Policy blog

Earlier this month on the one-year anniversary of Liz Truss beginning her short, ill-fated stint as Leader of the Conservative Party... Read more

The week represents an opportunity to showcase work that has been done throughout the year to tackle poverty, while also calling for... Read more

SCVO's policy and public affairs team braced ourselves for a busy start to the year – you may recall my blog from December. We've... Read more

Summary The current situation for voluntary organisations is worse than pre-pandemic, or even during the pandemic.  This is because... Read more

Scotland’s National Performance Framework (NPF), a policy tool that sets out Scotland's National Outcomes and 81 Indicators as... Read more

About our response The past few years have been a whirlwind of escalating crises. The climate crisis, COVID pandemic, and the cost-of... Read more

From the 1st of July 2023 all recipients of public sector grants will be required to pay at least the real Living Wage and provide... Read more

For those amongst us working to decipher the Levelling Up agenda, the past twelve months have been busy building new relationships... Read more

SCVO and The Third Sector Interface Scotland Network have written to Natalie Don MSP, Minister for Children, Young People and Keeping... Read more

The Scottish Government’s Building Community Wealth in Scotland consultation was launched at the start of the year and seeks to... Read more