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

with the sector throughout 21-22, including, ‘Scottish Government funding of voluntary organisations,Government decisions assess the impact of budget changes understand any Scottish Government action to,In 2020/21, 40% of charities spent more than their income, with that rising to 46% of smaller charities,Government’s Draft Budget 2020-21: Valuing the Third Sector’.,In our recent research on the Scottish Government’s funding of voluntary organisations, organisations

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 policy submissions, engagement, and research with the sector throughout 21-22. ,In 2020/21, 40% of charities spent more than their income in 2020/21, with that rising to 46% of smaller,Government decisions assess the impact of budget changes understand any Scottish Government action to,the Scottish Government and other public bodies should roll this out across budget-lines.,The UK Government must provide additional support in the upcoming budget to the Scottish Government to

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

SCVO submission to the Law Family Commission on Civil Society

These include: Valuing the Third Sector: Looking ahead to the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2020,-21, Scottish Parliament If not now, when?,was published on 21 January 2021.,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

Coronavirus, next steps & communities

This has continued throughout the pandemic, and the Scottish Government's initial support of the sector,Recent SCVO research from May 2020 now highlights a predicted 30% drop in income this year for voluntary,While emergency Scottish Government funding streams have provided vital support, many organisations had,process are required at both a national and local level.A just transition: The Scottish Government's,Parliament in November, the Scottish Government should ‘set up a working group, involving key stakeholders

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

Programme for Government proposal: Transparent voluntary sector funding

The Scottish Government emergency Covid grants awarded in 2020-2022 have already been published to 360Giving,Similarly, in last year’s Scottish Budget the Scottish Government recognised and accepted the Finance,, and evidence.,Evidence that this policy will lead to change As the Open Government Action Plan, Scottish Exchequer,,Valuing the Third Sector: Looking ahead to the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2020-21, the most recent

https://scvo.scot/p/60307/2023/06/22/programme-for-government-proposal-transparent-voluntary-sector-funding

Inquiry into the Scottish Government’s Public Service Reform programme - SCVO response

submit evidence to the Finance and Public Administration Committee's inquiry into the Scottish Government,August 2022)Fair Funding for the Voluntary Sector (January 2023)A collection of SCVO engagement and research,In our response to the Committee’s pre-budget scrutiny inquiry, Scotland's public finances in 2023-24,Although a real terms drop in expenditure from 2020, which we can by and large attribute to the impact,In 2020: 64.5% of the voluntary sector's paid staff were women.

https://scvo.scot/p/59486/2023/05/01/inquiry-into-the-scottish-governments-public-service-reform-programme-scvo-response-to-the-finance-and-public-administration-committee