CVO East Ayrshire Ltd

CVO East Ayrshire Ltd A not for profit organisation established to provide development and support services to the third sector within East Ayrshire.

CVOEA aims to act as a conduit across the sector and between the sector and key key public and private sector agencies.

East Ayrshire Third Sector Challenge Fund ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿฉท๐ŸงกCVO East Ayrshire are pleased to share that applications are no...
09/09/2026

East Ayrshire Third Sector Challenge Fund
๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿงก
CVO East Ayrshire are pleased to share that applications are now open for Year 2 of the East Ayrshire Third Sector Challenge Fund, with grants of between ยฃ2,000 and ยฃ10,000 available to eligible local third-sector organisations.

Supported by Scottish Government's - No One Left Behind funding and delivered through the East Ayrshire Employability Partnership (EALEP) in Partnership with CVO East Ayrshire, the fund aims to support innovative projects that help East Ayrshire residents overcome barriers to engaging with employment support, develop their skills and confidence which will enable them to progress to becoming closer to the labour market.

Eligible third-sector organisations must operate within East Ayrshire, deliver their proposed project exclusively for the benefit of East Ayrshire residents and have an annual income below ยฃ750,000. Organisations may submit a maximum of two project applications.
The fund is particularly interested in short-term activity that adds value to existing services or pilots a new approach for a particular area or group. Priority will be given to projects that improve engagement and outcomes for people experiencing significant barriers to employment, including disabled people, people with protected characteristics who experience inequality and working parents seeking to develop their skills and career prospects.

For more information, a copy of the guidance and application form please email: [email protected]

๐ŸŒŸ๐€๐˜๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐‘๐„ ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐†๐„๐๐„๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐๐„๐“๐–๐Ž๐‘๐Š ๐Œ๐„๐„๐“๐ˆ๐๐†๐ŸŒŸGenerations Working Together (GWT) will be coming to Kilmarnock's WG13 for t...
08/09/2026

๐ŸŒŸ๐€๐˜๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐‘๐„ ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐†๐„๐๐„๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐๐„๐“๐–๐Ž๐‘๐Š ๐Œ๐„๐„๐“๐ˆ๐๐†๐ŸŒŸ
Generations Working Together (GWT) will be coming to Kilmarnock's WG13 for their next Ayrshire Intergenerational Network Meeting on...

๐Ÿ“… ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
๐Ÿ•™ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐š๐ฆ โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ฉ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ“๐–๐†๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐†๐ž๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ, ๐Š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐œ๐ค, ๐Š๐€๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ƒ๐‡

During the network meeting, you'll be able to:

โœ… Learn more about intergenerational approaches
โœ… Pick up practical resources and activity ideas
โœ… Share your own experiences
โœ… Meet local organisations involved in intergenerational work
โœ… Discuss current and future projects together

For more information and to book your place email:
[email protected]
https://generationsworkingtogether.org/

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐‚๐•๐Ž ๐„๐€๐’๐“ ๐€๐˜๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐‘๐„ ๐๐„๐–๐’๐‹๐„๐“๐“๐„๐‘๐’ ๐Ÿ“ฐKeep up to date with the latest news, funding alerts, events, training and volunteering ...
02/09/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐‚๐•๐Ž ๐„๐€๐’๐“ ๐€๐˜๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐‘๐„ ๐๐„๐–๐’๐‹๐„๐“๐“๐„๐‘๐’ ๐Ÿ“ฐ
Keep up to date with the latest news, funding alerts, events, training and volunteering opportunities in East Ayrshire by subscribing to our CVO East Ayrshire, Funding Friday and Volunteering Spotlight Newsletters.

Latest newsletters plus subscription info/email archive at the link below... ๐Ÿ‘‡
https://mailchi.mp/cvoea.co.uk/funding-bulletin-31st-august-2026

๐Ÿ’ฐ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐„๐๐„๐‘๐†๐˜ ๐†๐‘๐Ž๐–๐“๐‡ ๐…๐”๐๐ƒโšกA new funding opportunity is now open through theScottish Government's Community and R...
02/09/2026

๐Ÿ’ฐ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐„๐๐„๐‘๐†๐˜ ๐†๐‘๐Ž๐–๐“๐‡ ๐…๐”๐๐ƒโšก
A new funding opportunity is now open through the
Scottish Government's Community and Renewable
Energy Scheme (CARES), delivered by
CARES at Local Energy Scotland.

The Community Energy Growth Fund supports eligible
Scottish community organisations to develop, build and
own renewable energy projects, creating long-term
local benefits while supporting Scotland's net zero
ambitions.

๐Ÿ“… ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.
Find out more:
https://localenergy.scot/funding/community-energy-generation-growth-fund

๐Ÿ’œ ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐Ž๐•๐„๐‘๐ƒ๐Ž๐’๐„ ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐„๐๐„๐’๐’ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐Ÿ’œCommunity Connectors Jackie & Steven were representing CVO East Ayrshire at Cumn...
01/09/2026

๐Ÿ’œ ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐Ž๐•๐„๐‘๐ƒ๐Ž๐’๐„ ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐„๐๐„๐’๐’ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐Ÿ’œ
Community Connectors Jackie & Steven were representing CVO East Ayrshire at Cumnock's Woodroad Park yesterday for International Overdose Awareness Day.

This year's event focused on the challenges faced by those who reside in rural areas...

"No town too small. No one left behind."

๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐‘๐ƒ ๐’๐„๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘ ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐”๐Œ @ ๐–๐†๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œIt was another busy and inspiring Third Sector Forum @ WG13 yesterday afternoon! ๐Ÿ‘Itโ€™s ...
28/08/2026

๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐‘๐ƒ ๐’๐„๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘ ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐”๐Œ @ ๐–๐†๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ
It was another busy and inspiring Third Sector Forum @ WG13 yesterday afternoon! ๐Ÿ‘

Itโ€™s always fantastic to see so many people from charities, community organisations and the wider third sector coming together to share ideas, experiences, knowledge and insight... and yesterdayโ€™s forum was no exception! ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™

A HUGE thank you to everyone who attended and to all our guest speakers for taking the time to share their expertise and help spark such positive and engaging discussions:

๐ŸŽค Leica & Claire (SeAscape)
๐ŸŽค Geraldine McClune (Speech & Language Therapy)

๐Ÿ“ฃWe also enjoyed a series of fantastic Spotlights on local charity and community work, with contributions from:

๐ŸŒŸ Rob Copeland โ€“ Megan's Space
๐ŸŒŸ Vincent McWhirter โ€“ The Outdoor Partnership Ayrshire
๐ŸŒŸ Elspeth Muir โ€“ Ochiltree Community Hub
๐ŸŒŸ New Laigh Kirk Drama Group

Danielle from SL33 also provided an overview of the Challenge Fund, while CVOEA Deputy Chief Executive Nicola Caldwell shared an update on structural changes and the forthcoming Community Planning event in October.

There was plenty of discussion, plenty of ideas and, most importantly, plenty of enthusiasm for continuing to work together to strengthen our communities. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™

Your energy, contributions and enthusiasm made the event a real success! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

Weโ€™re already looking forward to hearing your ideas for future forums and continuing these important conversations.

And, as always, special thanks to Brenda Fraser, CVOEA Community Development Lead, for coordinating the event, and to the fantastic WG13 team and trainees for their warm welcome and wonderful hospitality! ๐Ÿฅฐ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐— ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ง๐—ฌ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—–๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—ฌ๐Ÿ“ฃThe Community Connector will play a key role within the wider integration of Health and Soc...
25/08/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐— ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ง๐—ฌ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—–๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—ฌ๐Ÿ“ฃ
The Community Connector will play a key role within the wider integration of Health and Social Care Agenda. The core aim is to support people to live well through strengthening connections between community resources and primary care. They will provide a responsive person-centred service aligned to a GP Practice team within East Ayrshire.

๐Ÿ“ East Ayrshire/Cumnock and surrounding area
๐Ÿ”ต 35 hours per week/full-time
๐Ÿ”ต ยฃ25,170 per annum.
๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐“๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ:
[email protected]
๐“๐จ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐‚๐• ๐ญ๐จ: [email protected]
or by post to CVO East Ayrshire, Belford Mill, 16 Brewery Road, Kilmarnock, KA1 3GZ.

๐Ÿ“ข ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐‘๐ƒ ๐’๐„๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘ ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐”๐Œ ๐„๐€๐’๐“ ๐€๐˜๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐‘๐„๐Ÿ“ข๐Ÿ“…๐Ÿ“๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ @ ๐–๐†๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘Reminder that it's only ๐—ง๐—ช๐—ข ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ๐—ฆ until our Third Sector ...
25/08/2026

๐Ÿ“ข ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐‘๐ƒ ๐’๐„๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘ ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐”๐Œ ๐„๐€๐’๐“ ๐€๐˜๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐‘๐„๐Ÿ“ข
๐Ÿ“…๐Ÿ“๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ @ ๐–๐†๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘
Reminder that it's only ๐—ง๐—ช๐—ข ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ๐—ฆ until our Third Sector Forum at WG13!

The Third Sector Forum provides a collective voice for Third Sector Organisations in East Ayrshire strengthening engagement with Community Planning Partners (CPP), ensuring that the Third Sector contributes to making East Ayrshire a great place to live and work.

The Forum meets four times per year and is a great opportunity for everyone to get together to find out about and discuss:

โ€ข ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ
โ€ข ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ
โ€ข ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ
โ€ข ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž
โ€ข ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ.
โ€ข ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ

Forthcoming dates for the Forum are: 26th November 2026.

If you would like to attend the Forum or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, please get in touch with Brenda Fraser:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07823 414105

๐Ÿ‚ GROW Together's Autumn Programme is here! ๐Ÿ‚Here is the autumn programme for our Kilmarnock Hub, as promised! ๐Ÿ’› Weโ€™re s...
21/08/2026

๐Ÿ‚ GROW Together's Autumn Programme is here! ๐Ÿ‚

Here is the autumn programme for our Kilmarnock Hub, as promised! ๐Ÿ’› Weโ€™re so excited to share all the activities and groups we have planned and hope to see lots of familiar faces, as well as some new ones! ๐Ÿฅฐ

All groups will commence weekly for 6 weeks, from Monday 31st August 2026.

๐Ÿ“… Booking is essential for most of our groups, so please get in touch to book your space.
๐Ÿ“ž Call us on 01563 574000
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง Please note: All children must be accompanied by an adult.
๐Ÿ‘€ Keep your eyes peeled for our Galston Hub autumn programme coming soon!

๐Ÿ‚ Our Autumn Programme is here! ๐Ÿ‚

Here is the autumn programme for our Kilmarnock Hub, as promised! ๐Ÿ’› Weโ€™re so excited to share all the activities and groups we have planned and hope to see lots of familiar faces, as well as some new ones! ๐Ÿฅฐ

All groups will commence weekly for 6 weeks, from Monday 31st August 2026.

๐Ÿ“… Booking is essential for most of our groups, so please get in touch to book your space.

๐Ÿ“ž Call us on 01563 574000

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง Please note: All children must be accompanied by an adult.

๐Ÿ‘€ Keep your eyes peeled for our Galston Hub autumn programme coming soon!

We canโ€™t wait to welcome you all and enjoy another season together! ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿ‚โœจ

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Bellford Mill, 16 Brewery Road
Kilmarnock
KA13GZ

Opening Hours

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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