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We have also worked in partnership with the Scottish Childminding Association to establish a workforce support fund to help childminders who face short-term financial difficulties.
They are a mixture of financial transactions—a transfer from the heat in buildings fund and donations from our charitable bond programme—to ensure that we keep the supply of funding coming through.
Work with students, colleges, Colleges Scotland, College Development Network and the Scottish Funding Council to identify examples of best practice within the further education sector, with a particular focus on activity that supports progression to employment and promote the adoption of these across Scotland.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 September 2023
Forward funding arrangements generally involve an investment fund (or funds) acquiring land from a developer (subject to a pre-let tenancy agreement being in place), with that fund then financing the land to be developed before then granting a lease to the pre-let tenant.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 April 2017
The work will take account of the mix of different staff that will be needed, different models of delivery, and implications for training and workforcedevelopment. S5W-08337
Consistent austerity measures over the years have incrementally reduced public funding for the provision of public services, and there has also been a push for privatisation, and the establishment of public private partnerships.
The AHSP is composed of a mix of grant and loan funding.
Grant funding: Social landlords and other affordable housing providers use the Scottish Government grant funding, in addition to their own borrowing and any other funding contribu...