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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Fair funding & procurement

and UK Budgets, Transparent funding, Fair Work, Running costs crisis Contact Latest news & opinion The,latest Fair Funding & procurement news and blogs.,approach to financial openness, including within budget lines and grant funding across all directorates,Perfect storm could see voluntary groups shut - SCVO's Paul Bradley highlights the data from our Third,Sector tracker and the worrying picture it paints for Scotland's voluntary sector in the coming months

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement

Unintended consequences – Insurance Premium Tax

OPINION 10 July 2015 Guest post
Social Justice & Poverty
Alan Eccles summarises some of the effects of the budget

https://tfn.scot/opinion/unintended-consequences-insurance-premium-tax

Cost of living report calls for further emergency support

NEWS 28 October 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
1 comment
There is widespread concern amongst disabled people about being able to afford the energy required to

https://tfn.scot/news/cost-of-living-report-calls-for-further-emergency-support

What Brexit means for the third sector

FEATURE 30 June 2016 by Susan Smith
Management
A week after the shock EU referendum result, Susan Smith examines how the third sector has responded,and what the result means for the future

https://tfn.scot/features/what-brexit-means-for-the-third-sector

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

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
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TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

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

SCVO response to the Finance and Public Administration Committee's National Performance Framework inquiry

Paul Bradley
14 April 2022
Posted in
The committee has recently highlighted confusion across sectors around how the National Outcomes in the,In announcing the inquiry to the Scottish Parliament on 1 March, the Convenor mentioned that in his blog,The report, ‘Valuing the Third Sector,’ published by the former Equalities and Human Rights Committee,budget allocations.,third sector).

https://scvo.scot/p/49998/2022/04/14/scvo-response-to-the-finance-committee-inquiry-national-performance-framework-ambitions-into-action

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
Posted in
The Scottish Third Sector Tracker SCVO’s State of the Sector statistics 2022.,SCVO welcomes the engagement of the Scottish Government’s Third Sector Unit in this work.,SCVO’s thought-leadership blog series highlights the economic return on investment generated from public,For example, the 2022/2023 Scottish Budget reduced the Third Sector Budget Line by £800,000, to £25.8,of how their budget line – the Third Sector Fiscal Resource Budget Line – flows to different projects

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

SCVO response to the inquiry into Public Administration – Effective Scottish Government decision-making

Rachel Le Noan
16 February 2023
Posted in
Where the quality of relationships was less good or challenging, third sector organisations highlighted,Looking ahead to the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2020-21: Valuing the Third Sector It goes on,Looking ahead to the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2020-21: Valuing the Third Sector SCVO is of,For example, the 2022/2023 Scottish Budget reduced the Third Sector Budget Line by £800,000, to £25.8,picture of how their budget line – the Third Sector Fiscal Resource Budget Line – flows to different

https://scvo.scot/p/57213/2023/02/16/scvo-response-to-the-inquiry-into-public-administration-effective-scottish-government-decision-making

Third sector visions for a Scotland of the future

John Downie
25 November 2013
Posted in
Within the third sector, and more widely, there is a growing call for our economy to be reformed to prevent,Recent examination of welfare policy in Nordic and other countries through the Third Sector Internship,More widely, such principles consistently emerge when the third sector critiques public policy[xxv].,Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is the national body representing the third sector.,More Excuses – Danson and Trebeck (Jimmy Reid Foundation, 2013) [iv] http://www.oxfam.org.uk/scotland/blog

https://scvo.scot/p/1364/2013/11/25/third-sector-visions-for-a-scotland-of-the-future