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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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Community Capacity and Resilience Fund - Round 1 Evaluation, June 2016

The Community Capacity and Resilience Fund (CCRF) is a pilot funding scheme that used a flexible, supportive,and light-touch approach to assist local community-based organisations to pilot innovative and creative,Accompanying paper: individual organisational evaluations of the fund.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/community-capacity-and-resilience-fund-round-1-evaluation-june-2016

Scotland’s resilient third sector through the cost-of-living crisis: insights from new research by Erin Cutroneo

Conversely, volunteer capacity did not influence volunteer-run organisations’ propensity for any resilience,Difficult Political and Funding Environment: Organisational resilience was also largely influenced by,organisations (TSOs) have faced a double squeeze: soaring inflation rates and costs, alongside rising community,Use of adaptive tactics indicates continuous learning, demonstrating greater long-term resilience capacity,While the Third Sector Resilience Fund during the COVID-19 pandemic provided temporary support in this

https://scvo.scot/p/101739/2025/11/03/scotlands-resilient-third-sector-through-the-cost-of-living-crisis-insights-from-new-research

Introduction This paper considers the available literature and data on the resilience of Scottish voluntary,For this paper, resilience is defined as the ability of an organisation to anticipate, cope with and,long-term trends from the Scottish third sector tracker, we draw conclusions about the sector’s resilience,and what is required to sustain and build on that resilience.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/the-resilience-of-scottish-voluntary-organisations

The fund is provided by Scottish Government and managed by SCVO.,The main objective of the fund is to provide up to 2 years funding to community-based voluntary organisations,enabling them to:• Pilot small innovative and creative projects, increasing capacity to deliver core,services tackling poverty and social inequality.• Use the funding to scale up pilot projects to attract,more risk-averse grant funding to sustain the work going forward.• Encouraging applications for up to

https://funding.scot/funds/a0R3z00000OjQQLEA3/community-capacity-and-resilience-fund

Funding to fight poverty in communities

The latest round of the Community Capacity and Resilience Fund closes next week

https://tfn.scot/news/welfare-effect-funding-deadline-approaches

This funding round is for organisations that are looking to deliver something innovative related to shared,community transport, which has the potential to either be replicated elsewhere, or develop a tool that,They are awarding funding to organisations working in ways that can demonstrate best practice and ways,of working that have the potential to build a sustainable, stronger more resilient community and shared,be used to support disabled people living in the UK and creating a more sustainable and resilient community

https://funding.scot/funds/a0R3z00000OQIeIEAX/motability-foundation-building-a-resilient-community-and-shared-transport-sector

SCVO's strategy for 2023-28

The financial resilience of the sector has been fragile for a long time and the widely accepted need,We must continue to develop our capacity to address multiple entrenched social, economic and environmental,It brings massive research capacity that is changing people’s lives.,We will enable our members to be ambitious for themselves and their communities, be more resilient and,We will promote excellence in governance, digital capacity, diversity and inclusion.

https://scvo.scot/about/work/strategy

SCVO Response: Finance and Public Administration Committee Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026-27 Responding to Long-Term Fiscal Pressures

, and accessible funding landscape that voluntary organisations, our public services, people and communities,These examples demonstrate the capacity of the voluntary sector services not only improve outcomes but,Essential to this is a resilient voluntary sector — one that is supported through Fair Funding and treated,The Scottish Spending Review must prioritise a resilient voluntary sector that can continue to provide,communities.

https://scvo.scot/p/99925/2025/08/12/scvo-response-finance-and-public-administration-committee-pre-budget-scrutiny-2026-27-responding-to-long-term-fiscal-pressures