Scottish Investment Fund (£3M in 2011-12) Public social partnerships and Community Benefit Clauses increase opportunities and help to strengthen third sector role in designing services. Supporting Volunteering Volunteering better supported/ valued Stronger civic identity Volunteer Development Scotland Voluntary Action Fund (£1M) Saltire Awards Community Empowerment Third sector will help support community capacity building especially with harder to Currently under consultation, the Community reach and disadvantaged communities. Empowerment Bill aims to: Strengthen opportunities for communities There is a stronger civic identity / participation to take independent action to achieve own goals, aspirations Ensure communities are better able to have a greater role in determining how local public services are delivered Change Funds (£500M+) Third sector plays a key role in delivering Change Funds and should be a partner in To facilitate the spending shifts away from Change Plans in each LA. acute to early interventions give momentum to preventative approaches. Partnership working is realised through these programmes. Three Change Funds cover: Reshaping Care for Older People Early Years Reducing Reoffending Equalities Third sector continues to work to support the unequal / hard to reach/ excluded communities Tackling deep rooted inequalities in Scottish in society. society, tackling racism, improving outcomes for minority groups Focus on Outcomes The sector is outcomes focussed, conducts monitoring and collects evidence to Since 2007, an outcomes focussed way of evaluate their progress towards outcomes. working, monitoring progress and measuring impact, has become instilled at all levels (from the governmental to the local to the organisational). Welfare Reform sector organisations are involved in a wide range of welfare related activities ranging From April 2013, the Welfare Reforms will from providing information and advice on the come into effect across the UK with research reforms to providing crisis support and other commissioned by the Scottish Parliament’s assistance for service users who have been Welfare Reform Committee highlighting that negatively affected by them. these reforms will have a significant impact on
Scottish Investment Fund (£3M in 2011-12) Public social partnerships and Community Benefit Clauses increase opportunities and help to strengthen third sector role in designing services. Supporting Volunteering Volunteer Development Scotland Voluntary Action Fund (£1M) Saltire Awards Volunteering better supported/ valued Stronger civic identity Community Empowerment Currently under consultation, the Community Empowerment Bill aims to: Strengthen opportunities for communities to take independent action to achieve own goals, aspirations Ensure communities are better able to have a greater role in determining how local public services are delivered Third sector will help support community capacity building especially with harder to reach and disadvantaged communities. There is a stronger civic identity / participation Change Funds (£500M+) To facilitate the spending shifts away from acute to early interventions give momentum to preventative approaches. Three Change Funds cover: Reshaping Care for Older People Early Years Reducing Reoffending Third sector plays a key role in delivering Change Funds and should be a partner in Change Plans in each LA. Partnership working is realised through these programmes. Equalities Tackling deep rooted inequalities in Scottish society, tackling racism, improving outcomes for minority groups Third sector continues to work to support the unequal / hard to reach/ excluded communities in society. Focus on Outcomes Since 2007, an outcomes focussed way of working, monitoring progress and measuring impact, has become instilled at all levels (from the governmental to the local to the organisational). The sector is outcomes focussed, conducts monitoring and collects evidence to evaluate their progress towards outcomes. Welfare Reform From April 2013, the Welfare Reforms will come into effect across the UK with research commissioned by the Scottish Parliament’s Welfare Reform Committee highlighting that these reforms will have a significant impact on sector organisations are involved in a wide range of welfare related activities ranging from providing information and advice on the reforms to providing crisis support and other assistance for service users who have been negatively affected by them.
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