@corrascot

Corra Foundation is a Scottish grant-making charity that is about strengthening and amplifying people’s voices and their power to make change.

 Scotland, United Kingdom
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A message to notify followers that Corra will no longer be posting on X. Please keep up-to-date with us via our LinkedIn, Bluesky, Facebook & Instagram channels. Our monthly email bulletin is also a great way to hear from us, including when funds open⬇️ ow.ly/WXmN50UWL3t

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Excited to be back at #SCVOGathering! 🌟Competition time! 🌟On the Corra stall, we have an opportunity for delegates to win one of 5 x £50 donations to a registered charity, by telling us on a postcard what community leadership means to them. Come say hello – we are stall 59👋
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We’re just been @eicc to set up our stall for the #SCVOGathering. We’re so excited to see you tomorrow & Wednesday where our super helpful Corra team will be on stall 59 👋🏽. Come chat to us especially on all things community leadership because we’re doing 📣 #AnswersOnAPostcard
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Brilliant new funding opportunity opening next week from @cemvoscot and @TNLComFundScot 👏🙌 The Ethnic Minority Development Fund (EMDF) is available to ethnic minority-led, 3rd-sector orgs in Scotland. Grants of £500 - £15,000. Open 12 Feb ⬇️
CEMVO Scotland@cemvoscot29 Jan 2025
CEMVO is launching the EMDF on 9am 12th FEB! Apply on our website: cemvoscotland.org.uk/emdf 🗓 Deadline:5pm 14/04/2025 📧[email protected] 📞0141 2484830 #EMDF #SupportEthnicMinorityLedGroups #Ethnicminoritygrants #Ethnicminority #Funding #Scottishethnicminoritycommunities
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When does getting “upstream” work well as discussed by Tejesh Mistry @MistryTej @VHSComms  Lorraine Gilles who is Associate at @planetyouthscot and Katie Weavers  @Edinburgh_CC  & Gordon McLean @corrascot #povertyprevention #community
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#SCVOGathering is next week! Delighted to be back as an exhibitor at the Gathering 2025. 👋Come and find us on stall 59, Tues 4th & Wed 5th Feb @eicc. We'll be chatting about all things funding & community. Book your free places now: scvo.scot/the-gathering/even…

Programme of events at the Gathering - SCVO

Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

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New funding to improve lives for people with learning disabilities 👥 Scottish third sector organisations can apply for grants of between £75,000 and £250.000. Deadline: 26 February 2025. Find out more and how to apply 👇 tinyurl.com/mry5yuhc
Graphic with text and a photo of four people outdoors, smiling and looking into the camera. Heading text: New funding to improve lives for people with learning disabilities. Logo with a yellow background says Learning Disability Support Fund. Bullet points: The fund will run from October 2025 to March 2028; The total award per organisation will be £75,000 – £250,000 over the award period. At the bottom an icon of a calendar and clock with a textbox saying Application deadline: Wednesday 26 February 2025.

ALT Graphic with text and a photo of four people outdoors, smiling and looking into the camera. Heading text: New funding to improve lives for people with learning disabilities. Logo with a yellow background says Learning Disability Support Fund. Bullet points: The fund will run from October 2025 to March 2028; The total award per organisation will be £75,000 – £250,000 over the award period. At the bottom an icon of a calendar and clock with a textbox saying Application deadline: Wednesday 26 February 2025.

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Happy Lunar New Year to all celebrating 🐍🎉
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Time and Space@timeandspace310 Jan 2025
Super excited about our amazing #Safety exhibition in GoMA!! The project was funded by @TNLUK #AwardsForAll We will also be distributing our fab zines through the exhibition. The zine project was funded by @corrascot #HenryDuncanAwards #GoMAdWithUs
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We want to see a Scotland where people, families and communities can thrive and not be trapped in cycles of poverty and trauma. Applications for Small and Large Grants through the theme of Nurturing Relationships close this Friday, at 12 noon ⤵️ therobertsontrust.org.uk/new…
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Brilliant round-up of some of the learning from projects funded through the #KeepThePromise fund, following a showcase event held last month with @ThePromiseScot ⭐️
The Promise Scotland@ThePromiseScot16 Jan 2025
The Promise Partnership Showcase was held last month to spotlight projects funded through @corrascot Promise Partnership Keeping the Promise Fund. Organisations from across🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿shared learning & highlighted change happening to #KeepThePromise. Learn more: ow.ly/kEEH50UErgr
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Working together for change with @corrascot. Great work is being done to advance racial justice, children's rights & tackle homelessness through rights-based, anti-racism approaches. Let’s share insights to improve grant-making & drive impact. ✨
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Corra has been strengthening its response to the climate emergency - part of this has been becoming a carbon literate organisation. New blog from Grants/Green Team member @MatthewCorra on our recent work w/ @Carbon_Literacy ow.ly/n65150UJxi3 #carbonliteracy 🥬🌎🍃

Carbon literate organisation: Corra's journey to a bronze award

Becoming a Carbon Literate Organisation: Explore how Corra is enhancing its environmental impact by adopting carbon literacy practices.

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Our Applicant & Grant Holder survey is still open! We’re keen to hear from applicants to small funds - such as Boost & Henry Duncan – but would love to hear from all who applied for or received any Corra funding. It's anonymous & takes 10-15min ⤵️🙂 tfaforms.com/5154767
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Special thanks to @ShastaHAli, Racial Equity Officer at Corra Foundation, for her dedicated support - along with her colleagues - since 2020. Their partnership empowers women and creates opportunities for sustainable, community-led change #RacialEquity #MohilaOgrojatra #Corra
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Grateful to have joined my colleague @SarahBoyack at her reception for Mohila Ogrijatra women, celebrating the importance of small grant funding for local groups. Happy to see Bengali women's voices amplified in Edinburgh @corrascot 📣 #StoriesOfChange #WomenEmpowerment #Corra
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Sarah Boyack
@SarahBoyack10 Jan 2025
Great to welcome the women from Mohila Ograjatra into Parliament today & inspiring to hear from them about Mohila Ograjatra's work to support them & help amplify the voices of Bengali women in Edinburgh. A fantastic event & thanks to @corrascot for their support.
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Corra Foundation retweeted
Jason Henderson@JasonJH859 Jan 2025
Hugely inspiring to hear all about the fantastic achievements of the Bengali women of Mohila Ogrojatra at the Scottish Parliament today, as well as the flexible approaches to funding undertaken by @corrascot to ensure that those achievements can be realised.
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Sharing a new blog on Mohila Ogrojatra, as we head to parliament today for a special reception & celebration, sponsored by @SarahBoyack MSP ow.ly/445X50UBRSY Showing the importance of small grants for unconstituted groups & the impact this can have. #OurStoriesOfChange

Mohila Ogrojatra: Our Stories of Change

Mohila Ogrojatra: Empowering Bengali women in Edinburgh through friendship, skills, and confidence-building since 2020.

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We are so excited to be celebrating the achievements of Edinburgh Bengali women’s group, Mohilia Ogrojatra, @ScotParl today! Sponsored by @SarahBoyack Amplifying voices & showcasing change that can be achieved via small grants to non-constituted groups. #OurStoriesOfChange
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