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Third Sector Leadership Conference
Our Third Sector Leadership Conference returns to Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel on Thursday 4th June 2026. Comprising a series of morning plenary sessions and post lunch workshops, the day will offer opportunities for sector colleagues to connect with each other and discuss some of the significant social and policy issues facing West Dunbartonshire. If you want to know more, call us on 0141 941 0886 or email us at info@wdcvs.com 
See our Conference Agenda here

Training Available at WDCVS
This May WDCVS are running two Training sessions, one on Board Effectiveness and one on Assessing Health & Safety Risk. Board Effectiveness looks at how effective your board is to fulfil its aims and objectives. Assessing Health & Safety Risk applies to all organisations regardless of whether they are volunteer led or have paid staff. This session will help you feel more confident in identifying and assessing the risks your organisation faces. Contact David on david@wdcvs.com or call 0141 941 0886 to book a place.

Changes to Employment Law
A number of changes to employment law are being introduced, affecting employers from across all sectors, including charities. If your charity employs staff, ensure you are up-to-date with the key changes. Details can be found here

Social Enterprise Summit Scotland 2026 
Tickets have officially launched for this year’s event on Wednesday, 17 June, at the Apex Hotel in Dundee. The theme of the day will be Building Wealth, Building Community. The full agenda will be available closer to June. Book your tickets here

Hope in Collaboration
The Sheila McKechnie Foundation has just published the results of their annual campaigner survey in a new report, Hope in Collaboration: how campaigners are responding in the toughest year yet. Findings show the UK’s campaigning environment has now reached its most challenging point in a decade with: 
– 69% of campaigners feeling the UK campaigning environment has deteriorated in the last 12 months.
– 43% feel unsafe when campaigning. 
– 1 in 5 are struggling to believe that social change is possible. But despite this, the report shows that campaigners are choosing hope – building collaborations, nurturing community resilience, and using hope as a deliberate tool for social change. Read the full report here

Public Diners – Nourish Scotland
Public diners are state-supported restaurants, serving good meals at prices everyone can afford and part of public infrastructure – designed to make our lives better. Public diners are different from luxury restaurants or community meals. They are everyday eating places that make it possible to eat well without breaking the bank or compromising our health.  It might come as a surprise, but public diners are not a new idea. There were 2,000+ of them in UK at their peak in the 1940s and public diners operate around the world including Poland, Turkey and Mexico.  Nourish Scotland has published a second report on its public diners project, Public Diners: By the public, outlining the consultation process for its planned pilot public diner in Dundee. For more info click here