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The First Minister promised action, not warm words, the Budget delivered neither.
20 December 2023
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Once the Budget work was completed, he continued, government would “advise to what extent we can bring,somewhat of a buzzword over the last year, with commitments in last year’s budget, the Scottish Government’s,policy prospectus, and, most recently, the Programme for Government (PfG).,In July, the Scottish Government moved forward with their new Fair Work First criteria, impacting organisations,Our sector plays a crucial role in delivering on the Scottish Government’s three missions, equality,
Commissioning children?s services and the role of the voluntary and community sector
The report was produced by the Local Government Association, NCH, the Improvement and Development Agency
Single Mothers: Singled Out
Single women are hit harder than single men, couples and multifamily households by the current government
https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/single-mothers-singled-out
Work and Pensions Inquiry Report on Pathways to Work - 3rd Report
Although broadly welcoming the Government's aim of reducing numbers of Incapacity Benefit recipients,
The aim is to support projects that make a difference in the communities where the wind farm operates. These are the Arbuthnott and Catterline, Kinneff & Dunnottar Community Council areas.The Fund welcomes applications from organisations whose focus covers aspects of the following:- the advancement of education- the advancement of citizenship or community development- the advancement of culture or science- the advancement of public participation in sport and recreational activity- the advancement of local services and facilities for the community- the advancement of environmental protection or improvement- the promotion of sustainable development
Cairngorms Trust - Cairngorms Community Led Vision Fund
The fund aims to deliver inclusive community-based activity to meet one or more of the Scottish Government priorities of:- Tackling the climate emergency- Eradicating child poverty - Growing the economy - Ensuring high quality and sustainable public services Grants will be targeted towards activities or infrastructure that support one or more of the following priorities: - Build community capacity to facilitate and support local development - Help the economy of the Park to deliver Net Zero by supporting communities and existing businesses (priority theme) - Attract, support and retain young people in the National Park - Increase community service provision in the National Park (priority theme)- Cultural Heritage and Recreation - Creating a Well-Being economyCairngorms CLV encourages applications from businesses (micro & small enterprises) and groups for projects that will deliver for the communities of the Cairngorms National Park. Projects could be completely new capital activity or capital items; or can be additional capital within existing projects. Where possible projects will be encouraged to work in partnership with others to deliver their projects. They would like to see a variety of applications ranging from small actions to larger more strategic projects.
https://funding.scot/funds/a0R3z00000Pxad8EAB/cairngorms-trust-cairngorms-community-led-vision-fund
Dundee City Council - The UK Shared Prosperity Fund
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is a UK-wide fund launched as a domestic replacement to the EU Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF). It is a core component of the UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda. The funding will be targeted at the three following priority areas:- Communities and Place - Thriving Places: Development of the visitor economy and improving well-being. - Supporting Local Business: Advice and support to businesses, developing an enterprise culture and start-up support and developing business sites and premises. - People and Skills: Supporting people to progress towards and into employment or education, supporting essential skills and delivering higher level, employment related skills.Current funds are:- Development of the Visitor Economy challenge fund- Youth Diversionary Activities challenge fund- Employment Related Skills (Green and Digital Skills) challenge fund- SME Support and Upskilling challenge fund- Adult Numeracy Programme challenge fund
https://funding.scot/funds/a0R3z00000PUvIoEAL/dundee-city-council-the-uk-shared-prosperity-fund
Where are England’s charities? Are they in the right places and what can we do if they are not?
distribution of charities in England is what we would want in an ideal world and explores what government
Weathering the storm: Get Heard Scotland 2020/2021 summary report
Heard Scotland (GHS) is a programme coordinated by the Poverty Alliance and funded by the Scottish Government,as part of Every Child Every Chance, the Scottish Government’s Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan.
A review of the Scottish Executive's Policies to promote the Social Economy
This is reflected by work being undertaken by the UK Government following the publication in 2002 of,Voluntary Sector which the Executive will be undertaking jointly with the sector and with local government