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Written Question · S4W-16498 · Session 4

Whether it will provide a breakdown of how the 2013-14 third sector budget has been allocated, showing the amounts allocated to each organi…

Answered Asked by Gavin Brown Con Lodged 22 Jul 2013

The question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of how the 2013-14 third sector budget has been allocated, showing the amounts allocated to each organisation funded.

The answer

Answered by John Swinney on 16 Aug 2013 · 25 days after it was lodged, on time

The following table breaks down funding for third sector intermediaries (largely grant funding), business support contracts and support for third sector events and initiatives, which represents the major part of the third sector budget.
The table includes funding to be transferred to other Scottish Government Directorates under the Spring Budget Review process to support third sector purposes.
Third Sector Organisation
2013-14
Third Sector Intermediaries and Related Activities

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)
£929,536.00
Association of Chief Officers of Scottish Voluntary Organisations (ACOSVO)
£109,035.00
Volunteer Development Scotland (VDS)
£810,000.00
Development Trusts Association Scotland
£150,000.00
Voluntary Action Scotland (VAS)
£250,000.00
Senscot
£45,250.00
Community Health Exchange
- Learning Exchanges
£34,500.00
Supporting Social Enterprise Alliance (Senscot, Social Enterprise Scotland, Social Firms Scotland)
£320,000.00
Third Sector Interfaces
£8,135,094.00
Social Enterprise Academy
£300,000.00
Scottish Community Alliance
£50,000.00
Evaluation Support Scotland
£200,000.00
Barnardos/Voluntary Action Scotland/Improvement Service
- Getting it Right for Every Child
- National Project
£232,065.00
Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland with Assist Social Capital/International Futures Form
£21,107.00
Third Sector Funds

Social Investment Scotland
£385,000.00
Social Entrepreneurs Fund
£500,000.00
Enterprise Ready Fund
£4,800,000.00
Voluntary Action Fund
£1,259,326.00
International Social Enterprise Programme
£110,000.00
Funding Models
£100,000.00
Framework/Reserve
£50,000.00
Business Support Contracts

Ready for Business
£600,000.00
Just Enterprise
£1,200,000.00
Public Social Partnerships (PSP)
£500,000.00
Third Sector Longitudinal Study
£41,775.00
Support for Third Sector Events & Initiatives

CEiS Conference
£9,900.00
Supplier Development Programme
£7,000.00
Pilot Light
£18,000.00
Providers & Personalisation
- Coalition of Care & Support Providers Scotland (CCPS)
£40,000.00 (SBR)
The Change Fund: Enhancing the Role of the Third Sector Programme
- The Alliance
£180,000.00 (SBR)
Strategic Lead for Third Sector Engagement and Partnership (Health, Care and Wellbeing)
£35,000.00 (SBR)
Glasgow Council for Voluntary Service (GCVS) Strategic Funding Partnership Early Years Initiative
£141,000.00
Edinburgh Castle Volunteering Reception
£10,000.00
Holyrood Conferences
£179.00
Core Solutions
£3,000.00
Senscot -Cultural/Sports Round Table
£47,555.00
Financial Memorandum of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Bill
£180,000.00

£21,422,588.00

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-16498 by reference.