Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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

Steve Grozier

23 July 2024

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Research

“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

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

Steve Grozier

3 November 2025

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Research

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

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

SCVO Briefing: Medium Term Financial Strategy

Sheghley Ogilvie

1 May 2025

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Policy reports

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

SCVO Briefing: Scottish Budget 2025/2026

Sheghley Ogilvie

28 November 2024

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Policy reports

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

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

Review of Charity Regulation: Scottish Government consultation

Jason Henderson

23 July 2024

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Consultation responses

Charity Review

In this response, we draw on evidence from: The legislative process that resulted in the Charities (Regulation,This has never been more evident than over the course of the last few years, but we can’t forget that,sector, regulators, and the Scottish Government – that it might be possible to review and improve policy,See the latest Scottish Third Sector Tracker, published in February of this year, for evidence of this,Contact Jason Henderson Policy and Public Affairs Officer jason.henderson@scvo.scotscvo.scot

https://scvo.scot/p/92967/2024/07/23/review-of-charity-regulation-scottish-government-consultation