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A number of examples of how it engages with volunteers can be given. It has funded a community development project in Lincluden in Dumfries and Galloway, which has led to an active volunteers group being set up.
The introduction of some kind of developmentfund or tax break may be a way of securing the funding without always having to go to the Scottish Executive with a begging bowl.
Karen Whitefield is right to say that, although contributions from developers in the local authority areas concerned have a role to play, the scheme should be funded nationally.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the purpose is of the Changing Children’s Services Fund and what sort of social work services it (a) funds and (b) does not fund.