sector to secure the resilience and capacity it needs to support the transformation and delivery of person-centred,Annual funding challenges such as these distract from providing the services people and communities across,Inability, or unwillingness, to set clear criteria and stick to them. ,Fair Funding, multi-year funding and timely decisions, communications, and payments support by streamlined,Communicate funding intentions at least three months in advance and make payments no later than the first

Wage uplifts in grants and contracts as part of expanding the Scottish Government’s Fair Work First criteria,Growing investment in the capacity and sustainability of voluntary organisations is proven to pull greater,for the long-term and build the internal capacity needed to leverage non-public financing from other,short term funding as a crisis that undermines resilience.,Wage uplifts in grants and contracts as part of expanding the Scottish Government’s Fair Work First criteria

meet rising costs to stay opencan pay the Living Wage as part of the expansion of the Fair Work First criteria,timely communication and prompt payments of funds to prevent funding gaps and uncertainty.,To support a sustainable and resilient voluntary sector, organisations need the Scottish Government to,Fair Work First criteria.,For example, the wasted capacity of navigating funding applications and reporting processes annually.

(April 2023)SCVO letter to the Cabinet Secretary on the implementation of Fair Work First criteria (,The public sector's investment in the voluntary sector supports the capacity and sustainability of voluntary,) and the Adult Learning and Empowering Communities Fund (ALEC).,, enabling the third sector to secure the resilience and capacity it needs to support the transformation,, and to promote community connection and resilience.

Last December, SCVO told the Social Justice and Social Security Committee that the resilience of Scotland,interventions to ensure the public and voluntary sectors can navigate this crisis and be part of a more resilient,Scottish Government’s plans to become a Fair Work Nation by 2025 and to extend the Fair Work First criteria,to engage with the Scottish Government to get clarity on what the extension of the Fair Work First criteria,, leads to vital capacity being wasted every year.

 timely communication and prompt payments of funds to prevent funding gaps and uncertainty transparent,To support a sustainable and resilient voluntary sector, organisations need the Scottish Government to,Work First criteria.,For example, the wasted capacity of navigating funding application and reporting processes annually.,to have limited capacity to source additional funding.