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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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Digital Call To Action 3

Our evidence shows that this combination of device, data, skills and support was very effective in helping,They are testing early and ‘failing fast’, and using evidence of the user and business value delivered

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/call-to-action-3

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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.