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Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Scottish Council forVoluntary Organisations

Lucy McTernanDeputy Chief Executive

SCVO



Budgetary Scenario 2010-15 – threat or opportunity…..



• 45,000 voluntary organisations

• 23,000 registered charities

• £4.1 billion turnover in 2007/8

• 64% have less than £25,000 turnover

• 62% of resources go to the biggest 5% of the sector

• 130,000 paid staff, equivalent to 5% of Scottish workforce

• 1.3 million volunteers

State of the sector…



Sources and type of income, 2006

Source: SCVO 2007



The University of Nottingham

Public and Charity Perspectives: OSCR’s 2009 Surveys

0 = no trust and 10 = trust them completely



Quality

“The Care Commission has provided figures to the Scottish Parliament's Local Government and Communities Committee meeting in June, showing that 89-92% of voluntary sector care at home services receive only high gradings (4s, 5s and 6s) whereas this is achieved by only 65-72% of services operated by local authorities and the private sector. Taking into account the likely unit costs of such services, this appears to indicate that voluntary sector care at home services may be the optimum Best Value option.”



Challenges ahead…

Public spending cutsDonationsLegaciesGrant-making trustsEuropeLottery



SCVO Annual Members’ survey

In coping with the recession, 65% of respondents either said they had done ok but not great (47.2%) or that it had been difficult (17.7%).

51.8% of respondents felt either unsure or concerned about their job prospects, compared with 12 months ago.

67.7% were unsure or concerned about the prospects for future funding of their organisation.And almost half (48%) felt either unsure or concerned about the overall future of their organisation.



Opportunities ahead…

Public spending cuts!Improvement agendaPolicy thinking (eg JRF, Lottery)Recognition of quality & trustInnovation, replication and upscale



Some areas of opportunity

Alternatives to custodyHealth and ageingEarly yearsCurriculum for ExcellenceEnvironmentTransport



The scale of the challenge - care of older people

By 2031, numbers of those aged 85+ will go up by 144%

By 2020, notionally, 40% of school-leavers needed in the care sector to cope with demand

By 2031, a new 50-bed care home needed every two years to meet demand

(all data: ISD, SGHWD)



The scale of the challenge: mental health - depression

By 2020, depression the second greatest disease burden western world (WHO)

Scotland 2003, GP consultations for depression = 719,000; prescription costs 2004/05 £58m (all data: ISD)

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The scale of the challenge: long-term conditions

In Scotland, 1million people with long term conditions (LTCs), disability

LTCs account for 80% GP consultations

LTCs account for over 60% of hospital bed days

Costs – enormous, hard to estimate, but: COPD £98.5m

(2004/05) Epilepsy £38m (all data: Audit Scotland)



Partnership with Scottish Government

SCVO-SG strategic partnershipSG cross-directorate groupWider engagementCo-productionWhat’s the best way to work together?



Moving forward

Need to move from concept to practiceCo-productionWhere does the investment come from?Demonstration and incubationInvestment and bending spendConcordat and community planning – a help or an inhibitor?



Role of Scottish Parliament

Scrutinise and question!Encourage wider engagementPromote co-productionOversee localism



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