Conference supported by Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights)

This conference will take place online. 

Scotland's voluntary sector and the staff and volunteers working within it deliver vitally important services in every Scottish community. However, crisis in funding, capacity and its future are some of the few certainties the sector can currently anticipate. How should charitable organisations, staff and the sector as a whole now be thinking, planning and reacting amid widespread crisis and challenge? How do you navigate a way forward – and what does coherent purpose and success look like – in this context?

This conference will take place online.

The 2016 Programme for Government pledged to substantially eliminate the poverty and attainment gap within a decade.  A tough enough challenge to achieve.  Since then, COVID has impacted massively on education, childhood development, the economy, incomes, benefits and curriculum delivery.  So where do we now stand in attempting to eradicate by 2026 what may be the biggest driver of long term inequality in Scotland?

This conference will take place online.

Scotland's population is ageing, with 25% of all Scots now sixty or older, and that trend is only set to continue. However, care services for our older people face acute resource constraints at the same time as demand is rising sharply. Is it still possible to have quality, quantity and stability in our care services?

This conference will take place online.