The TSI Network has submitted a briefing to the Social Justice and Social Security Committee at the Scottish Parliament, in response to its pre-Budget Scrutiny process.
The Committee is considering third sector funding principles, and the Network’s response outlines the unprecedented challenges facing voluntary and community organisations; provides examples of good funding practice, and examples which demonstrate practice that places additional pressure and risks onto frontline groups and communities.
We’ve once again emphasised the importance of Fair Funding, and the increasing inequality between third sector and public sector employees often doing similar jobs. We also ask the Committee to consider the impact of the recent Scottish Government announcement that all but essential expenditure would be halted. We are deeply concerned about what this will mean for the third sector, and what it signals for the Scottish Budget.
We also highlight the lack of clarity about the future of UK Government funds going into communities across Scotland – UK Shared Prosperity and Levelling up Funds.
For more information contact: lynn.williams@tsi.scot
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