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A BETTER SOLUTION The petition suggests that a better solution would be to fund a panel of contributing lawyers from whom a selection could be made if the person or community meets certain criteria.
The Learning Estate Investment Programme’s (LEIP) outcomes-based funding model was designed by Scottish Government, Local Government and the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) to support the implementation of the Learning Estate Strategy.
Fiona agreed that this would be good but highlighted that the VSF is provided by the Scottish Government and they set fund restrictions. Sarah Latto said that Volunteer Scotland request addition dedicated funding for volunteering in much of their policy influence work, and Alan Stevenson from Volunteer Scotland highlighted ongoing work to develop a Funding Consortium as part of the implementation of the Volunteering Action Plan.
It is important therefore for TSIs to be funded appropriately and for them to consider the most effective ways to enable broad access to their networks and services.
On the point about trauma-informed training on which the convener has rightly pressed the Government, it is a hugely important issue, and the 2018-19 programme for government includes a commitment to developing an adversity and trauma-informed workforce.
You said that higher education institutions want to be exempt from the bill because they are autonomous non-public bodies, but you have just referenced the Scottish funding council, which is a public funding body.