{"id":33,"date":"2024-02-10T13:22:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T13:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucvo.org\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2025-04-30T11:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T11:35:12","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucvo.org.uk\/gd\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Mur D\u00e8idhinn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-group has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c9a371c5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#ffdf0f0f;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h3 class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-heading\">Mur D\u00e8idhinn<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Uist Council of Voluntary Organisations (UCVO) is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity, first formed in 1975 and run by a board of directors. UCVO provides a single point of access for support and advice for the third sector in the area and represents the third sector with clear links to Community Planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Read our TSI Scotland Network Manifesto\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tsi.scot\/manifesto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">UCVO also runs <a href=\"https:\/\/ucvo.org.uk\/gd\/benbecula-thrift-shop\/\" class=\"ek-link\">a charity shop<\/a>, with proceeds going to a community trust fund which provides financial grants to individuals living in Uist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">UCVO Trading Ltd produces the award-winning monthly newspaper&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/ampaipear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Am Paipear<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">UCVO is a partner in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsiwi.org.uk\">Third Sector Interface (TSI) Western Isles<\/a>, which is funded by Scottish Government as part of a Scotland wide network of 32 Third Sector Interfaces to support development of volunteering, social enterprise, building a strong third sector and building the third sector relationship with community planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">The TSI Scotland Network&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tsi.scot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TSI Scotland Network &#8211; Supporting Scotland&#8217;s Third Sector<\/a>&nbsp; is a body of charities that support the third sector across Scotland. 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