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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 Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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SCVO response to Scottish Labour's Policy Forum

David Livey
23 January 2025
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If implemented, these would support a thriving voluntary sector, strong public services, and resilient,communities.,Indeed, the voluntary sector is the glue that holds communities together.,contribution to Scotland’s economy: in 2024 the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) published a blog,Capacity building: also necessary is theprovision of support and resources to empower voluntary organisations

https://scvo.scot/p/96677/2025/01/23/scvo-response-to-scottish-labours-policy-forum

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

Sheghley Ogilvie
13 August 2024
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to vital capacity—that could otherwise be devoted to delivery—being wasted.,Annual funding challenges distracting from providing the services people and communities across Scotland,The Investing in Communities Fund – supposedly a three-year fund – is a recent example.,(54%); raising funds to meet the demand (50%); and volunteer capacity, (41%.),While our sector is resilient, the impact of rising costs on some organisations has been devastating,

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

Covid-19: learnings for supporting migrant and minority ethnic communities

OPINION 11 January 2023 by Dr Paulina Trevena
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Dr Paulina Trevena on why not learning from the pandemic would be a lost opportunity

https://tfn.scot/opinion/covid-19-learnings-for-supporting-migrant-and-minority-ethnic-communities

Cost of living crisis: SCVO and Volunteer Scotland briefing for MPs

Paul Bradley
29 November 2022
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, such as village or church halls, which are vital for community connection and resilience, and for some,survey in May 2021, 44% of volunteer involving organisations reported insufficient organisational capacity,witnessed an increase in volunteering during 2020, with 64% of the population giving their time in some capacity,resilience, particularly in a time of crisis.,, and to promote community connection and resilience.

https://scvo.scot/p/55743/2022/11/29/cost-of-living-crisis-scvo-and-volunteer-scotland-briefing-for-mps

Easy money: is foundation giving the future of charity funding, or is it just a lottery?

FEATURE 18 October 2018 by Susan Smith
Funding & Finance
Trusts and foundations are becoming ever more important in the face of drastic public spending cuts. TFN finds out how the sector is coping with demand.

https://tfn.scot/features/easy-money-is-foundation-giving-the-future-of-charity-funding-or-is-it-just

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

Sheghley Ogilvie
19 August 2022
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To support a sustainable and resilient voluntary sector, organisations need the Scottish Government to,For example, the wasted capacity of navigating funding application and reporting processes annually.,Similarly, growing investment in the capacity and sustainability of voluntary organisations is proven,SCVO’s thought-leadership blog series highlights the economic return on investment generated from public,to have limited capacity to source additional funding.

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

Mission critical: how third sector organisations can play to their strengths in responding to the climate emergency

Nick Addington
23 March 2022
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In this blog, Nick Addington offers some thoughts about a possible framework to help organisations think,This is as true for funders like the William Grant Foundation as it is for the organisations we fund.,prepare for the consequences of a global climate that will be at least 1.5° warmer and develop resilience,an essential resilience hub in times of emergency.,For us funders, this means thinking about how we fund and support organisations generally – beyond any

https://scvo.scot/p/49564/2022/03/23/mission-critical-how-third-sector-organisations-can-play-to-their-strengths-in-responding-to-the-climate-emergency

Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants

NEWS 4 May 2021 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#NeverMoreNeeded
1 comment
TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

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

Digital Participation funding – helping us go the distance!

Beverley Maclean
2 March 2021
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we have appropriately adapted to the changing lockdown restrictions and have new sustainable and resilient,to support people to get online and build further capacity and learning around access, confidence, motivation,within the voluntary and community sectors that have an established programme of collecting, re-furbishing,Lastly, we are pleased to be delivering the Connecting Communities Fund in partnership with Edinburgh,We'll be bringing you guest blogs from a number of our past projects over the coming weeks which we hope

https://scvo.scot/p/42551/2021/03/02/digital-participation-funding-helping-us-go-the-distance

Renewing Scotland’s full potential in a digital world

Aaron Slater
24 December 2020
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, supporting organisations to develop digital inclusion projects through the Digital Participation Fund,many are effectively micro SMEs in terms of budget and organisational capacity.,Our work on Cyber Essentials and cyber resilience more generally has shown that the third sector is keen,to do the right thing when it comes to cyber resilience and information security, but organisations,need for ongoing responsive support to ensure the voluntary sector keeps developing its digital capacity

https://scvo.scot/p/42425/2020/12/24/renewing-scotlands-full-potential-in-a-digital-world

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Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.