National voice, local impact.

Development, Representation and Co-ordination
of Third Sector Interests in Scotland

Voluntary Action Scotland Strategic Plan 2012-2015 (summary)

A vision of:

• Consistentent and relevant third sector services for all communities of Scotland
• Strategic representation and influence of the third sector in national policy development and its outcomes
• Leadership of the localism agenda via strategic alliances, partnership and providing local intelligence about communities.

Five Priorities -

• Promoting and marketing the outputs of the TSI network
• Defining and reinforcing the VAS and TSI identity
• More involvement of the third sector in reshaping public services
• Strategic relationship and partnership agreements with other agencies to assure relevant service delivery
• Securing new resources and infrastructure development for the TSI network.

Operational Effectiveness through -

• Gathering and using information about TSI activity to promote the voice of the sector from an informed base
• Ensuring consistent and high quality services adopting agreed common service standards
• Promoting and delivering the Saltire Awards for volunteering and young people
• Developing VAS's governance and staff resources to improve performance
• Supporting TSIs in involvement in the Change Funds, social enterprise development and wider community empowerment action
• Setting monitoring and evaluation frameworks for VAS and the TSIs with Scottish Government
• directing the strategic development of improvement services for the third sector.

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