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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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Scotland’s resilient third sector through the cost-of-living crisis: insights from new research by Erin Cutroneo

Steve Grozier
3 November 2025
Posted in
New research, conducted as an MSc Public Policy dissertation in collaboration with SCVO, reveals how,Implications: Supporting a Resilient Sector Policy Implications: Implementation of Fair Funding is key,timely notification of funding confirmations is essential to support organisations without drastic policy,Government should also tailor policy and support by organisation type, capacity, and mission to support

https://scvo.scot/p/101739/2025/11/03/scotlands-resilient-third-sector-through-the-cost-of-living-crisis-insights-from-new-research

Public Sector Funding

Public Sector FundingDownload PDF Public sector funding of the voluntary sector The following pages pull together what we know about public sector funding from the latest SCVO Sector Stats, based on analysis of over 600 charity accounts, with additional information from the...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/public-sector-funding

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 Briefing: Medium Term Financial Strategy

Sheghley Ogilvie
1 May 2025
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The Committee received extensive evidence from the voluntary sector on the impact of unsustainable and,In April 2023, the Scottish Government’s policy prospectus, New leadership - A fresh start, renewed these

https://scvo.scot/p/98446/2025/05/01/medium-term-financial-strategy

New report reveals concerns charity reserve usage is “unsustainable”

NEWS 7 September 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
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The latest findings from the Scottish Third Sector Tracker have been released. 

https://tfn.scot/news/new-report-reveals-concerns-charity-reserve-usage-is-unsustainable

The Scottish Third Sector Tracker – latest updates

OPINION 27 April 2023 by Steve Grozier
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Now, more than ever, new models for funding the sector are needed.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-scottish-third-sector-tracker-latest-updates

SCVO Briefing: Scottish Budget 2025/2026

Sheghley Ogilvie
28 November 2024
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Despite this renewed focus, 18 months on from the policy prospectus, there has been little progress.,As the Committee recognised, despite a renewed focus, 18 months on from the policy prospectus, there,The extensive evidence they received from voluntary organisations on the impact of funding uncertainty,Draw the Scottish Government’s attention to oral evidence on the Scottish Government’s recent consultation

https://scvo.scot/p/95427/2024/11/28/scvo-briefing-scottish-budget-2025-2026

Finances proving biggest challenge to charities as rising costs bite 

Press release
4 January 2024
of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker’s First Phase of research can be found here:https://scvo.scot/policy,/research/evidence-library/2023-scottish-third-sector-tracker-waves-1-to-6-executive-summary The Tracker

https://scvo.scot/p/87687/2024/01/04/finances-proving-biggest-challenge-to-charities-as-rising-costs-bite

Wave ten - spring 2025

Introduction This paper presents the key findings from the ten wave of the Scottish third sector tracker, data for which was collected in February-March 2025. The Tracker collects panel data from Scottish third sector organisations to give current insights into the health of the...

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/wave-10

Finance and Public Administration Committee Debate Briefing: Scottish Budget 2025/26

Sheghley Ogilvie
27 January 2025
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Pre-Budget scrutiny report focused exclusively on voluntary sector funding, collecting extensive evidence

https://scvo.scot/p/96778/2025/01/27/finance-and-public-administration-committee-debate-briefing-scottish-budget-2025-26

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2026. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.