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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 It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.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 Govanhill Welfare Rights Hub project was funded to support provision of a welfare rights support service to local residents in Govanhill, Scotland’s most ethnically diverse neighbourhood. The service would particularly target residents from the area’s large Roma community, 3-5,000 of whom live in Govanhilll. Clients would be supported firstly to demonstrate their eligibility for benefits providing with expert support to maximise their welfare entitlement.

The project would be delivered by a team of dedicated welfare rights workers supported by dedicated Romanian and Slovakian speaking community development workers, to facilitate engagement and also to bridge deficits in relation to Education, Employment, Health, Housing, social connections and access to local services.

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• Ethnic minority residents are supported to maximise household incomes
• Ethnic minority residents are supported to access educational and economic 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

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 It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.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 BSL Information and Engagement project was funded to support the implementation of the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 in Scotland, focusing on engaging with deaf children and young people aged 10 – 18 years and parents/carers of deaf children and young people.

The intention was to reach families and young people who were already British Sign Language (BSL) users, but would also focus on the promotional aspects of the legislation. This would enable National Deaf Children's Society to reach the vast majority of deaf young people and their families who have never been exposed to BSL and may be experiencing poorer language and life outcomes as a result. It would also promote and raise awareness of BSL as a language within this new market, and work closely with Designated Special Provision (DSP) partners to signpost young people and parents appropriately.

It was intended that National Deaf Children's Society would work to empower young people and families so that they could effectively participate in consultation opportunities brought about by the Act. This would enable them to help shape the BSL National Plan, subsequent authority plans and, more widely, decisions that affect their lives.

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• Deaf children, young people and their parents/carers develop the knowledge and skills required to help shape the future of BSL in Scotland and influence local change.
• Help implement the promotional aspects of the BSL legislation by ensuring parents and carers of newly identified deaf children receive appropriate and timely information about BSL which helps them make genuinely informed choices about the language and communication options that should be available to their child.
• The Deaf Sector Partnership effectively represents the needs and views of deaf young people and parents of deaf children.

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 LGBT Age Project was funded to provide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people over 50, including those coming out later in life, with support, social groups and activities. The voices and experience of older LGBT people would be at the centre of the project, including its work to create a platform to raise awareness of the needs of older LGBT people and promote greater inclusion both within the LGBT community and more widely in services working with older people.

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• Older LGBT people have developed new and improved social connections and relationships leading to improved mental and emotional wellbeing and reduced isolation
• Older LGBT people are more involved in their community and are more able to access and influence services
• Services working with older people are more inclusive and better equipped to respond to the needs of older LGBT people

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 "African representation and participation in all levels of Scottish society" project was intended to employ two staff members to work on tackling the imbalances arising from the lack of representation and poor participation by Africans in all areas of public life in Scotland, and to promote active citizenship and social cohesion, the Council will employ two staff members. They would facilitate the Council’s engagement with the members of the diverse and fragmented African communities as well as relevant institutions and organisations to better understand the nature and extent of the barriers and develop means of mitigating them. They would engage and develop the competencies and confidence that many Africans would require in order to actively and effectively participate and contribute towards Scotland’s social, political and economic future. This is in line with Scotland’s vision “where all play their role in creating a fair and equal Scotland with a common sense of purpose and belonging”. This was not only support the Council’s mission and vision, but was in furtherance of the UN objective of the International Decade of People of African descent.

To achieve the intended outcomes the Council would utilise different tools and methodologies to ascertain the nature and extent of underrepresentation, poor participation in the labour market as well as public life, and identify ways of reducing and overcoming them. They would also engage with key stakeholders to influence and change people's attitudes as well as organisations' policies and create opportunities for Africans leading to a greater array of career and personal choices.

This project work would deliver the following outcomes:

• Africans are empowered, are actively participating and visibly represented in all spheres of public life (political, private and local community structures)
• Improved employability skills and competencies for Africans to better reflect the ethnic diversity in Scottish society
  

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 Skills for New Scots project was funded to enable the Welcoming Association

to help newly arrived migrants and refugees in Edinburgh to find employment or start businesses that match their skills and talents. The project would also help them to build social networks and participate in their local communities. It would achieve this through a focussed programme of activities including workshops, coaching, networking and language support. As a result, migrants and refugees would be more likely to achieve their potential, and the economy, culture and society of Scotland would better reflect the diversity of the people who live in the country.

The specific outcomes to be achieved were:

• Our beneficiaries are more likely to find employment, or set up businesses that make the most of the talents and skills they bring to Scotland.
• Our beneficiaries have developed stronger social networks and are more likely to feel part of, and actively contribute to, their local Edinburgh 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