Strong and vibrant communities are at the very heart of a more successful Scotland. The SNP’s vision is of city neighbourhoods, towns and villages where people are empowered to make their life better. And where government is doing its bit to make life easier, safer and our communities more pleasant places to live, work and bring up a family.

• We will also take forward a new way to invest in community projects and community well-being called Social Impact Bonds.
• In the next five years we will work as Scotland’s government to expand social and charity banking and micro-finance in Scotland.
• We will introduce a Sustainable Procurement Bill
• We propose a Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill, which will make it easier for communities to take over underused or unused public sector assets
• We will take forward our proposal for an effective public engagement strategy.

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