Information & advice When your budgets are tight and your future feels uncertain, making sure your policies,We continue to brief MSPs in Holyrood and MPs in Westminster on the impact of the cost-of-living crisis,paper on the need for Fair Funding has led the Scottish Government to commit to fairer funding in its Policy,We briefed MSPs ahead of the Scottish Budget.,Last year MSPs used our briefings to secure commitments to multi-year funding from the Cabinet Secretary

Graeme Brown, director at Shelter Scotland, said: “We have always engaged with private renting policy,Brown continued: “We built a well-evidenced case for reform, through research, policy papers, public,Staff held meetings with MSPs, had campaign days across Scotland, provided briefings, and gave evidence

There’s still a big governance gap to close, as very few organisations have an AI policy or strategy,The short version is: It’s definitely time for a policy, even if it is brief Use structured conversations,to make a grounded and helpful policy Recognise that this early policy may not cover everything – but

and health professionals have argued that increasing the price is one of the most cost-effective policy,Scotland and others helped rebut these claims and built political and public support by providing briefings

following depending on the nature of the organisation, its work and size, and should be kept up to date: brief,the mission statement organisational chart statement of the roles and responsibilities of trustees policy,and procedures for monitoring and evaluating the performance of trustees policy and procedures for trustee,expenses procedure for declaring register of interests copy of the personnel manual and other relevant policies,devise and implement a planning process analyse financial information and set out the main financial policies

latest Home office updates Find information and advice from campaign group the3million Read our briefing,– ‘EU nationals living and working in Scotland’ Case studies Immigration policy can seem like a difficult

and, since then, voluntary organisations have provided invaluable input and a unique perspective on policy,the creation of the Scottish Parliament has in turn made it easier for the third sector to access policy,From briefing MSPs in advance of debates to providing evidence to our committees; contributing to cross-party

Summary SCVO welcomed the Scottish Government commitment to deliver ‘Fairer Funding’ by 2026 in the Policy

There are some signs of strain in relationships between the voluntary sector and governments at all levels, particularly, but not exclusively, in relation to funding. Prompts for planning Sources of support Join us at The Gathering Related training and events