The Opportunities and Challenges of the Changing Public Services Landscape for the Third Sector in Scotland: A Longitudinal Study Year Three Report (2009-2012)
The report provides findings from the the first three years of a qualitative longitudinal study on the third sector in Scotland
Footnotes
1. Scottish Government (2010) Scotland's Spending Plans and Draft Budget 2011-2012 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/331661/0107923.pdf
2. Scottish Parliament (2012) Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Bill http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/48001.aspx
3. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2010/11/19124547
4. Scottish Government (2011) Commission on the Future Delivery of Public Services http://scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/06/27154527/2
5. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Speeches/spendingreview2012-13
6. Direct payments are local council payments available for anyone who has been assessed as needing help from social services. You can normally get them if you are a carer aged 16 or over. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CaringForSomeone/MoneyMatters/DG_10018517
7. Dickinson, H. And J. Glasby (2010) The personalisation agenda: implications for the third sector, Third Sector Research Centre.
8. Scottish Government (2010) Self-directed support: A National Strategy for Scotland http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/02/05133942/0
9. Scottish Government ( 2006) Changing Lives: Report of the 21st Century Social Work Review Group http://scotland.gov.uk74c7eaeb-7ffe-4095-875e-47cbf3d9c23a
10. Scottish Government (2010) Self-directed support: A National Strategy for Scotland page 7
11. Though little evidence could be found to substantiate this fear at the time.
12. Also called 'active labour market policies', these are government programmes that intervene in the labour market to help the unemployed find work. Previous examples include the New Deal.
13. For further information on the Work Programme see http://www.dwp.gov.uk/policy/welfare-reform/get-britain-working/#work
14. For instance, http://news.stv.tv/election-2011/242237-award-of-work-programme-contract-criticised/
15. This may be related to an issue identified by the Employment Related Services Association in relation to lower than expected referrals of jobseekers on Employment Support Allowance (and therefore further away from being job-ready), see: ERSA (21 May 2012) ERSA performance figures on Work Programme show relative improvement against challenging economic backdrop, at http://www.ersa.org.uk/hub/details/682
16. This was particularly the case for sub-contractors where a portion of the payment was based on payment-by-results, e.g. sustaining clients into work, where payment was not paid until sometime after the intervention had been carried out.
18. The Work Choice programme, operated through DWP, provides help to find employment and support in a job for disabled people. For further information see: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/Employmentsupport/workschemesandprogrammes/DG_187696
19. Additional services that can be accessed by clients in order to support the existing service being provided.
20. This concept was identified in recent research carried out with TSOs in England. See Macmillan R et al (November 2011) Paper 67: First impressions: introducing the 'Real Times' third sector case studies http://www.tsrc.ac.uk/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=bHctOCHEIQ0%3d&tabid=862
21. For further information about the Fund, see http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/Young-People/Early-Years-and-Family/news/UVSF
22. The Volunteering Round Table was organised by Volunteering Development Scotland and includes members across the sector. It has highlighted volunteering issues with the Scottish Government (see http://www.vds.org.uk/Portals/0/documents/Shaping%20The%20Future%20_2_.pdf). This group hoped to work with Scottish Government to advance the volunteering agenda at national level, in particular, for instance, to include a high level indicator on volunteering within the national outcomes framework.
23. The Gathering Conference, the 7th Annual Third Sector Event, held 23rd and 24th February 2011 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
24. Non-office based-services provided within a community, such as in a client's own home, but also can include in other public or community buildings such as a community centre or GP surgery.
25. Consulting with staff within the organisation about the possibility of making staff redundant as an option to reduce staff costs.
26. See Scottish Government (2011) Mental Health Strategy for Scotland: 2011-2015 A Consultation http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2011/09/01163037/0
27. 'Hard' outcomes are generally quantitative measures of activity such as numbers of clients into work or training or number of hours attending education or education activity. 'Soft' outcomes included factors that were generally more difficult to measure quantitatively, and included aspects such as the changes in the level of confidence of clients.
28. See Scottish Government (2008) Enterprising Third Sector Action Plan 2008-11, page 31
29. 'Reformulating Wolfenden? The Roles and Impact of Local Development Agencies in Supporting Voluntary and Community Action in the UK' in Local Government Studies, Vol 26, Issue 4.
30. Scottish Government News Release (12/06/09) Public Social Partnerships Welcomed at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2009/11/23121830
31. The Public-Social Partnership Project website at http://www.pspscotland.co.uk/node/17
32. Charity Finance Group/Institute of Fundraising/Price Waterhouse Coopers (2012) Managing Charities in the new normal – A perfect storm? The latest instalment in the series of 'Managing in a Downturn' surveys, at http://www.cfg.org.uk/Policy/have-your-say/surveys/closed-surveys/2012/april/cfdg-iof-and-pwc-managing-in-adownturn-survey-2011.aspx
33. Charity Finance Group/Institute of Fundraising/Price Waterhouse Coopers (2012) Managing Charities in the new normal - A perfect storm? The latest instalment in the series of 'Managing in a Downturn' surveys, at http://www.cfg.org.uk/Policy/have-your-say/surveys/closed-surveys/2012/april/cfdg-iof-and-pwc-managing-in-a-downturn-survey-2011.aspx
34. Comparative data for the same time period is limited An earlier survey carried out in August 2010 by Price Waterhouse Coopers, CFDG and Institute of Funding 'Managing in a Downturn: Responding to Life after the Comprehensive Spending Review: Charity Sector' found 6.6% of respondents in receipt of statutory income had merged in the previous year. By 2011, this on-going survey found that those considering merger had increased from 12% to 20%, although this survey does not report on actual mergers. See Charity Finance Group/Institute of Fundraising/Price Waterhouse Coopers (2012) Managing Charities in the new normal - A perfect storm? The latest instalment in the series of 'Managing in a Downturn' surveys, at http://www.cfg.org.uk/Policy/have-your-say/surveys/closed-surveys/2012/april/cfdg-iof-and-pwc-managing-in-a-downturn-survey-2011.aspx
35. Charity Finance Group/Institute of Fundraising/Price Waterhouse Coopers (2012) Managing Charities in the new normal - A perfect storm? The latest instalment in the series of 'Managing in a Downturn' surveys, at http://www.cfg.org.uk/Policy/have-your-say/surveys/closed-surveys/2012/april/cfdg-iof-and-pwc-managing-in-a-downturn-survey-2011.aspx
36. See the dedicated website for more details: http://www.getconnectedandlead.org.uk/
37. Research Advisory Group Minutes of the Meeting, held at Scottish Government, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh on 9 February 2011
38. Research Advisory Group Minutes of the Meeting, held at Scottish Government, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh on 2 November 2011.
39. Note that these categorisations were not applied rigidly and there was some overlap in the activities of organisations.
40. Lewis, J. (2007) 'Analysing Qualitative Longitudinal Research in Evaluation' in Social Policy & Society, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 5455-556, 6:4.
41. Holland, J. (2007) Issues in Qualitative Longitudinal Research; Workshop held at London South Bank University 2007, p.10.
42. Interfaces are the new local infrastructure for the third sector. The main goal of the new infrastructure is to align the third sector with the Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs) and the Single Outcome Agreements. By March 2011 each local authority area will have a third sector interface. They will vary in legal form but will all fulfil four functions:
- Support to voluntary organisations operating in the area, both local and those national organisations that deliver services at the local level;
- Support and promotion of volunteering; Support and development of social enterprise;
- Connection between the Community Planning Partnership and the third sector.
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