Question reference: S6W-24674
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 19 January 2024
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 30 January 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide details of the specific measures that will be included within its Fairer Funding approach to voluntary sector funding.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to adopting fairer funding principles within its management of third sector grants. This approach aims to provide security and certainty, allowing organisations to build resilience, capacity and effective relationships across the public, third and private sectors. The application of these Fairer Funding principles include a commitment to embed a multi-year grant approach on all third sector grants by 2026, and the First Minister committed to increasing the number of two-year grants at The Gathering in 2023.
Additionally, we are reviewing grant management practice across the Scottish Government with a view to ensure proportional and consistent reporting methods across Scottish Government third sector grant management, and are committed to ensuring early notification of funding arrangements by the end of the financial year.