Community Fringe Fund deadline extended
The deadline for our Community Fringe Fund has now been extended to Sunday 7th August 2022.
Community Fringe Fund
BEMIS Scotland, Scotland on Tour and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society are delighted to announce the launch of a unique events fund entitled the ‘Multicultural Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’. With support from Scotland on Tour £50,000 will be distributed between 10 unique multicultural fringe events led by minority ethnic communities, musicians and singers. Each of these fringe events will be supported with grants of £5,000 each to create and produce small festival and concert…
Dandelion Community Grants Fund
We’re proud to announce the launch of the BEMIS & Dandelion community grants fund, for community groups across Scotland to get started with growing their own food, and celebrating with a Harvest Festival. Dandelion is an ambitious new creative project commissioned by EventScotland and funded by Scottish Government as part of Unboxed, running from April to September 2022 that demonstrates the power of collective action in a major “grow-your-own” initiative. Dandelion invites everyone to sow, grow and share – not just food, but…
Survey: Covid vaccine experience within African, Caribbean & Black communities in Scotland
BEMIS Scotland and the African, Caribbean and Black Inclusive Vaccination Sub-Group of the Ethnic Minority National Resilience Network (EMNRN) have commissioned Dr. Josephine Adekola at the University of Glasgow to conduct research on the important topic of COVID-19 Vaccine Experience within African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) communities in Scotland. This research is funded by BEMIS/EMNRN and approved by the University of Glasgow’s College Research Ethics Committee. The survey takes an estimated 5–10 minutes to complete, is open until 11 March, and will inform focus groups to take place…