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Orkney Islands Council also awarded THAW Orkney £41,400 of the FlexibleFunding for Local Authorities award that it received from the Winter Support Fund.
Talking of submissions—and this is my final question in this section—given COSLA’s concerns regarding the Scottish budget process, does the Scottish Government need to take a longer-term and more flexible approach to local authority funding to enable implementation of this transformational strategy?
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Date answered:
25 March 2025
The Strategy sets out the importance of all employers being flexible and supportive of carers in the workforce and outlines our commitment to fund and promote the Carer Positive employer accreditation scheme.
I am sure that the committee would expect the SAC to come up very regularly during those discussions—both the use of the previous funding and the development of the refreshed funding.
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Date answered:
31 October 2022
There is also the Formal Sector DevelopmentFund which supports the development of Music Service Managers and the formal music workforce by providing opportunities for reflection, collaboration, peer-to-peer networking, and project acti...