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

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Direct grants available for those most vulnerable

Cost of living increases is making life worse for those with cancer

https://tfn.scot/news/direct-grants-available-for-those-most-vulnerable

Scotland's Digital Participation Challenge fund

the country; we’re excited to announce that, out of these applications,19 have been supported with grants,for Call 2, we were delighted to announce that the Digital Participation Leadership Group made 33 direct,Over 70 applications were made to Call 1, and the Digital Participation Leadership Group made 25 direct

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/challenge-fund

Scottish Government Commitments

been made in relation to this, we believe Fairer Funding to be an increase in the number of two-year grants,for the third sector", confirming that the Scottish Government will "ensure prompt notification of grant,awards to third sector bodies, increasing the number of multiyear awards, and review grant conditions,learning lessons from existing funding arrangements & embedding these & good practice into all our grant,It's a small first step, yes, but it signals a fair direction of travel to increasing multi-year funding

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/fair-funding/scottish-government-commitments

About the Scottish Third Sector Tracker

independent research company called DJS Research on behalf of SCVO, the Scottish Government, the William Grant,As a direct result of its first phase, which ran from summer 2021 to spring 2023, SCVO was able to make

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/about

You're a charity! What next?

We've got information on what kind of funding you can look for, how to give your applications for grants,Scotland Good governance Your management board, your trustees, have a vital role in setting the direction

https://scvo.scot/support/setting-up/next-steps

AI organisational policies

imperative to acknowledge this and introduce appropriate structures to steer experimentation in the right direction,Policies for written submissions Anyone who receives lots of text-heavy documents - for example, grant

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/ai/ai-policies

Programme for Government proposal 2024/25: Transparent voluntary sector funding

Publish annually the Scottish Government’s total direct investment in voluntary organisations from grants,voluntary sector to understand funding flows to the voluntary and other sectors and the scale of direct,Currently, official data from Scottish Government on direct voluntary sector funding is not available,and voluntary sector data by mirroring the UK Cabinet Office model, which publishes a Government Grants,, lottery grants, and independent grant funders.

https://scvo.scot/p/92441/2024/06/27/programme-for-government-proposal-2024-25-transparent-voluntary-sector-funding

Welfare grants are awarded once a year.,Applicants must be charities and grants must provide a direct benefit to the species supported by Petplan,Grants to human charities may be considered when it can be clearly demonstrated that the grant will enhance

https://funding.scot/funds/a0Rb0000000Ng7kEAC/petplan-charitable-trust-welfare-grants

Safeguarding in digital, fundraising and overseas

Safeguarding is something you should consider in all areas of your work, when you're assessing risk and responding to any issues. In this section, we look at some specific areas where you should think about safeguarding, along with pointers of what to think about.

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/safeguarding/safeguarding-in-digital-fundraising-and-overseas

SCVO Response: Finance and Public Administration Committee Inquiry into the Scottish Budget Process in practice

Publish the Scottish Government’s total direct investment in voluntary organisations annually from grants,The pilot offered 45 multi-year funding grants to organisations across Scotland committing £61.7 million,Fair Funding elements and how these can be progressed over the next five years, such as ensuring grants,and contracts cover the full costs of employing staff, and inflation-based uplifts to grants and contracts,Publish the Scottish Government’s total direct investment in voluntary organisations annually from grants

https://scvo.scot/p/97983/2025/03/24/scvo-response-finance-and-public-administration-committee-inquiry-into-the-scottish-budget-process-in-practice