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How do we get there? To do this, the Scottish Government must provide funding for community and voluntary organisations that is: • Fair and recognises the value of the third sector; • Longer-term, guaranteeing income of three years or more; • Sustainable, including awards that cover the payment of the real Living Wage, inflation-based uplifts and full costs, including core operating costs; and • A. [...] Organisations in the Poverty Alliance’s membership cited challenges in delivering continuity in service provision: “The short time funding has impacted our organisation because for some point when the funding is finished we have to stop our ongoing project and our research shown the necessity of the need in our community.” (Community organisation) “It can have impact on the services we provide, fo. [...] The report of the inquiry recommended the exploration of opportunities to build in rural uplifts for third sector grants and funding awards (including by independent funders).5 The voluntary sector plays a key role in 5 Challenge Poverty Week 2024: Policy Briefing 5 A Scotland where we value our communities and volunteers rural communities, and in particular supporting people living on low incomes. [...] For those who are new to the field it would offer time to bed in to their career, for those who have been WROs and Money Advisers for a long time it would offer them financial peace of mind when they are working so hard with clients.” (Bute Advice Centre) Proportionate, and consistent approaches to applications and reporting In responses to our survey, organisations pointed to the need for: • Stan. [...] 9 Challenge Poverty Week 2024: Policy Briefing 5 A Scotland where we value our communities and volunteers How will this help Scotland to meet our child poverty targets? • At the heart of the need for fair funding for the third sector is the reality that organisations in Scotland’s third sector are often at the frontline of efforts to challenge the injustice of poverty in Scotland through the exper.