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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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Wave five findings - winter 2022/23

The infographic summary, summary report and data tables for the fifth wave of The Scottish Third Sector Tracker are available here. Key Findings — Summary report The wave 5 summary report is available here The findings from wave five of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker suggested...

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/wave-5

Wave two findings - winter 2021/22

The initial findings from the second wave of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker are available here. The findings suggested that most third sector organisations continued to face challenges in the face of the pandemic. However, there had been improvement in the sector’s ability to...

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/wave-2

Wave four findings - summer 2022

Particularly evident in this report was the increased prevalence of staffing issues and shortages, volunteer

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/wave-4

Best practice for funders

We're asking funders to submit their reports for inclusion in SCVO’s public Evidence Library.

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

Useful contacts and resources

https://scvo.scot/support/hr-for-creatives/useful-contacts-and-resources

Wave six findings - spring 2023

The infographic summary, summary report and data tables for the sixth wave of The Scottish Third Sector Tracker are available here. Read our summary report of wave six of the tracker.

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/wave-6

Procurement: “inconsistency, bureaucracy, and inflexibility still creating challenges for third sector” 

Ilse Mackinnon
1 July 2024
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public sector reviews and voluntary sector surveys chime strongly with the Committee’s summary: Good policies,are in place, but there is still a disconnect between policy and practice on the ground.

https://scvo.scot/p/92613/2024/07/01/procurement-inconsistency-bureaucracy-and-inflexibility-still-creating-challenges-for-third-sector

Coronavirus and its impact on the Scottish voluntary sector – what do we know so far? (May 2020)

All research and insights shared with us will be collated in our searchable Evidence Library: https:/,/scvo.org.uk/policy/evidence-library https://scvo.org.uk/policy/coronavirus The briefing covers: Funding

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/coronavirus-and-its-impact-on-the-scottish-voluntary-sector-what-do-we-know-so-far-may-2020

The impact of rising costs on third sector organisations in Scotland.

Steve Grozier
23 July 2024
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“Budgets have been stretched to go further in order to cover increasing costs and so other activities have been curtailed or cancelled.” Inflation may have finally hit the Bank of England’s target rate, but only after three years of rising costs. The focus of much of the research...

https://scvo.scot/p/92962/2024/07/23/the-impact-of-rising-costs-on-third-sector-organisations-in-scotland

SCVO response to Scottish Labour's Policy Forum

David Livey
23 January 2025
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of its policy development process, ahead of the election.,The evidence we have collected, through bespoke engagement and backed up by the findings of the Scottish,SCVO’s written evidence to the committee is also available here.,SCVO’s written evidence to the Committee is available here.,Supporting collaboration between the third and public sectors: evidence review: the research review conducted

https://scvo.scot/p/96677/2025/01/23/scvo-response-to-scottish-labours-policy-forum

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Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.