What is Fair Funding? A long-term, flexible, sustainable, and accessible approach to funding.,This commitment is welcome, but Fair Funding is more than multi-year settlements.,Implications for Fair Work The cumulative effect of these funding practices undermines Fair Work in the,Our asks Fair Funding is a long term, flexible, sustainable and accessible approach to funding that is,Our policy team work closely with the third sector, the Scottish Government, COSLA, and the Scottish

Of the organisations surveyed, 67% reported shortages and issues with staffing and volunteers, 67% reported,across a range of policy areas.,for Fair Funding.,policy provides us with genuine concern.,As we see it, the policy needs resourcing.

Summary SCVO welcomed the Scottish Government commitment to deliver ‘Fairer Funding’ by 2026 in the Policy,Delivering Fair Funding is essential for a sustainable voluntary sector which can survive the running,To make progress the Scottish Government should align ‘Fairer Funding’ with SCVO’s definition of Fair,take meaningful first steps to deliver Fair Funding.,Ensure transparent monitoring and reporting on public sector funding of the voluntary sector.

SCVO continues to call for this approach to be aligned with SCVO’s definition of Fair Funding, much of,which was endorsed in the Social Justice and Social Security Committee’s Pre-Budget Scrutiny report,Work First criteria and delivering on becoming a Fair Work Nation by 2025.,Ensure transparent monitoring and reporting on public sector funding of the voluntary sector.,The Scottish Government also can take much needed and meaningful first steps towards a Fair Funding system

The Scottish Government’s policy prospectus, New leadership - A fresh start, committed to delivering,At the First Minister’s anti-poverty summit, attendees reiterated many of SCVO’s calls for Fair Funding,SCVO’s calls for Fair Funding to support organisations that are often at the frontline of efforts to,principles with SCVO’s definition of Fair Funding – developed through significant research and engagement,Introduce multi-year funding across a number of Scottish Government funds and report on the impact of

SCVO policy submissions, engagement, and research with the sector throughout 22-23.,Track Fair Funding metrics: Within this data, Scottish Government should record Fair Funding progress,The Poverty Alliance’s latest Challenge Poverty Week policy asks echo SCVO’s calls on Fair Funding to,challenges that undermine efforts to provide the Fair Funding our sector needs to offer Fair Work, support,Government’s Fairer Funding principles with SCVO’s definition of Fair Funding – developed through significant

However, a fair deal on funding is about more than additional money.,Align its Fairer Funding principles with SCVO’s definition of Fair Funding – developed through significant,Fair Funding is more than multi-year funding.,of social justice policies, stating that “insecure and single-year funding for the third sector, which,While multi-year funding is essential for the sector, Fair Funding is more than multi-year funding.

the evidence we have collected from voluntary organisations to develop our call for a fairer deal on funding

Within this data, Scottish Government should record Fair Funding progress by collecting and publishing,Without the tools to measure Fair Funding criteria or budget increases and decreases, it is difficult,for a Fair Funding environment.,Neither is data on Fair Funding criteria, such as how much funding is delivered on a multi-year basis,Transparent and accessible financial data is also required to collaborate to achieve the Fair Funding

Introduce multi-year funding across a number of Scottish Government funds and report on the impact of,of social justice policies.,Introduce multi-year funding across a number of Scottish Government funds and report on the impact of,Evidence that this policy will lead to change Several recent enquiries and reports have made a case for,Who will this policy support?