In September we welcomed the publication of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture (CEEAC) Committee’s report on Barriers to trade in goods and opportunities to improve the UK/EU trading relationship. The Scottish Advisory Forum on Europe (SAFE) was pleased to...

contracts as part of expanding the Scottish Government’s Fair Work First criteria to ensure that the policy,working week in the run up to Christmas between the budget announcement and the submission of this briefing

Despite this renewed focus, one year on from the policy prospectus, there has been little progress.,Context In the Scottish Government’s policy prospectus New leadership - A fresh start, the Cabinet Secretary,Similarly, despite a renewed focus on fairer funding, one year on from the policy prospectus, there has

Find out more about SCVO’s Fair Funding work here: https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/,fair-funding Find SCVO’s engagement with the Scottish Budget process here: https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement

also stressed that better data collection is needed to help target new and existing social justice policies,with the sector on solutions based on expertise, experience, and evidence, leading to more effective policy

Multi-year funding For over a decade, the Scottish Government has recognised the need for multi-year funding, committing to longer-term funding for the voluntary sector across multiple government strategies, including within several Scottish Budgets and Programmes for Government...

Our policy team work closely with the third sector, the Scottish Government, COSLA, and the Scottish

Scotland’s voluntary sector Scotland’s voluntary sector plays a central role in achieving the three policy,priorities discussed by the First Minister’s in the Policy Prospectus, New leadership - A fresh start,Charities have adapted to social and demographic changes, funding and policy trends, the opportunities,We are encouraged that within the Policy Memorandum of the Charities (Regulation and Administration),Cost While a review will have a cost, it has already been committed to within the Policy Memorandum of

Summary SCVO welcomed the Scottish Government commitment to deliver ‘Fairer Funding’ by 2026 in the Policy

The Scottish Government’s policy prospectus, New leadership - A fresh start, committed to delivering,As a result of these pressures, this year the Poverty Alliance’s Challenge Poverty Week policy asks echo