Could you make a difference for members of the LGBT+ community in Edinburgh and beyond?
The Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive has grown out of Scotland’s first LGBT+ bookshops, Lavender Menace (1982-87) and West & Wilde (1987-97). They sold what we now call queer books – by, about or for LGBT+ people – at a time mainstream bookshops would not stock them. The bookshops also provided openly queer meeting places, where LGBT+ people were able to connect and felt affirmed and welcomed.
Bob Orr and Sigrid Nielsen, the owners of the original Lavender Menace Bookshop, in 2019 founded the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive to keep this valuable LGBT+ book heritage alive and share it with the community. Through its amazing collection of books, the archive tells the story of queer people’s resistance, and the rise of what is now known as ‘queer pride’. These books told the stories of queer lives; they were written honestly and positively for the first time, and they changed lives.
This post represents a unique opportunity to work with Edinburgh’s Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive to develop an Oral History Project (OHP). The OHP will explore the impact and legacy of the Lavender Menace and West & Wilde Bookshops (1982-97), and more generally community experiences of reading LGBT+ books and magazines, and ways reading – now and in the past – has impacted on their identity. Stories and interpretation will be shared online as well as through a programme of events and a temporary exhibition.
The Oral History Project’s key activities are:
These activities build on the existing programme of events and projects under the responsibility of the Community Project Coordinator with the team of volunteers. The post holder will thus be able to tap into their experience, contacts and knowledge in taking this work forward.
Employee benefits package
We have an exciting and creative opportunity for a new Development Director to be a key member of the Senior Management team, leading an ambitious fundraising strategy for the Book Festival while ensuring that all fundraising activities align with our core organisational mission and values.
The Book Festival expects to raise about £2.1m in 2024 (representing around two-thirds of the total Festival income). The Festival retains much of its funding on an annual basis, has increased the amount raised from several major funding relationships, and has a strong track record in attracting new sponsors, donors and funders, with around 50 organisations sponsoring the Festival each year as well as a number of well-established major donors.
Reporting to the Festival Director and overseeing a team of five fundraisers, the Development Director will manage a small high-value portfolio of funding relationships across all income streams and will have significant opportunity to develop new income streams, including legacies and US fundraising, as well as continuing the growth of the existing areas of income.
This is a fantastic opportunity to become the Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive at Scotland’s leading nature conservation charity. The postholder will provide high-level administrative and general support to the Chief Executive, Chair and Council (Board of Trustees), as well as liaising with a wide variety of other stakeholders inside and outside the organisation. This is a rewarding, interesting and fulfilling role for someone who enjoys developing strong relationships, has excellent organisational skills and wants to make a difference to the protection and restoration of nature at a time when it has never been more important.
Main duties include:
The successful candidate will have great people skills, professionalism, initiative and resilience. You’ll have a keen eye for detail and will relish the opportunity to play a part in bringing about nature’s recovery in Scotland, working alongside colleagues who share a common vision.
About us
For nearly 60 years, the Scottish Wildlife Trust has worked with its members, partners and supporters in pursuit of its vision of healthy, resilient ecosystems across Scotland’s land and seas.
The Trust successfully champions the cause of wildlife through policy and campaigning work, demonstrates best practice through practical conservation and innovative partnerships, and inspires people to take positive action through its education and engagement activities. The Trust manages a network of around 120 wildlife reserves across Scotland and is a member of the UK-wide Wildlife Trusts movement.
The benefits
To contribute to the fundraising target of Pitlochry Festival Theatre by securing and growing income from charitable Trusts and Foundations. Taking personal responsibility for contributing to meeting and raising the annual financial target by identifying, cultivating, and soliciting gifts and grants to support both revenue and capital activity.
We are looking for someone to join our Corporate Services team: the Finance Assistant is responsible for ensuring all financial processes are executed to an extremely high standard. The ideal candidate will bring experience of processing financial transactions using Sage or similar, and be a friendly and motivated self-starter with good communication skills.
Based in our Glasgow office, this is a part-time post of between 2-3 days. We are currently operating a hybrid working policy with a minimum of one day per week in the office. This position is a 24-month Fixed-Term Contract initially with the potential to become permanent.
We are currently recruiting Project Workers to work with Upmo. Join our dedicated team supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism to reach their individual goals and ambitions.
We have vacancies in our teams based at:
We are recruiting for full time staff who can work 30 hours a week, between the hours of 10-16:00, Monday to Friday, however both full time and part-time contracts are available. At this time, we won’t be able to consider applicants looking to work less than 2 days per week.
Upmo is a Living Wage Employer; the rate of pay for this role is £12.00 per hour.
Holiday entitlement for this role is 30 days pro rata, which is enhanced by long service at 3 years’ service by an additional day (pro rata) per year thereafter, up to a maximum of 5 days.
As a Project Worker, you will be part of an enthusiastic and creative team who provide daily support to adults with learning disabilities and autism as they participate in workshops and activities within our site-based services, and café sites.
For this role, we are particularly interested in hearing from individuals with skills and expertise in art, IT, music, drama, dance, photography, gardening, and outdoor activities. Or, if you have any other skills, let us know!
This role includes supporting students in workshops of their choosing, working one to one with students, and facilitating workshops, and supporting people with personal care, as and when required.
While previous experience in care or support is highly advantageous, it is not required as we provide full training and ongoing support to our staff team. An interest in visual arts, performing arts, cooking, IT, gardening, or sports would be beneficial.
As the largest funder for the UK’s heritage, our vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future.
We believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build pride in place and connection to past.
Our mission is to use our expertise to support and champion the UK’s heritage and demonstrate the transformative potential of National Lottery funding through delivering our new strategy Heritage 2033. We ensure that money from the National Lottery makes a decisive difference for people, places and communities.
We are currently recruiting for a part time Investment Manager on a fixed term contract for 12 months (Maternity Cover) based in our Edinburgh Office (Hybrid Working).
The primary purpose of this post is to work as part of the Investment Team to deliver investment activity across Scotland including providing advice and guidance to applicants; assessing and monitoring a wide range of applications/projects; post completion work; participating in outreach activities and supporting the delivery of the Scotland team plan. Contributing to the wider work of the Scotland team
If you are excited about helping ensure that heritage is inclusive and accessible to everyone, for now and future generations, then we want to hear from you.
Our Values
Our Values and Behaviours sit at the heart of our work and are central to how we recruit. How you demonstrate our Values is just as important to us as your skills and experience.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has offices all over the UK and we champion a flexible approach to working where this supports our business needs. We have formally adopted a hybrid working approach. This means that most employees will work from their contracted Heritage Fund office twice a week at minimum. Time spent on site visits to projects or other meetings based at another Heritage Fund or external office are counted as part of those two days. The other days in the week employees may work from home.
Disability Confident Employer
We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for every vacancy. We always endeavour to make reasonable adjustments and special requirements can be discussed and arranged before an interview.
ScrapAntics is a thriving social enterprise with 4 full time staff, 15 part time staff and 20 volunteers.
We have a ScrapStore, a busy community space utilised by around 150-200 participants a week, and support 21 artists in our studios. We offer a range of activities for the community including youth clubs, art and craft sessions, play sessions, cooking, gardening, social groups, cycling, football and large scale family celebrations.
ScrapAntics welcomes everyone but we prioritise those who face challenges through disadvantage, including people with mental and physical health issues and those from the asylum seeker, refugee and international community. We are very much women led and focused on sustainability and putting people and planet before profit.
We require an experienced manager with knowledge of the third sector and a passion for social justice to help coordinate and run the organisation. We are seeking someone with a creative approach and ‘out the box’ thinking, who is adaptable to change and can think on their feet! It is also essential that whoever leads our team has a non judgemental approach and engages well with a diverse group of people.
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Equal opportunities:
ScrapAntics is committed to being an equal opportunities organisation and welcomes all applications for consideration.
We know there are candidates who may not fit every criteria we’ve outlined here, or who have key skills we haven’t listed. If this is you, please do apply if you feel your particular experience or skill set could enhance this role.
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Newmilns Snow and Sports Complex is Seeking Trustees to Drive Growth and Community Impact
Newmilns Snow and Sports Complex (NSASC), the UK's only charity-run ski slope, is looking for a Chair and new trustees to help guide and develop its mission. As a volunteer-led, community-focused social enterprise, NSASC leverages the power of snow sports to promote positive health, well-being, and social change in East Ayrshire.
We a wide range of activities, including skiing, snowboarding, and tubing, as well as developmental programmes like the Ski Academy, which build confidence, resilience, and teamwork among young people. NSASC also provides employability and training opportunities, and all profits are reinvested to support the local community through accessible and inclusive snow sports experiences.
2023 was an outstanding year, with thousands enjoying our expanded range of activities. To meet growing demand, we are seeking passionate and committed individuals to join our board. Your contributions will help us enhance our programmes, expand our facilities, and create new opportunities for fun and learning. This is a unique opportunity to be part of an exciting journey that fosters inclusivity and community spirit.
If you have experience in areas such as strategic development, health & safety, fundraising, people and teams, finance, legal, environment and sustainability, community engagement, or simply share our passion for snow sports and social change, we’d love to hear from you. Join us to help shape the future of this vibrant community asset.
SOEC Ltd is a charity and social enterprise offering inspirational outdoor learning experiences to young people and community groups across its 3 residential outdoor learning centres in Scotland.
The successful candidate will join the organisation’s Head Office staff team in West Linton and work closely with the Chief Executive to meet SOEC’s strategic objectives.
Experience of charity and social enterprise finance as well as SAGE 50 is required.