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The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund initially ran from 2017 to 2020, and was then extended to October 2021 due to the impacts of covid-19. It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund was used to fund projects that would contribute to one or more of four outcomes:

• Discrimination against people who share protected characteristics is reduced and multiple discrimination is addressed so that barriers to participation are reduced.
• People covered by hate crime legislation experience lower levels of hate crime.
• People and communities are supported to participate in and engage with services and civic society; their contribution is recognised, and community cohesion is increased.
• Current imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life, including education and employment are addressed to better reflect our communities

The ‘Gaining Recognised Employment and Training’ project was funded to provide an employability service for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women including: a) sector specific English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes for women who speak English as a second language (six weeks), followed by a placement with a local employer (eight weeks); b) accredited training courses; c) one to one advice on cv writing, application forms, interview skills, etc.

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• Women from BME and Migrant Communities will have increased access to employment through the provision of vocational ESOL classes and supported volunteer placements with local employers
• Women from BME and migrant communities will have improved opportunities to gain qualifications and move towards employment through the provision of accredited training
• Employers in Dundee will become more confident to employ women from BME communities

The Fund was managed on a day to day basis on the Scottish Government’s behalf by Impact Funding Partners initially and then Inspiring Scotland. You can find a Final Progress Update report for the Fund summarising its impacts here: Promoting-Equality-and-Cohesion-Fund-Final-Report-Jan-Sep-2021-for-SG-publication.pdf

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund initially ran from 2017 to 2020, and was then extended to October 2021 due to the impacts of covid-19. It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund was used to fund projects that would contribute to one or more of four outcomes:

• Discrimination against people who share protected characteristics is reduced and multiple discrimination is addressed so that barriers to participation are reduced.
• People covered by hate crime legislation experience lower levels of hate crime.
• People and communities are supported to participate in and engage with services and civic society; their contribution is recognised, and community cohesion is increased.
• Current imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life, including education and employment are addressed to better reflect our communities

The ‘Equalities in Advice’ project was funded to contribute to reducing discrimination against people with protected characteristics by widening access to advice and support. Dundee Citizens Advice Bureau (DCAB) would continue with and develop further targeted out-reach advice clinics in partner agencies that provide services in Dundee for people with protected characteristics such as older persons, people with a disability or long-term health condition, people with mental health issues, and minority ethnic people. As well as out-reach clinics home visits would be offered to people unable to access the main Bureau or out-reach clinics because of a physical or mental health issue. Information, advice and support and where appropriate representation would be provided on any issue, so that people are more informed of their rights and responsibilities, thus enabling them to engage more fully in civic society.

Advice Support Workers told staff the out-reach clinics which would be provided through both open door drop-in or appointments. Home visits would be arranged to suit the person seeking advice. Staff of partner agencies would signpost or refer users of their services to the out-reach or home-visiting advice service. Individuals would also be able to access the service directly without being signposted or referred in.

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• There will be improved access to advice, support and assistance to people with protected characteristics which will assist them to fully engage in civic society
• There will be an improvement in partner agencies ability to meet the wider needs of their service users

The Fund was managed on a day to day basis on the Scottish Government’s behalf by Impact Funding Partners initially and then Inspiring Scotland. You can find a Final Progress Update report for the Fund summarising its impacts here: Promoting-Equality-and-Cohesion-Fund-Final-Report-Jan-Sep-2021-for-SG-publication.pdf

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund initially ran from 2017 to 2020, and was then extended to October 2021 due to the impacts of covid-19. It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund was used to fund projects that would contribute to one or more of four outcomes:

• Discrimination against people who share protected characteristics is reduced and multiple discrimination is addressed so that barriers to participation are reduced.
• People covered by hate crime legislation experience lower levels of hate crime.
• People and communities are supported to participate in and engage with services and civic society; their contribution is recognised, and community cohesion is increased.
• Current imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life, including education and employment are addressed to better reflect our communities

The “Hearts of Govanhill” project was funded to enable the organisation to build on relationships with local people and knowledge of the context which has proven effective in addressing longstanding and emergent tensions between different social groups in the Govanhill area through community interventions that build bridging (social) capital.

The 3 main strands of Hearts of Govanhill were:

• Understanding Each Other (UEO) – a schools outreach project, which by building on links already made with local primary schools would be developed in collaboration and delivered with a focus on Hate Crime;
• Feel Good Women’s Group (FGWG) – continuing the group and related development activities, as a space for women to increase physical and mental health and gain peer support, eventually working towards a dedicated women’s centre space;
• Work with the Roma community – continue to build the capacity of the local Roma community, with a move towards issue-based citizen advocacy to deal with shared issues, the popular Tuesday Evening Drop-in, and developing the activity of the Baking Group.

Additionally, they would continue with:

• Streetwork – a community engagement project;
• Community events – providing opportunities for locals of different cultural backgrounds to come together through shared interest;
• One-to-one support to vulnerable individuals.

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• Local people from ethnically diverse and deprived areas of Govanhill experience fewer barriers and more opportunities to participate in local life.
• People in Govanhill have increased awareness of Hate Crime and the impact of discrimination and experience less discrimination as a result.
• Local people with protected characteristics have increased opportunities to build relationships of trust with others.

The Fund was managed on a day to day basis on the Scottish Government’s behalf by Impact Funding Partners initially and then Inspiring Scotland. You can find a Final Progress Update report for the Fund summarising its impacts here: Promoting-Equality-and-Cohesion-Fund-Final-Report-Jan-Sep-2021-for-SG-publication.pdf

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund initially ran from 2017 to 2020, and was then extended to October 2021 due to the impacts of covid-19. It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund was used to fund projects that would contribute to one or more of four outcomes:

• Discrimination against people who share protected characteristics is reduced and multiple discrimination is addressed so that barriers to participation are reduced.
• People covered by hate crime legislation experience lower levels of hate crime.
• People and communities are supported to participate in and engage with services and civic society; their contribution is recognised, and community cohesion is increased.
• Current imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life, including education and employment are addressed to better reflect our communities

The New Migrants Action Project was funded support work to counter the uncertainty that was facing European Economic Area (EEA) nationals living in Scotland. The project was intended to provide excellent, up-to-date, accessible and impartial advice, information and support on welfare rights, residence rights and housing and homelessness rights. Its service was intended to reach out to otherwise “easy to ignore” EEA nationals to prevent crises of poverty and homelessness as far as possible and tackle crises effectively where they arise.

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• EU nationals, especially Romanian Roma people, will better understand and be more able to assert their welfare rights, maintain tenancies and fulfil their responsibilities.
• EU nationals, especially Romanian Roma people, will better understand and be more able to assert their housing and homelessness rights and fulfil their responsibilities.
• EU nationals, especially Romanian Roma people, will better understand and be more able to assert their UK residency rights.

The Fund was managed on a day to day basis on the Scottish Government’s behalf by Impact Funding Partners initially and then Inspiring Scotland. You can find a Final Progress Update report for the Fund summarising its impacts here: Promoting-Equality-and-Cohesion-Fund-Final-Report-Jan-Sep-2021-for-SG-publication.pdf

Shirley-Anne Somerville: The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund initially ran from 2017 to 2020, and was then extended to October 2021 due to the impacts of covid-19. It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund was used to fund projects that would contribute to one or more of four outcomes:

• Discrimination against people who share protected characteristics is reduced and multiple discrimination is addressed so that barriers to participation are reduced.
• People covered by hate crime legislation experience lower levels of hate crime.
• People and communities are supported to participate in and engage with services and civic society; their contribution is recognised, and community cohesion is increased.
• Current imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life, including education and employment are addressed to better reflect our communities

The Living in Harmony (LiH) project was funded to support Pilton Community Health project to work with local organisations and residents to work towards its vision that ‘residents of north Edinburgh, no matter where they come from or how long they have lived here, feel safe, welcome and valued in our community and are able to access services.’

The project intended to give Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) residents more influence on how local services were delivered and be more represented in civic life by supporting them to have the skills and confidence to share their experiences and expertise with services providers at the LiH forum, and encourage them to work with other community leaders to contribute to local (particularly the small area Local Improvement Plan), city wide and national consultations

Also, organisations would gain a better knowledge and understanding of how to meet the needs of BME residents because they would be provided with opportunities for them to hear from BME residents about their experiences of accessing services and taking part in community life, and provided training and spaces where they could explore how they could improve their practice with respect to including BME residents, other local organisations, residents and expertise from further afield.

Finally, the project intended to give residents more opportunities to share culture and make friendships across cultural boundaries through providing a chat café and other activities where people could meet, eat and share culture and chat, and encourage a broad section of the local community to get involved in organising community events

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• People from BME backgrounds have more influence on how local services are delivered and are more represented in civic life
• Organisations working in north Edinburgh have a better knowledge and understanding of how to meet the needs of BME residents
• Residents have more opportunities to share culture and make friendships across cultural boundaries

The Fund was managed on a day to day basis on the Scottish Government’s behalf by Impact Funding Partners initially and then Inspiring Scotland. You can find a Final Progress Update report for the Fund summarising its impacts here: Promoting-Equality-and-Cohesion-Fund-Final-Report-Jan-Sep-2021-for-SG-publication.pdf

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund initially ran from 2017 to 2020, and was then extended to October 2021 due to the impacts of covid-19. It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund was used to fund projects that would contribute to one or more of four outcomes:

• Discrimination against people who share protected characteristics is reduced and multiple discrimination is addressed so that barriers to participation are reduced.
• People covered by hate crime legislation experience lower levels of hate crime.
• People and communities are supported to participate in and engage with services and civic society; their contribution is recognised, and community cohesion is increased.
• Current imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life, including education and employment are addressed to better reflect our communities

The “STAR Project” was funded to provide emergency humanitarian and integration assistance to vulnerable asylum seekers in Glasgow. There were three aspects to the work:

1. Providing asylum support to individuals facing immediate crisis (particularly destitution) coming through our Triage clinic.

2. Providing more in-depth and specialist casework support and advocacy

3. Gathering an effective evidence base

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• The impact of crisis facing individual asylum seekers will be mitigated, enabling people to experience fewer barriers to participation
• Information will be collected and shared, and key advocacy points developed, to work together with other key stakeholders towards a longer term solution

The Fund was managed on a day to day basis on the Scottish Government’s behalf by Impact Funding Partners initially and then Inspiring Scotland. You can find a Final Progress Update report for the Fund summarising its impacts here: Promoting-Equality-and-Cohesion-Fund-Final-Report-Jan-Sep-2021-for-SG-publication.pdf

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund initially ran from 2017 to 2020, and was then extended to October 2021 due to the impacts of covid-19. It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund was used to fund projects that would contribute to one or more of four outcomes:

• Discrimination against people who share protected characteristics is reduced and multiple discrimination is addressed so that barriers to participation are reduced.
• People covered by hate crime legislation experience lower levels of hate crime.
• People and communities are supported to participate in and engage with services and civic society; their contribution is recognised, and community cohesion is increased.
• Current imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life, including education and employment are addressed to better reflect our communities

The Economic Barriers and Community Cohesion project was funded to support Grampian Regional Equality Council’s work with partners to better understand and address inequalities faced by ethnic minority groups in employment by tackling and removing specific barriers. It will work with community groups and workers to engage with ethnic minority groups in regeneration areas with the aim of improving community cohesion and access to services (particularly English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) & employability).

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• There are effective mechanisms to gather, analyse, disseminate and use ethnicity & employment data to influence policy & practice and improve equal representation of ethnic minorities in employment in the North East of Scotland
• There is improved community cohesion and access to services and employment in target areas (Tillydrone, Torry and Fraserburgh)

The Fund was managed on a day to day basis on the Scottish Government’s behalf by Impact Funding Partners initially and then Inspiring Scotland. You can find a Final Progress Update report for the Fund summarising its impacts here: Promoting-Equality-and-Cohesion-Fund-Final-Report-Jan-Sep-2021-for-SG-publication.pdf

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund initially ran from 2017 to 2020, and was then extended to October 2021 due to the impacts of covid-19. It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund was used to fund projects that would contribute to one or more of four outcomes:

• Discrimination against people who share protected characteristics is reduced and multiple discrimination is addressed so that barriers to participation are reduced.
• People covered by hate crime legislation experience lower levels of hate crime.
• People and communities are supported to participate in and engage with services and civic society; their contribution is recognised, and community cohesion is increased.
• Current imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life, including education and employment are addressed to better reflect our communities

The Men in Childcare project was funded to support national media advertising of college based SQA certificated training courses, that would help encourage men to consider childcare as a career. It would support the offer of SQA level 6 qualifications to encourage better parenting and an awareness of the importance of Play and Child Development. Through HNC qualification the number of men working in Early Years settings would increase, providing a more gender balanced workplace. The project would also promote the importance of fathers’ involvement with their child from birth.

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• Men in Childcare will increase the number of men entering the childcare workforce, by recruiting male students to a free of charge College based SQA Certificated Training Course.
• Men in Childcare to advise a network of employers in the Early Years Sector on positive effect gender balance in the workforce
• Men in Childcare will promote awareness of the need for more Father friendly Early Years environments throughout Scotland, in keeping with the National Parenting Strategy and the principles of Getting it Rights for Every Child (GIRFEC)

The Fund was managed on a day to day basis on the Scottish Government’s behalf by Impact Funding Partners initially and then Inspiring Scotland. You can find a Final Progress Update report for the Fund summarising its impacts here: Promoting-Equality-and-Cohesion-Fund-Final-Report-Jan-Sep-2021-for-SG-publication.pdf

Shirley-Anne Somerville: The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund initially ran from 2017 to 2020, and was then extended to October 2021 due to the impacts of covid-19. It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund was used to fund projects that would contribute to one or more of four outcomes:

• Discrimination against people who share protected characteristics is reduced and multiple discrimination is addressed so that barriers to participation are reduced.
• People covered by hate crime legislation experience lower levels of hate crime.
• People and communities are supported to participate in and engage with services and civic society; their contribution is recognised, and community cohesion is increased.
• Current imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life, including education and employment are addressed to better reflect our communities

The Govanhill Law Centre project was funded to enable Govanhill Law Centre to continue to provide free, holistic and confidential legal support to the residents of Govanhill to tackle discrimination, fight rogue landlords and substandard living conditions, support the people to engage and participate with the service, improve community cohesion and to assist in addressing the current imbalances in public life with particular focus on the Roma and Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) population within the community.

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• To improve the living conditions within the Govanhill area of Glasgow, with emphasis on the private rented sector and the treatment of the Roma and BME population, and to prevent people being made homeless.
• To improve the health and well-being of the Roma and BME population of Govanhill by maximising their income, enforcing their rights and tackling unmet legal needs
• More BME clients access our advice and legal services. To continue building on the trust we have built up within the community and to work with key services to improve the health and well-being of the people of Govanhill.

The Fund was managed on a day to day basis on the Scottish Government’s behalf by Impact Funding Partners initially and then Inspiring Scotland. You can find a Final Progress Update report for the Fund summarising its impacts here: Promoting-Equality-and-Cohesion-Fund-Final-Report-Jan-Sep-2021-for-SG-publication.pdf

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund initially ran from 2017 to 2020, and was then extended to October 2021 due to the impacts of covid-19. It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.

The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund was used to fund projects that would contribute to one or more of four outcomes:

• Discrimination against people who share protected characteristics is reduced and multiple discrimination is addressed so that barriers to participation are reduced.
• People covered by hate crime legislation experience lower levels of hate crime.
• People and communities are supported to participate in and engage with services and civic society; their contribution is recognised, and community cohesion is increased.
• Current imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life, including education and employment are addressed to better reflect our communities

The ‘Open Door Project’ was funded to enable Sikh Sanjog to support women into employability by developing life/work skills. The project would create training opportunities through a Social Enterprise Community Café, deliver a strengthened programme of community outreach in support of vulnerable and culturally disadvantaged women, and provide in-depth cultural insight and sharing of good practice across agencies statutory and voluntary to help shape future policy decisions.

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• Sikh Women are supported to participate and engage in civic life and are more active in their local community. They will gain employability status, be empowered and have their ‘voices’ heard
• We will influence service provision and policy decision makers of high level local Government and NGOs listed below who are integral to developing policies which will benefit ethnic communities in particular women from the settled Sikh community.
• 25 individuals who access Sikh Sanjog’s holistic therapy service will have improved confidence, well-being and increased opportunities.

The Fund was managed on a day to day basis on the Scottish Government’s behalf by Impact Funding Partners initially and then Inspiring Scotland. You can find a Final Progress Update report for the Fund summarising its impacts here: Promoting-Equality-and-Cohesion-Fund-Final-Report-Jan-Sep-2021-for-SG-publication.pdf