Information & advice When your budgets are tight and your future feels uncertain, making sure your policies,collaborative working How to make the most of your funding, and find new sources How to look after your staff Policy,paper on the need for Fair Funding has led the Scottish Government to commit to fairer funding in its Policy,members and voluntary organisations Our SCVO partners provide discounted services and goods to SCVO,Good governance and difficult decision making Rethinking reserves Property options in a post-pandemic

past twelve months have been busy building new relationships and trying to assess the impact of this policy,A year on from the publication of the Levelling Up White Paper and the UKSPF Prospectus, SCVO continues,A clear commitment to the future of Levelling Up post-2025 is urgently needed to provide certainty for,Importantly, the Finance and Public Administration Committee at the Scottish Parliament has also started,SCVO and the TSI Scotland Network submitted a joint letter to the committee ahead of an evidence session

We'll also outline how SCVO has been involved in influencing this new law, and what we've asked for.,policy and influencing work The 2023 Act, which became legislation last summer, had already been through,a four year journey – and SCVO have been influencing and inputting throughout.,response to the Social Justice & Social Security Committee’s consultation on the bill in February.,In March, SCVO gave evidence to the committee on the bill, and the committee’s report on the bill was

the heart of Scottish public policy and service delivery… SCVO welcomes the chance to share our thoughts,The Public Audit and Post Legislative Scrutiny Committee also noted in 2019 that "the NPF should explicitly,SCVO welcomes the Finance and Public Administration Committee's recommendation regarding accountability,As part of our recommendations to the Committee, SCVO believes it would be helpful to have guidance relating,About SCVO The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is the national membership organisation

funding for the sector, most recently in our evidence to the Social Justice and Social Security Committee,In responding to the committee's calls for multi-year funding for the sector, the government said it,Finally, there's our policy network for those operating in or close to policy development.,Although this is less about SCVO influencing the policy landscape, we've held a wide array of events,Still, 2022 has set some solid foundations for SCVO's policy and influencing across a whole range of

SCVO and TSI Scotland Network submitted a joint letter to the committee ahead of an evidence session,The Levelling Up (LU) agenda remains a key policy across the UK, and we are keen to work closely with,that greater and clearer commitment is needed from the UK Government on the future of Levelling Up post,Alignment with Scotland’s policy direction and the NPF It would be fair to say that most of us in Scotland,Yours Sincerely, Anna Fowlie SCVO Bridie Ashrowan EVOC Lesley Kelly MVA Anthea Coulter CTSI

Our aims for the Gathering Gathering highlights After the Gathering The Gathering, organised by SCVO,,The chief executive of SCVO, Anna Fowlie, opened the session before Mr Yousaf addressed delegates.,head of policy and research led a Q&A with the First Minister addressing questions submitted by audience,and the voluntary sector can show support for the action we need to see.The recent Climate Change Committee,Go to My SCVO Did you spot yourself or your colleagues in our Gathering photo album?

Committee’s consultation on the Scottish Government’s Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland,We are also encouraged by the commitment within the Policy Memorandum for this reasoning to “continue,expect the way in which these concerns have been addressed to be suitably communicated to charities in post-legislation,As acknowledged in the Policy Memorandum, there are charities who may wish to include ex-offenders as,from the regulator towards the engagement, communication, guidance, and support that will be required post-legislation