is Scotland's nationally funded (Scottish Government) online British Sign Language (BSL)  interpreting video relay service (VRS). The service is delivered by Sign Language Interactions on behalf of the Scottish Government.

THIRD SECTOR INTEGRATED CARE FUND NOTICE:

Please be advised that a decision has been taken to extend the deadline for applications to the Integrated Care Fund from 6th to the 23rd of December. 

Following this the appraisal and decision making process will follow as scheduled in the guidance. 

The Third Sector Integrated Care Fund originally issued during 2016 is now seeking to attract applications from Third Sector providers for the period April 2020 - end March 2022.

Voluntary Action South Lanarkshire are passionate about working with others to improve the lives of children, young people, families and communities and about making South Lanarkshire’s Third Sector among the best in Scotland.  This requires that we have a more active strategic role between public and Third Sector stakeholders and to assist us in meeting this cha

NHS Lanarkshire is inviting people in Lanarkshire to come along and talk about what realistic medicine means to them.

Realistic medicine is a national approach to healthcare which puts patients at the centre of decisions made about their treatment.

NHS Lanarkshire will hold two events where people can find out more about how realistic medicine is being delivered in Lanarkshire and give their views about what is important to them.