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Easy money: is foundation giving the future of charity funding, or is it just a lottery?
FEATURE
18 October 2018
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Funding & Finance
Trusts and foundations are becoming ever more important in the face of drastic public spending cuts. TFN finds out how the sector is coping with demand.
Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants
NEWS
4 May 2021
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Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#NeverMoreNeeded
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TFN's guide to charity election manifestos
https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-2021-what-the-voluntary-sector-wants
SCVO response to the inquiry into Public Administration – Effective Scottish Government decision-making
16 February 2023
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, and 2) spend time, effort, and resources on improving processes.,As a society we need to value time to improve decision-making.,How can transparency of the decision-making process be improved?,SCVO is of the view that greater transparency is needed to improve our understanding of the Scottish,Government funding process.
SCVO response to the Finance & Public Administration Committee: Scotland's public finances in 2023-24
19 August 2022
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for greater levels of funding from the UK Government to the Scottish Government in the 2023/24 UK Budget,For example, the wasted capacity of navigating funding application and reporting processes annually.,Improvements to processes and systems can be made at minimal cost and ultimately create efficiencies,Another needed to repeat the tendering process despite being the only organisation able to deliver a,Funding and support will be needed to prepare the sector for any changes to funding requirements and
SCVO response to Scottish Parliament Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee
13 April 2018
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for delivery agents, and resource collaboration with other countries.,A blog entitled Future of the Funds was set up by the Managing Authority (MA) to inform people but it,Analysis suggests that it is an issue under all priorities, to a greater or lesser extent.,How current and previous programmes are evaluated and any suggested improvements to the evaluation process,Successor funding must ensure this vital collaboration continues.
SCVO response to Scottish Government Enterprise and Skills consultation
15 August 2016
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The Scottish Government is in the process of developing a framework for social security that is centred,These targets do little to improve the quality, nature and inclusiveness of MAs in Scotland.,Developing collaborative approaches to skills and enterprise will enable greater engagement with marginalised,The fund focuses on developing basic digital skills and gives greater weighting to disadvantaged groups,There needs to be streamlining within the system and greater signposting to appropriate support.
Programme for Government sets the tone – we must now focus on reality
6 September 2019
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Good Food Nation Bill this year (a considerable effort from the Scottish Food Coalition)a £4.5 million fund,to secure real responsibility of the voluntary sector
and communities in the budget process.,Only recently, the Scottish
Human Rights Commission commented on 'the lack of specifically allocated
funding,It's merely one
area where we need greater coherence between policy and delivery.,As the RSA
blogged, 'rhetoric is positive, reality is required.'
SES & SCVO submission to Economy, Energy & Fair Work Committee
3 August 2020
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The sector is willing and able to work with these bodies to improve our impact on shared outcomes across,Our economy needs people to contribute as much as people need the economy.,The recent blog by Scottish Government highlights the reductions in friction, effort, risk and cost if,together to best achieve our vision: To use Scotland’s data to its full potential by driving innovation, improving,, collaboration, and meaningful user involvement to give Scotland's voluntary sector greater equity within
https://scvo.scot/p/39842/2020/08/03/ses-scvo-submission-to-economy-energy-fair-work-committee
SCVO response to Building Community Wealth consultation (Scottish Government)
15 May 2023
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Recommendation: Local authorities are often seen as barriers to collaborative work due to unequal funding,and improve partnership working across sectors and encourage collaboration in decision making.,Government could improve funding models and work with the government to find solutions based on the,and improve partnership working across sectors and encourage collaboration in decision making.,Procurement processes need to change, and more capacity building for the sector and communities needs