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How can we approach the finance of partnerships fairly, such as paying people for their time?

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on 29th January 2026

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How can we make sure that VCSE sector organisations are confident to ask to be paid when working with organisations like the UoS – and how can we embed in UoS culture offering to pay VCSE organisations for their time? Do we need to standardise this across the UoS? How does this work in other organisations? Are there examples of it working well, and of it not working well we can learn from & build on?

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Idea #10. Added by Hayley | 5 days ago

There is a challenge with interns, where we have been in the position where some of our paid team had to defer wages as we had to pay the intern and had not quite got the funds in time :-(

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Rebecca Kinge | 4 days ago |

Prompt payment is crucial for small organisations to keep their cash flowing. More and more organisations are dipping into their reserves, and slow payment could be the straw that leads to closure of a charity or community organisation or social enterprise. I hope this point can be raised with finance teams.

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Idea #9. Added by Hayley | 5 days ago

Consider use of cash on campus

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Idea #8. Added by Hayley | 5 days ago

Educate accounts to identify third sector

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Idea #7. Added by Hayley | 5 days ago

Workshop for vcses on training to know their worth and value in terms of their usp

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Rebecca Kinge | 4 days ago |

Articulating an organisation's or individuals's USP is really important. Anyone can help with this by sharing a testimonial, so that people know their own worth to others.

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Idea #6. Added by Hayley | 5 days ago

Is there a way to publish best matches for professionalising public engagement including cultural workers?

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Idea #5. Added by Hayley | 5 days ago

Can standardise policies to make a single easy way to pay vcse sector participants?

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Rebecca Kinge | 4 days ago |

Fully agree. As a social enterprise, mostly we are offered no payment for our professional input (though our experience is happily taken and the input we give is appreciated with kind words), sometimes a sum like £15 per hour (which after organisational and on costs comes in at below the minimum wage), sometimes the NIHR rate and sometimes a consultancy rate. It is only a consultancy rate which allow us to keep the lights on, pay the real costs of running an organisation and continue to deliver work into the future.

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Idea #4. Added by Hayley | 5 days ago

How can we ensure that people are paid for the pre grant work across all faculties? Same processes over all faculties and all people who are asked for input

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Idea #3. Added by Hayley | 5 days ago

How can we educate researchers on the true costs of outside input?

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Idea #2. Added by Hayley | 5 days ago

Can we all agree on a set rate and/or sliding scale for rate of pay based on actual activity

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Idea #1. Added by Hayley | 5 days ago

Group 1 fair finance - what can UoS do to pay small VCSEs and individuals who contribute to research faster for their work rather than 30 days? I.e tier system.

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Consider use of cash on campus

Educate accounts to identify third sector

Workshop for vcses on training to know their worth and value in terms of their usp

Can standardise policies to make a single easy way to pay vcse sector participants?

How can we educate researchers on the true costs of outside input?

Can we all agree on a set rate and/or sliding scale for rate of pay based on actual activity

Group 1 fair finance - what can UoS do to pay small VCSEs and individuals who contribute to research faster for their work rather than 30 days? I.e tier system.

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How can we approach the finance of partnerships fairly, such as paying people for their time?

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There is a challenge with interns, where we have been in the position where some of our paid team had to defer wages as we had to pay the intern and had not quite got the funds in time :-(

Is there a way to publish best matches for professionalising public engagement including cultural workers?

How can we ensure that people are paid for the pre grant work across all faculties? Same processes over all faculties and all people who are asked for input

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How can we approach the finance of partnerships fairly, such as paying people for their time?

Add an idea

There is a challenge with interns, where we have been in the position where some of our paid team had to defer wages as we had to pay the intern and had not quite got the funds in time :-(

Consider use of cash on campus

Educate accounts to identify third sector

Workshop for vcses on training to know their worth and value in terms of their usp

Is there a way to publish best matches for professionalising public engagement including cultural workers?

Can standardise policies to make a single easy way to pay vcse sector participants?

How can we ensure that people are paid for the pre grant work across all faculties? Same processes over all faculties and all people who are asked for input

How can we educate researchers on the true costs of outside input?

Can we all agree on a set rate and/or sliding scale for rate of pay based on actual activity

Group 1 fair finance - what can UoS do to pay small VCSEs and individuals who contribute to research faster for their work rather than 30 days? I.e tier system.

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