Enabling, Facilitating, Championing

Through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), VASLan have commissioned Inspirent to run a training programme for local Social Enterprises. 

The VASLan Business Growth Programme  is designed for Social Enterprises in South Lanarkshire that either 1. Own or manage premises or 2. Are involved in, or have recently been successful with, the Community Asset Transfer process. 

The programme starts in January 2025, is fully funded and limited to 12 places to ensure personalised support. 

The Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for Adults (CMHWF) is now open for applications. 

Click here to go to our Fund website for further details and the application links. 

Should you require any support in completing your application please contact the office or a Development Officer within your locality. Email office@vaslan.org.uk or call 01698 300390. 

The finalists of this year's Third Sector Awards have been announced. 

Tejesh Mistry from Voluntary Action Scotland has announced all the finalists in our latest video. Watch here or visit this page to see the full list. 

On Friday 20th September, we hosted our Annual General Meeting in Lesmahagow. 

It was a well attended event, with many VASLan members supporting local social enterprises in our marketplace pop-up before a networking lunch. We wished farewell to John Cassidy, who retired from our Board and welcomed a new Trustee, Lee Johnstone.

You can watch the highlights and hear from our Chair here. 

Did you miss our online information sessions about Year 4 of the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund? Don't worry, you can watch it back on our YouTube channel. Click here to watch.

The Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for Adults will open for applications on 30th September 2024. Please visit this page for the latest updates and key information. 

We are pleased that the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund For Adults is returning for Year 4. We will be sharing more details soon, with the hope of opening applications in September. 

If you want to find out more about this Fund, come along to our free online information sessions:

We are pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the 2024 South Lanarkshire Third Sector Awards. You will be able to nominate your local champions until Friday 16th August at 12 noon.

We were so excited to launch the co-produced #KeepTheBeatAlive campaign at our launch event on Thursday 25th April. 

Hosted at Strathaven Town Mill, we premiered four blockbuster films featuring 7 local third sector organisations. With over 70 more being involved in the campaign Impact Report. Five local and national decision makers also joined us for a live Q&A session to discuss how we can work together to meet the campaign's 3 main asks: 1. Recognise our value 2. Be smarter about funding 3. Meaningfully engage with us. 

We are happy to share details of upcoming Third Sector Locality Network taking place in Spring 2024. See below: 

Clydesdale - facilitated by Clydesdale Community Initiatives (CCI) and Healthy Valleys 

As 2023 comes to a close, we want to share an update on our current managed funds. We have three funds open for applications (as of 5th December 2023).