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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Response to Finance and Public Administration Committee Pre-budget Scrutiny: Managing Scotland’s Public Finances – A Strategic Approach

The sector supports people to be economically active by providing employability support, mental health,is an employer, a partner, and a vital social and economic actor.,Funding was eventually confirmed for the year, but with a 5% cut.,As a major employer in Scotland- employing over 133,000 people- the voluntary sector is also central,The Third Sector Tracker raises concerns that many organisations may be relying on reserves to uplift

https://scvo.scot/p/93290/2024/08/12/response-to-finance-and-public-administration-committee-pre-budget-scrutiny-managing-scotlands-public-finances-a-strategic-approach

Response to Social Justice and Social Security Committee Pre-budget Scrutiny: Third sector funding principles

You can find out more about the sector here.Our response is on behalf of Scotland’s voluntary sector,,The Scottish Third Sector Tracker. SCVO’s State of the Sector statistics 2023.,Our sector’s role in the delivery of public services Scotland's voluntary sector is an employer, a partner,Do you provide funding to the third sector?,and elsewhere in the funding landscape, is highlighted and shared.

https://scvo.scot/p/93311/2024/08/13/response-to-social-justice-and-social-security-committee-pre-budget-scrutiny-third-sector-funding-principles

SCVO response to Building Community Wealth consultation (Scottish Government)

Recommendation: Statutory guidance is needed to ensure there is a clear-cut role for voluntary sector,budget cuts.,Statutory guidance is needed to ensure there is a clear-cut role for voluntary sector collaboration at,There is concern amongst the sector that CWB ambitions could evolve into a cost cutting exercise, where,The sector is also a significant contributor to the employability landscape delivering skills development

https://scvo.scot/p/59630/2023/05/15/scvo-response-to-building-community-wealth-consultation-scottish-government

to the Finance & Public Administration Committee: Scotland's public finances in 2023-24 - the impact of,the cost of living and public service reform

(sometimes referred to as the third sector).,The Scottish Third Sector Tracker SCVO’s State of the Sector statistics 2022.,Summary of our response The Scottish voluntary sector is an employer, a partner, and a vital social and,One organisation reported no uplift for 13 years, a 27% cut in real terms.,Conclusion The Scottish voluntary sector is an employer, a partner, and a vital social and economic actor

https://scvo.scot/p/52616/2022/08/19/scvo-response-to-the-finance-public-administration-committee-scotlands-public-finances-in-2023-24-the-impact-of-the-cost-of-living-and-public-service-reform

Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants

TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-2021-what-the-voluntary-sector-wants

Third sector cut out of new employability landscape

SCVO strongly disappointed that near replication of Work Programme means third sector regulated to role,Their ambitions were that the third sector would be heart and centre of the new employability landscape,“The reality of this new employability landscape is that it won’t deliver the best outcomes for unemployed,“It’s simply not good enough, and ignores the successful values driven approach of the third sector in,Third sector organisations with established connections and local expertise will ultimately be relegated

https://scvo.scot/p/16248/2017/10/04/third-sector-cut-out-of-new-employability-landscape

SCVO response to Scottish Government Enterprise and Skills consultation

Opportunities Third Sector as an employer There is also potential for greater engagement with the third,sector as an employer.,third sector three times.,To work with third sector organisations only through contracting-out arrangements to deliver programmes,At a recent Employment fair event in Glasgow, SCVO handed out surveys to young people asking about their

https://scvo.scot/p/13860/2016/08/15/scvo-response-to-scottish-government-enterprise-and-skills-consultation