For others, some of whom provide emergency frontline services to marginalised communities, the question of when to use reserves to mitigate a crisis can be difficult to answer when there is another crisis round the corner.ixWritten evidence, The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland
The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland also believed "a multi-year funder must recognise that inflation exists" and taking account of inflation is the responsible thing to do, stating "it is pretty straightforward to put in place tools that enable grant applicants to make sensible estimates."