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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants

TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-2021-what-the-voluntary-sector-wants

SCVO submission to the Law Family Commission on Civil Society

Along with our community of 2,000+ members, we believe that charities, social enterprises, and voluntary,Scotland's 6,000 social enterprises put profits and surpluses towards social and environmental missions,How can social enterprises and charities gain greater access to corporate supply chains?,SCVO’s evidence library contains hundreds of recent reports, all produced by or about voluntary sector,SCVO carried out literature reviews in September 2020 and March 2021 covering research on coronavirus

https://scvo.scot/p/43561/2021/05/10/submission-to-law-family-commission-on-civil-society

SCVO response to pre-budget scrutiny 2023/24: the impact of human rights budgeting

enterprises that make up Scotland’s voluntary sector.,Over the last 11 months, Covid 19, inflation and the resulting cost-of-living crisis have put enormous,Years of underfunding, followed by Covid 19, and the running costs crisis, however, mean these ambitions,A recent research report into net zero provision for voluntary organisations in Scotland by CEiS highlighted,In recent research carried out by SCVO, voluntary organisations pointed to the cumulative impact of consequences

https://scvo.scot/p/53617/2022/09/09/scvo-response-to-pre-budget-scrutiny-2023-24-the-impact-of-human-rights-budgeting

SCVO response to the Finance & Public Administration Committee: Scotland's public finances in 2023-24,- the impact of the cost of living and public service reform

SCVO and our community of 3,000+ members understand that charities, social enterprises, and voluntary,Covid 19, inflation and the resulting cost-of-living crisis have put enormous strain on sector finances,19.,A recent research report into net zero provision for voluntary organisations in Scotland by CEiS highlighted,Covid 19, inflation and the resulting cost-of-living crisis have put enormous strain on sector finances

https://scvo.scot/p/52616/2022/08/19/scvo-response-to-the-finance-public-administration-committee-scotlands-public-finances-in-2023-24-the-impact-of-the-cost-of-living-and-public-service-reform

Coronavirus and its impact on the Scottish Voluntary Sector: a review of literature

The evidence base for the impact that Covid-19 is having on Scotland’s voluntary sector is still emerging,) COVID-19 Impact on Charities. https://www.oscr.org.uk/media/3925/oscr-covid-19-research-summary-report,https://scvo.scot/policy/evidence-library/2020-coronavirus-and-its-impact-on-the-scottish-voluntary-sector-what-do-we-know-so-far-may,-2020 SenScot (2020) Social Enterprise Reset Week: Impact Report. https://storage.googleapis.com/scvo-documents-evidence,Sector Covid-19 and Social Enterprise in Scotland’ will be included in next quarter’s synthesis.

https://scvo.scot/p/40369/2020/09/17/coronavirus-and-its-impact-on-the-scottish-voluntary-sector-a-review-of-literature

Equalities & Human Rights Committee Debate - Valuing the Third Sector

1 December 2020 About SCVO The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is the national membership,Along with our community of 2,000+ members, we believe that charities, social enterprises, and voluntary,, from grassroots community groups and village hall committees to more than 6,000 social enterprises,,’s voluntary sector and interrogated the evidence essential to building a clearer picture of how Scotland,The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has understandably drawn much focus and attention.

https://scvo.scot/p/41307/2020/11/30/equalities-human-rights-committee-debate-valuing-the-third-sector

Coronavirus, next steps & communities

SCVO briefing to the Scottish Parliament - Debate: COVID-19 Next Steps (Communities) SCVO briefing -,Along with our community of 2,000+ members, we believe that charities, social enterprises, and voluntary,, from grassroots community groups and village hall committees to more than 6,000 social enterprises,,But, for many of Scotland's charities and community groups, the outlook for 2020 was already 'unsettled,Recent SCVO research from May 2020 now highlights a predicted 30% drop in income this year for voluntary

https://scvo.scot/p/38971/2020/06/08/coronavirus-next-steps-communities

Cost of living crisis: SCVO and Volunteer Scotland briefing for MPs

Based on a range of evidence, including Volunteer Scotland’s recent research report, ‘Testing our Resilience,outlook for 2020 was already ‘unsettled’ well before the pandemic hit.,Reduction in volunteer participation The Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on volunteer participation,Recent research from Volunteer Scotland exploring the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on volunteers,Along with our community of 3,200+ members, we believe that charities, social enterprises, and community

https://scvo.scot/p/55743/2022/11/29/cost-of-living-crisis-scvo-and-volunteer-scotland-briefing-for-mps