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Canaries in the coal mine? What wave 9 of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker tells us, and where it has me asking questions
27 January 2025
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saw a decrease or withdrawal of funding during this time (8% of respondents mentioned Scottish Government
Survey: charity trustees tell TFN about your experience
NEWS
25 September 2018
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Management
Good charity governance is more important than ever before.
EXCLUSIVE: legal challenge halts CAS reform vote
NEWS
22 November 2016
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Social Justice & Poverty
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Four Glasgow Citizens Advice Bureaux have put a stop to a vote on a new governance structure for Citizens
https://tfn.scot/news/exclusive-legal-challenge-halts-cas-reform-vote
CivTech
CivTech is a Scottish Government programme that brings people from the public, private and third sectors together to build things that make the world a better place.The Round 11 Challenges are focused across a wide range of areas including education, the natural environments (land and marine), the economy and health, core government functions, the Gaelic language, and more. Individuals, teams, pre-starts, start-ups, early stage or established SMEs, and large companies are all welcome to apply. For more details on the process and to view all of the current challenges, visit the CivTech website.
Response to Finance and Public Administration Committee Pre-budget Scrutiny: Managing Scotland’s Public Finances – A Strategic Approach
12 August 2024
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these the right priorities for the Scottish Budget 2025-26 and, if not, where should the Scottish Government,The Scottish Government clearly recognises this, stating in the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan,that “Government cannot tackle poverty alone, and neither would we want to.”,SCVO continues to call on the Scottish Government to make progress on Fair Funding, ensuring that the,voluntary organisations do not have to subsidise government funding to pay the Real Living Wage.
The Civil Effect: Bringing efficiency, innovation and community capability to our framework of public services commissioning
favour exclusive state provision arguing that services can only be public if delivered by central government
Programme for Government proposal: Transparent voluntary sector funding
22 June 2023
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Collect information across all government departments and produce a breakdown of Scottish Government,Official figures are not available from the Scottish Government, a significant gap in the Scottish Government's,Currently, the Scottish Government publishes monthly reports on government spend over £25,000.,funding of the voluntary sector “across all Scottish Government departments and local government to,Collecting information across all government departments and produce a breakdown of Scottish Government
Programme for Government proposal: Delivering Fair Funding by 2026
22 June 2023
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Summary In the Scottish Government’s policy prospectus New leadership - A fresh start, the Scottish Government,/24 Programme for Government should, at a minimum, commit to: 1.,To achieve this, officials across Scottish Government and the Scottish Government itself must work with,The Scottish Government has also committed to longer-term funding for the voluntary sector across government,Measuring impact The Scottish Government should collect information across all government departments
SCVO response to Audit Scotland's report on digital exclusion
22 August 2024
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exclusion, David McNeil, SCVO Strategic Director of Development, said: “This report shows that while government,"If the Scottish Government is serious about its mission to tackle poverty, these recommendations should
https://scvo.scot/p/93454/2024/08/22/scvo-response-to-audit-scotlands-report-on-digital-exclusion
Response to Social Justice and Social Security Committee Pre-budget Scrutiny: Third sector funding principles
13 August 2024
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Parliamentary records and Scottish Government publications.,; however, the wider principles apply to all funders, including local government.,Scottish Government “Fairer Funding” commitments The Scottish Government has committed to implementing,Similarly, the Scottish Government, local government, and others also dedicate significant time, resources,by others on behalf of the Scottish Government.