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

The situation will continue to worsen without a fair deal on funding and other tailored support for Scotland,to Scotland’s voluntary sector and over £1 billion of indirect funding to the sector through local authority,are facingany funding that does not rise with inflation will lead to real terms cuts, and further cuts,will consider the different aspects of vulnerability that organisations experience.,As with donations, any funding that does not rise with inflation will lead to real terms cuts, and further

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

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

I think that's slightly an avoidance strategy so we don’t have to talk about the real stuff, about trust,Decisions made about Scotland’s future must be designed with us and our beneficiaries in local and national,As Sheghley Ogilvie from SCVO explained in a blog post last year: ‘I’ve often heard the Programme for,When decisions relating to funding are made, this can often slip into the new financial year.,Even when a decision is made, organisations are often left waiting months for the payment of funds to

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

SCVO response to Building Community Wealth consultation (Scottish Government)

economic factors on a level footing with cost in contract arrangements; include resources to pay the real,Government's Programme for Government, could play a role in learning, collaboration, and ensuring progress is made,Guidance is needed to ensure different pieces of legislation and the five pillars are working together,People want to know what it looks like, what are the benefits, what difference it has made, and what,Fair Work, including the real Living Wage, for this essential workforce should be a priority.

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

Perfect storm could sink charities as living wage kicks in

​Charities could go to the wall as they struggle to meet rising demand, lower income and a new pay stipulation

https://tfn.scot/news/perfect-storm-rocks-charities-as-living-wage-kicks-in

Charities provide “whopping subsidy” to Scottish Government wages policy

Social care charities say local authorities are not paying the full price of social care and expect charities

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-provide-whopping-subsidy-to-scottish-government-wages-policy

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

One organisation reported no uplift for 13 years, a 27% cut in real terms.,SCVO’s thought-leadership blog series highlights the economic return on investment generated from public,Scotland's NPF.,Small-scale change could be made relatively quickly by holders of budget lines.,accurate picture of how their budget line – the Third Sector Fiscal Resource Budget Line – flows to different

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

A failure in co-production

of small local groups working together to redesign local services, Edinburgh council wants to give the

https://tfn.scot/opinion/a-failure-in-co-production

#ChristiePlus10: Radical Scotland? Not yet, but we can be if we choose.

#ChristiePlus10: a series of expert blogs reflecting on ten years since the publication of the Christie

https://tfn.scot/opinion/christieplus10-radical-scotland-not-yet-but-we-can-be-if-we-choose

Charities: Programme for Government a “missed opportunity”

The Scottish Government has missed an opportunity to tackle food poverty and its attendant problems,

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-programme-for-government-a-missed-opportunity

Atlantic rower aims to raise £100k for SAMH

​Scotsman Niall Iain Macdonald aims to become the first person to row from New York to Stornoway to raise

https://tfn.scot/features/atlantic-rower-aims-to-raise-100k-for-samh