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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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Best practice for funders

Collaboration Take a look at our briefing paper on funding, the voluntary sector and coronavirus for

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/never-more-needed/best-practice-for-funders

SCVO Scottish Budget Summary 2023/24

Public sector pay policy was not published, due to inflation and ongoing negotiations on public sector,Key points of interest for SCVO policy priorities which focus on the voluntary sector operating environment,references to the sector in both the announcement and the Scottish Budget document but these tended to be brief,COSLA argues the increase announced by the Deputy First Minister will be smaller once existing policy,Lowering the threshold at which the top rate is payable from £150,000 to £125,140 replicates UK tax policy

https://scvo.scot/p/56491/2022/12/21/scvo-scottish-budget-summary-2023-24

Spring Statement response - SCVO letter to Deputy First Minister

Following the Spring Statement in which the Chancellor announced over £100 million to support charities and community organisations in England, SCVO has written to Deputy First Minister, John Swinney MSP, for clarity on how the full Barnett consequentials will be used to support...

https://scvo.scot/p/58433/2023/03/16/spring-statement-response-scvo-letter-to-deputy-first-minister

Spring Statement Briefing from SCVO and Volunteer Scotland

Energy Price Guarantee for households and a commitment to work with charities to develop long term policy,Contact Sheghley Ogilvie, Policy & Public Affairs Officer (sheghley.ogilvie@scvo.scot) Volunteer Scotland,Contact Sarah Latto, Policy Officer (sarah.latto@volunteerscotland.org.uk) Scotland’s voluntary sector

https://scvo.scot/p/58267/2023/03/13/spring-statement-briefing-from-scvo-and-volunteer-scotland

Planning for EU Exit (Brexit)

downloaded here: Self-assessment checklistDownload (PDF) NCVO has produced a Key points to consider briefing,You can find SCVO blogs, SCVO policy briefings and press releases on Brexit topics here.,More information and policy analysis can be found at the Scottish Centre on European Relations, an independent

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/planning-for-eu-exit-brexit

Letter to Scottish MPs: National Insurance Contributions Bill

please get in touch.Best wishes,Anna Anna FowlieChief ExecutiveSCVO Additional information SCVO Briefing

https://scvo.scot/p/95500/2024/12/02/letter-to-scottish-mps-national-insurance-contributions-bill

​Fair Funding for the Voluntary Sector

Contact Sheghley Ogilvie, Policy and Public Affairs Officer sheghley.ogilvie@scvo.scot ​Jason Henderson,, Policy and Public Affairs Officer jason.henderson@scvo.scot

https://scvo.scot/p/56732/2023/01/16/fair-funding-for-the-voluntary-sector

Make Renting Right

Graeme Brown, director at Shelter Scotland, said: “We have always engaged with private renting policy,Brown continued: “We built a well-evidenced case for reform, through research, policy papers, public,Staff held meetings with MSPs, had campaign days across Scotland, provided briefings, and gave evidence

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/making-renting-right

Cost of living & the #RunningCostsCrisis

Information & advice When your budgets are tight and your future feels uncertain, making sure your policies,We continue to brief MSPs in Holyrood and MPs in Westminster on the impact of the cost-of-living crisis,paper on the need for Fair Funding has led the Scottish Government to commit to fairer funding in its Policy,We briefed MSPs ahead of the Scottish Budget.,Last year MSPs used our briefings to secure commitments to multi-year funding from the Cabinet Secretary

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

Scottish Budget Briefing 2023/2024

Briefing Multi-year funding and timely decision-making To support a sustainable and resilient voluntary,Our policy team work closely with the voluntary sector, the Scottish Government, COSLA, and the Scottish,Contact Sheghley Ogilvie, Policy and Public Affairs Officer Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

https://scvo.scot/p/56262/2022/12/13/scottish-budget-briefing-2023-2024

Get involved

Collaborate with us and our members to develop and promote voluntary sector policy perspectives for Scotland