The human costs of welfare reform
The sector has been at the forefront of dealing with the fall out of,SCVO is due to publish research at the end of November.,SCVO has called for the full devolution of welfare – excluding pensions.,/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/welfare-reform-mapping-report2.pdf [vi] http://www.theguardian.com/society,/latest-news/article/new-report-welfare-reform-making-life-worse-for-people-with-hiv-and-hepatitis/ [
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The Honorary President invited Paul Bannon, Treasurer of SCVO, to provide a report on SCVO’s Financial,He noted that this was Paul’s first report as SCVO’s Treasurer.,In May 2013, SCVO carried out a survey to map the impact of welfare reforms on the sector and on the,The Convener advised that SCVO’s State of the Sector survey would be published in December but that she,SCVO motions
4.1 Motion to appoint Shulah Allan MBE as the new Convener of SCVO
The Honorary President
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reform across Scotland.,Creating a new layer of bureaucracy
We have some concern that the Fund may present a new layer of bureaucracy,This is insightfully illustrated in recently published research by Demos:
“We also find that many of,of recent reforms, exhibited a chronic lack of trust in social services and, in rural areas in particular,/ [ii] Ties that Bind – Demos, 2014 [iii] http://www.scvo.scot/news-campaigns-and-policy/research/scvo-welfare-reform-mapping-report
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cornerstone of a new approach to welfare.,[lvi] As SCVO’s recent work to map the impact of welfare reform on the third sector shows, we are increasingly,Campaign for a Fair Society/Centre for Welfare Reform 2013 [xv] http://www.cpag.org.uk/content/cpag-publishes-cost-child-poverty-every-local-authority-and-constituency,[xlv] The Expert Working Group on Welfare, 2013 report – reports of sessions with third sector and people,/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/welfare-reform-mapping-report-executive-summary.pdf [lvii] a 'revolutionary
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Welfare reform The impact of welfare reform on the Bill and subsequently on services which will be delivered,The Deep End report which engaged GP perspectives on austerity and welfare reform[9] remains a powerful,Recent work carried out by SCVO[10] suggests that almost 90% of respondents in a recent mapping exercise,expect demand for support to increase because of the welfare reform programme.,SCVO and CCPS research to examine these will be published soon and some early findings highlight that
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increased demand for support and help as a direct result of welfare reforms.,’s research into the impact of welfare reform on Scotland’s third sector.,Calls for a cumulative impact assessment of welfare reform to date must be met.,[iii] From Glasgow Council of Voluntary Services, input to SCVO Welfare Reference Group [iv] Voices,Call for Evidence, page 3 [ix] https://storage.googleapis.com/scvo-cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/welfare-reform-mapping-report2
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