the Bank in its
first 10 years, with existing initiatives – such as the Building Scotland’s Future Fund,Mission-led
investment A ‘mission-oriented’ approach will steer the Bank’s
investments, making it a £2,At the very
least, they must be driven by the Bank’s vision and Scotland’s national
challenges as featured,Based on this vision, we have identified a number of priority areas
where we are calling for changes,Our next blog will analyse how Stage
One of the Bill process is progressing – the deadline for Stage
https://scvo.scot/p/31501/2019/06/13/its-time-to-step-up-our-role-in-scotlands-publicly-owned-investment-bank
The committee called for a rethink of how the voluntary
sector is funded, noting the context of the public,funding challenges for the
voluntary sector and the implications for delivering equalities and human,We have
supported these calls, but our partnership
with Social Enterprise Scotland has focused predominantly,on challenging the
idea that charities and other forms of voluntary bodies do not use or need loan
finance,There’s so much more I could have included in this blog.
https://scvo.scot/p/33713/2019/12/04/a-year-in-the-life-of-a-policy-and-campaigns-officer
A blog entitled Future of the Funds was set up by the Managing Authority (MA) to inform people but it,It seems to be an impediment to projects coming through some challenge funds under ERDF and it is a widespread,This was the whole basis for moving from a challenge fund model to a partnership model so as to avoid,SCVO is the lead applicant of a consortium bid to the “National Third Sector Challenge Fund” administered,Whilst the delays in getting this programme to “open calls” stage was outrageous (almost two years) it
https://scvo.scot/p/25068/2018/04/13/scvo-response-to-scottish-parliament-economy-jobs-and-fair-work-committee
around new tax powers and this, alongside political dynamics and long-term demographic change, is a challenge,And how can we make sure that the new Poverty and Inequality Commission[2] has a remit to be involved,behind any taxation system – which we have often repeated (see, for example, here: http://www.scvo.scot/blog,(b) Should we be calling for human rights based budgeting, as in Vermont?,Appendix [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-40429196 [2] http://www.gov.scot
https://scvo.scot/p/22923/2017/12/13/what-are-the-scottish-government-and-parliaments-tax-and-spending-options
[x] Funding is being pulled out of the Scottish economy as a result of the current programme of welfare,That may make the challenge of creating a more progressive system greater, but not insurmountable.,Even in the event of a ‘no’ vote and given the challenges outlined above, the third sector must fight,More Excuses – Danson and Trebeck (Jimmy Reid Foundation, 2013) [iv] http://www.oxfam.org.uk/scotland/blog,www.cpag.org.uk/sites/default/files/CPAG-local-authorities-child-pov-0713-amended_0.pdf, especially Part 2
https://scvo.scot/p/1364/2013/11/25/third-sector-visions-for-a-scotland-of-the-future
