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Many of the people who now do that work for the charity have come through its programme and have become volunteers because the programme was such a good experience for them.
Indeed—that is precisely the point that I made about the energy efficiency programme. We want to press ahead with that programme in a way that meets the fuel poverty targets while not cutting across the climate change targets.
The bill’s structure replicates that for apprenticeship and national training programmes, so all the same safeguards that would apply to college and university funding would apply in that situation, too.
If we are banging on about the national outcomes, but we do not hear about them from Government or parliamentary exchanges, we go where the energy is; for example on child poverty plans, on climate plans, on the programme for government or on budgets.
That includes close and regular contact with Scotland's business organisations including Construction Scotland and the Civil Engineering Contractor’s Association, to help businesses and employees deal with the impacts of the collapse of Carillion.
There is also a reach programme linked to each medical school in Scotland to assist pupils from low-progression schools who wish to access medical courses.
Inquiries/case studies
Inquiry into the A9 Dualling Programme
During the reporting year 2024-25, the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee continued its inquiry into the A9 Dualling Programme.
As a company, we have had partnerships with Channel 4, for example, which gave us funding to enable an executive producer who worked on daytime programmes to work on a prime-time programme.