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Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants
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4 May 2021
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TFN's guide to charity election manifestos
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Finances proving biggest challenge to charities as rising costs bite
4 January 2024
Data from the tracker observes the emergence of the sector from the Covid-19 pandemic through 2021, followed,and sustainable funding in place, philanthropic funders investing their money wisely and the public giving,A good start would be Scottish Government passing on the money that the UK Government allocated for energy,can be found here:https://scvo.scot/policy/research/evidence-library/2023-scottish-third-sector-tracker-waves,As a direct result of its first phase, which ran from summer 2021 to spring 2023, SCVO was able to make
SCVO submission to the Law Family Commission on Civil Society
10 May 2021
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From your perspective, can you give us examples / recommendations of what would enable civil society,Scotland) have only just been made aware of this and have only started advertising the funds, this gives,was published on 21 January 2021.,SCVO’s evidence library contains hundreds of recent reports, all produced by or about voluntary sector,SCVO carried out literature reviews in September 2020 and March 2021 covering research on coronavirus
https://scvo.scot/p/43561/2021/05/10/submission-to-law-family-commission-on-civil-society
SCVO response to pre-budget scrutiny 2023/24: the impact of human rights budgeting
9 September 2022
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challenging outlook for Scotland’s public finances and that is why we are calling for more funding from the UK,The Scottish Government published its emergency funding awards on 360 Giving during the pandemic, and,Our response will focus on those where SCVO can provide evidence. Priority 1.,However, research by SCVO and Senscot in 2021 suggests that many organisations without an environmental,The committee provided no further reports or recommendations, likely due to the timing in 2021.
SCVO response to the Finance & Public Administration Committee: Scotland's public finances in 2023-24 - the impact of the cost of living and public service reform
19 August 2022
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SCVO policy submissions, engagement, and research with the sector throughout 21-22. ,SCVO is working with our sister councils in other parts of the UK to influence UK Government levers to,wholesale costs of energy on the market. 86% of organisations reported rising costs between December 2021,The Committee provided no further reports or recommendations, likely due to the timing in 2021.,However, research by SCVO and Senscot in 2021 suggests that many organisations without an environmental
SCVO response to the Social Justice and Social Security Committee's low income and debt problems inquiry
5 April 2022
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Ofcom research this year states that 2 million households in the UK struggle to afford their internet,Safety nets to provide access to devices and connectivity – such devices in libraries and other public,Research by Lloyds Banking Group in 2021 found that manual workers with higher levels of digital skills,It wasn’t until May 2021 that she made a claim for Universal Credit following advice from friends.,holds ambitions of working in the future and feels that part time work would help her mental health giving
Cost of living crisis: SCVO and Volunteer Scotland briefing for MPs
29 November 2022
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Based on a range of evidence, including Volunteer Scotland’s recent research report, ‘Testing our Resilience,, urging him to give meaningful support to charities and to the people we support.,We are now seeing this play out in the current crisis, with the Charities Aid Foundation’s (CAF) UK Giving,Taking all this evidence into consideration, it is clear that volunteering is under considerable threat,an annual turnover of less than £100k. 4 in 5 Scots used a voluntary sector organisation in 2018 In 2021
Pre-Budget Scrutiny Evidence: Social Justice and Social Security Committee
31 August 2023
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About our response SCVO welcomes the opportunity to give evidence to the Social Justice and Social Security,Our submission draws on evidence from: SCVO’s engagement with the Social Justice and Social Security,SCVO policy submissions, engagement, and research with the sector throughout 22-23.,, and we acknowledge the work of the Scottish Exchequer as part of the Open Government Action Plan (2021,’s Fairer Funding principles with SCVO’s definition of Fair Funding – developed through significant research
Digital Inclusion Briefing
29 October 2018
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plans to invest £600 million to meet its commitment to deliver 100%
superfast broadband coverage by 2021,The evidence clearly shows digital exclusion
exacerbates existing deep routed inequalities and affordability,These reports give an insight into the current picture of digital
exclusion across Scotland, as well,Carnegie
UK Trust (2017) - #Notwithoutme
A report from a UK pilot programme which challenges the assumption,A more comprehensive library of reading and
resources is available on the website for
Scotland’s Digital
https://scvo.scot/p/27369/2018/10/29/digital-inclusion-briefing
SCVO response to pre-budget scrutiny 2023/24: the sector's role in reducing inequalities & alleviating poverty
14 September 2022
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About our response SCVO welcomes the opportunity to provide written evidence in advance of the oral evidence,Parliamentary records and Scottish Government publications.SCVO policy submissions, engagement, and research,We recognise that the UK Government must take major interventions to ensure the public and voluntary,In Scotland the voluntary sector had an annual turnover of over £8.5 billion in 2021 and worked with,people and communities across Scotland. 86% of organisations have reported rising costs since December 2021