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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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Wave eleven - Autumn 2025

The Tracker asks organisations questions relating to their current organisational challenges; services,Topical questions are included each wave.,For wave eleven, we asked respondents questions on the 2026 Scottish Parliamentary elections, the climate,We also asked open questions about what additional resources, skills or capacities would best help their,organisation do more for their beneficiaries; the impact of funding delays; and about the impact the

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/wave-eleven-autumn-2025

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

Wave ten - spring 2025

The Tracker asks organisations questions relating to their current organisational challenges; demand,Topical questions are included each wave.,For wave ten, we asked respondents to tell us about the impact of increased National Insurance contributions

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/wave-10

AI and everything else - our call to action a digitally confident Scottish voluntary sector

Used well, digital and technology can make charities more effective, resilient and responsive, enabling,deliberate, sustained action to build digital confidence as a core part of effective, ethical and resilient,Technology alone will not fix problems rooted in ways of working, capacity or culture.,At the same time, familiar pressures remain: constrained funding and capacity, persistent digital exclusion,non-specialists Prioritise user value rather than overloading products with features Recognise that charities frequently

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/call-to-action-4

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

Question 1.,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,,Registered charity “Over frequent reporting tends to be too onerous both for the person receiving the

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

Response to Finance and Public Administration pre-budget scrutiny: The sustainability of Scotland's finances

Growing investment in the capacity and sustainability of voluntary organisations is proven to pull greater,for the long-term and build the internal capacity needed to leverage non-public financing from other,As a result of short-term funding, voluntary organisations frequently issue redundancy notices.,short term funding as a crisis that undermines resilience.,Recommendation: SCVO encourages the Committee to ask the Scottish Government to align its Fairer Funding

https://scvo.scot/p/61563/2023/08/17/response-to-finance-and-public-administration-pre-budget-scrutiny-the-sustainability-of-scotlands-finances

SCVO submission to the Finance Committee on Scotland's public finances

The pandemic has laid bare the voluntary sector’s unparalleled role in the resilience of Scotland’s communities,benefitsThe confidence and motivation to go online SCVO have been working on digital inclusion and capacity,The programme is frequently described by those involved as the most successful partnership work they’,Many questions remain on whether local authorities will distribute funding to the voluntary sector under,The Committee should ask how the Scottish Government plan to ‘actively progress’ multi-year funding for

https://scvo.scot/p/44755/2021/08/12/scvo-submission-to-the-finance-committee-on-scotlands-public-finances

Community Capacity and Resilience Fund guidance notes

about the fund requirements Introduction In this 4th round of the Community Capacity and Resilience fund,Funding from the Community Capacity & Resilience fund would enable us to hire an additional sessional,Estimated cost up to 31st March 2019 is £x and for 1st April 2019 onwards £x Frequently Asked Questions,We received Community Capacity & Resilience funding previously.,The Community Capacity & Resilience fund is not intended to fund repeat projects/activity.

https://scvo.scot/p/26005/2018/09/06/community-capacity-and-resilience-fund-guidance-notes

Community Capacity & Resilience Fund - Interim Report

Community Capacity and Resilience Fund SCVO Update Report February 2016 Context The Community Capacity,and Resilience Fund focuses on small, local, grassroots, community-based organisations to pilot ideas,Let’s Get Sporty We applied to the Capacity & Resilience Fund to provide our organisation with the capacity,The Larder The Community Capacity & Resilience Fund allowed us to pilot an idea that we wanted to try,Izzy’s Promise We applied for funding from the Community Capacity Resilience Fund to help vulnerable

https://scvo.scot/p/11825/2016/02/29/community-capacity-resilience-fund-interim-report

Minutes of the 70th Annual General Meeting | November 2013

Bank deposits had decreased by £1.8 million, mainly due to the fact that SCVO received funding from Community,needed to be asked and would be asked by SCVO.,organisations continued to work in a challenging environment, thanks to their adaptability and resilience,to that – which drew into the equation all the neglected personal assets that people have that frequently,We had argued for Community Jobs Scotland as a better successor to the Future Jobs Fund than the Work

https://scvo.scot/p/6744/2014/11/17/minutes-of-the-70th-annual-general-meeting-november-2013