1 December 2020 About SCVO The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is the national membership,Our position SCVO welcomes the debate on Valuing the Third Sector and the opportunity to explore the,and interrogated the evidence essential to building a clearer picture of how Scotland’s voluntary sector,Details of this can be found in our ‘state of the sector’ survey.,an overview of our research which lays bare the impact the crisis had on voluntary organisations and

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Our analysis of the voluntary sector’s pre-COVID finances, published today, highlights a complex patchwork,of fundraising, trading, contracts, grants and reserves, all of which have been impacted by the coronavirus,In thinking about the sector’s funding needs, it is important to remember that everything in the garden,The Equalities and Human Rights Committee highlighted issues in their 2019 report, including the uncertainty,funding streams flexible, based on trust, and as easy as possible for organisations to apply for; SCVO