Scottish Government to develop formal partnership with third sector The Scottish Government will develop a formal partnership with charities and voluntary organisations to protect the third sector

Good to see SCVO’s partnership approach.

In Stirling, we began this last year, via SVE through the Council’s Thriving Communities tender to build relational, place-based support.

Trust first. Outcomes follow.
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#ThirdSectorScotland #TrustBasedFunding

#Thirdsector moves fast. We pivot, adapt, stretch.

But even agile systems need stable ground. Flexibility without multi-year backing won't sustain trauma-informed or community-led work.

2025 needs to be the turning point.

#TrustBasedFunding #ThirdSectorVoices #Leadership #charity #Funding #grants

To all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it won’t – and here’s the shocking proof | Polly Toynbee Asset manager Aberdeen’s surprise cut to funding research into inequality has left those that used its grants for good work reeling, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Aberdeen pulled the plug on own anti-poverty programme overnight 😬

Strong outcomes weren’t enough. Priorities shifted, and the work disappeared. Scary when impact relies on corporate will.

#ThirdSector #Inequality #SocialJustice #TrustBasedFunding #Scotland

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At #Geneva59, @wpsn-canada.org Chair @leclerck.bsky.social called for real, co-created partnerships—not symbolic ones.

Civil society is the engine of the WPS agenda.

📌 Full remarks: lnkd.in/epkjdZ59
#WPS #FeministForeignPolicy #Decolonization #Localization #TrustBasedFunding #WPSNCanada

🤝📊🔑 Being trusted by funders to lead, not just report, changes everything. Trust lets us act fast, centre voices, and deliver real change. It’s not soft—it’s strategy.
#TrustBasedFunding #ThirdSector #ImpactThatMatters

Thousand Currents Academy: Building Solidarity with Global Movements by Thousand Currents on Exposure May 19-22, 2025, Atlanta, GA

The @1000currents.bsky.social Academy is coming to Atlanta!

From May 19-22, 2025, funders & allies will gather to advance unrestricted, long-term funding for Global South movements & drive systems change.

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