OVER £500,000 has been awarded to 36 Scottish organisations to help bolster local projects and services across Scotland’s housing sector.
The payments were awarded as part of a rebate scheme created by procurement organisation the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA), which has allocated more than £4.2 million over eight years.
The SPA recently notified partners they will be receiving payments soon, with the largest award totalling £100,790.
SPA regional director Lesley Anderson said, “Our rebate programme directly supports our partners’ ability to improve facilities, transform spaces and sustain resident wellbeing schemes and hardship funds. This financial boost is crucial at a time where public sector budgets are under immense pressure and scrutiny.
“The goal of these payments is to enable partners to reinvest awarded funds directly into their communities helping to provide some much-needed breathing space at a time when many will be forced to tighten their belts.”
SPA offers routes to market for the construction, refurbishment, consultancy, and maintenance projects in social housing and public buildings.
The rebates are generated based on individual framework usage and total spend accumulated on eligible frameworks. The rebate scheme is designed to support projects that might otherwise struggle for funding.
Lesley Anderson added, “Our rebate programme has been enormously successful and since 2017 we have delivered more than £4.2 million worth of payments. Off the back of these payments, we’ve seen a wide range of projects come to life which have improved local facilities and drive positive change in communities to make them better places to live.
“We’re immensely proud to be able to offer this support and it’s incredibly rewarding to see these funds be translated into projects that deliver enormous social value to communities across the country.”
