Publisher:
Scottish Government
Alternative Published Date
2022
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Type of Resource:
Review
Length (Pages, words, minutes etc...)
44pp
Fast Facts
The difficulties of collaboration between government and voluntary organisations are funding, meaningful collaboration, procurement and lack of trust.
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Funding is short term, inflexible, reducing and excessively monitored.
Meaningful collaborations is restricted by lack of understanding of each other, unequal partnerships, poor communications, lack of trust, lack of empowerment of third sector and communities
Public procurement is geared to private sector and large third sector organisations and a focus on cost rather than quality.
Throughout, all these elements were clouded by the evident lack of trust between the two sectors.
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