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National voice, local impact.

Supporting, developing and representing Scotland's local third sector infrastructure.



Each local authority area in Scotland has a Third Sector Interface to support, promote, develop and represent the third sector:

  • Community groups;
  • Voluntary organisations;
  • Social enterprises;
  • Volunteering.

Third sector interfaces have now formed across Scotland. The new interface arrangements bring together four key, local infrastructure functions:

  • support to voluntary organisations operating in the area, both local and those national organisations that deliver services at the local level;
  • support to and promotion of volunteering;
  • support and development of social enterprise;
  • connection between the Community Planning Partnership and the third sector.

Did you know?

There are 32 third sector interfaces - one in each local authority area.

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