Jenny Bloomfield

Budgeting Fun This should be the time of year when many of us have fun with the Scottish Government budget. How much has the third sector got? Is the money going into any exciting new funds? Which communities look set to benefit? However, a delay to the budget has caused everyone... Read more

03 October 2016 Our response SCVO welcomes the opportunity to respond to this call for evidence. Rather than focus on aspects of implementation, we take a broad approach in our response. Firstly, many in our sector are supporters of the principle of subsidiarity – that is, that... Read more

SCVO welcomes the opportunity to respond to this inquiry and would like to contribute the following: Introduction It is heartening to see this inquiry into a Sottish approach on taxation, and we are pleased that the Finance Committee is looking to initiate a debate on this... Read more

Scottish Parliament inquiry and UK Government consultation are keeping us busy! Read more

08 August 2016 Summary We welcome the proposed Directions and this consultation on them. We suggest some changes below, particularly so the proposed Directions better ensure the expertise of both the sector and the people who work at the Fund itself are best utilised, and to... Read more

Why is the UK-wide Big Lottery Funding scheme so important? Read more

Ambitious plans hatched to improve social care support in Scotland Read more

Three years on from SCVO’s last local funding survey, Policy Officer Jenny Bloomfield looks at where we are now and how you can help. Read more

Last week I chaired a joint SCVO-ICAS event on charity tax. We had speakers from the UK Treasury and Revenue and Customs, and from the Charity Tax Group. ICAS also spoke. It was a good session, with about 30 attendees – a mix of sector (large and small) and chartered accountants... Read more

A look at who'll be affected when new Lobbying (Scotland) Act starts. Read more