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National policy and support for the social economy Evelyn Johnston Social Justice Manager Inverness Area Office Communities Scotland Working with others to ensure decent housing and strong communities across Scotland Overview Headline

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Working with others to ensure decent housing and strong communities across Scotland

National policy and support for the social economy

Evelyn Johnston

Social Justice Manager Inverness Area Office Communities Scotland

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Headline statistics
National Policy
Futurebuilders Scotland
Key Theme 1 – Public Sector Procurement
Key Theme 2 – Partnership & Planning
Key Theme 3 – Support for the sector
The Way Forward

Overview

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“Social economy organisations are

independent of the state, have primarily social objectives and their surpluses are reinvested for that purpose”

44,000 across Scotland – DTI research

suggest around 1,000 are social enterprises

4% of Scotland’s GDP employing 100,000
8,000 organisations in Highlands and Islands

annual income of £360m

The Social Economy

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A review of the Scottish Executive

Policies to promote the Social Economy (2003)

Futurebuilders Scotland – Investing in

the Social Economy (2004)

Parliamentary Debate 19 May 2005

National Policy

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Futurebuilders reaffirmed role of social

economy in developing better public services

Such organisations particularly effective in

working with most disadvantaged people - Closing the Opportunity Gap

Want to develop capacity of sector and make

it more sustainable

Futurebuilders Scotland

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Key to social economy playing greater role

in public services

Guides for social economy and for procurers
Huge added value by use of social economy

Key Theme 1 Public Sector Procurement

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Local Social Economy Partnerships
Linked into wider community planning
Highlands and Islands Social Enterprise

Zone (HISEZ)

Key Theme 2 Partnership and Planning

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Futurebuilders Investment Fund (12m)
Seedcorn Fund (£4m)
Learning Fund (£1m)
Social Investment Scotland Loan Finance (£6m)
Support Programme (£1m)

Key Theme 3 Support for the Sector

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National Policy developing
Potential of the sector is huge
Added value – “triple bottom line”
Time is right for real push