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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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“Rebuild the relationship”: Scottish Labour commits to “New Deal for Third Sector”

NEWS 16 February 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance

https://tfn.scot/news/rebuild-the-relationship-scottish-labour-commits-to-new-deal-for-third-sector

Financial challenges at highest level since Covid among voluntary organisations

NEWS 9 February 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
The latest wave of the Scottish Third Sector tracker shows an overwhelming number of groups facing challenges

https://tfn.scot/news/financial-challenges-at-highest-level-since-covid-among-voluntary-organisations

Ministers commit to earlier funding arrangement announcements for third sector

NEWS 18 December 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Funding & Finance
#RunningCostsCrisis
Voluntary groups will be told of funding arrangements “as soon as is practicably possible” going forward. 

https://tfn.scot/news/ministers-commit-to-earlier-funding-arrangement-announcements-for-third-sector

Cost of living & the #RunningCostsCrisis

to support you in tough times As the cost of living crisis takes hold, people and communities need voluntary,sector services more than ever.,Our position paper on the need for Fair Funding has led the Scottish Government to commit to fairer funding,Opinions and news from SCVO SCVO response to 2023/24 Programme for Government where we welcome commitments,Sector tracker and the worrying picture it paints for Scotland's voluntary sector in the coming months

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/running-costs-crisis

Sector must keep up the pressure

OPINION 13 November 2023 by Kirsten Hogg
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Kirsten Hogg analyses the first minister’s commitments towards the voluntary sector, based on his address,to the Gathering 2023

https://tfn.scot/opinion/sector-must-keep-up-the-pressure

"Double whammy": Scottish budget's impact on third sector

OPINION 22 December 2023 by Anna Fowlie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
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Anna Fowlie expresses the sector's dismay at yet another disappointing budget - and wonders when, if ever, we'll see concrete action

https://tfn.scot/opinion/double-whammy-scottish-budgets-impact-on-third-sector

“A missed opportunity”: third sector slams Scottish budget plans

NEWS 19 December 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
The Scottish Government published its 2024/25 draft budget, outlining the SNP-Green administration’s spending plans for next year

https://tfn.scot/news/a-missed-opportunity-third-sector-slam-scottish-budget-plans

SCVO Briefing: Scottish Budget 2024/2025 Stage 1 Debate

Sheghley Ogilvie
29 January 2024
Posted in
Delivering Fair Funding is essential for a sustainable voluntary sector which can survive the running,By November 2023 the Third Sector Tracker found: Almost 6 in 10 (57%) organisations believed that rising,Ensure transparent monitoring and reporting on public sector funding of the voluntary sector.,Medium voluntary sector organisation “Like all voluntary organisations, we have very short-term funding,Without action the goal to achieve ‘Fairer Funding’ for the voluntary sector by 2026 will be missed.

https://scvo.scot/p/88172/2024/01/29/scvo-briefing-scottish-budget-2024-2025-stage-1-debate

The First Minister promised action, not warm words, the Budget delivered neither.

Sheghley Ogilvie
20 December 2023
Posted in
Last month First Minister Humza Yousaf joined colleagues across the voluntary sector at SCVO’s annual,As part of the Scottish Budget process, he offered the voluntary sector “firm assurance that work, consideration,In April the Third Sector Tracker found: • Demand for support had increased for 63% of voluntary organisations,Not even a commitment to the funding transparency needed to ensure the impacts of the Budget on voluntary,To learn more about the impact of the Scottish Budget on the voluntary sector, join our webinar on the

https://scvo.scot/p/87667/2023/12/20/the-first-minister-promised-action-not-warm-words-the-budget-delivered-neither

SCVO responds to Draft Scottish Budget 2024/25

Press release
19 December 2023
“While we welcome the Scottish Government’s commitments to move towards Fair Funding for Scotland’s voluntary,“We need to see meaningful support for the sector, with urgent progress on Fair Funding to safeguard,ENDS Notes for editors: Read SCVO’s budget briefing here: https://scvo.scot/p/87246/2023/12/12/scvo-briefing-scottish-budget,/gathering-first-ministers-speech-8-november-2023/.,SCVO’s ​Fair Funding for the Voluntary Sector: https://scvo.scot/p/56732/2023/01/16/%E2%80%8Bfair-funding-for-the-voluntary-sector

https://scvo.scot/p/87653/2023/12/19/scvo-responds-to-draft-scottish-budget-2024-25