than half (59%) of this earned in contracts.,Although we need a better understanding of the Scottish sector's contribution to Scotland's GDP, a more,value we cannot capture through simplified performance measures.,We must not take a narrow view of the economy where all that matters is GDP.,SCVO’s evidence library contains hundreds of recent reports, all produced by or about voluntary sector

Our essential argument is this – tackling health inequalities is so much more than “medical wellness”,that one of the key factors to successful reform of public services has to be policy outcomes which matter,Moreover, evidence suggests that the retrenchment of social protection, outlined in the planned UK welfare,[xiv] The combination of austerity measures and welfare reform is especially significant for people with,Conclusion Tackling health inequalities must be about more than people being medically well.

Even the recent push to increase the minimum wage slightly more than in previous years still leaves us,unhappy at work, more likely to be off sick, and tending to perform more poorly than their engaged counterparts,Not only that, but they appear to perform better economically too: creating more jobs than their non-employee-owned,Small-scale farmers who have the Fairtrade mark enjoy slightly higher and more stable incomes than producers,What would our society look like if we instead sought to use other indicators to measure the health of