Posts tagged Budget

Each year at the beginning of September, the Scottish Government delivers its Programme for Government, a set of actions that the government will take over the next year to progress its priorities. Specifically, the programme includes, legislation, spending, policy initiatives... Read more

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) welcomes the opportunity to put forward proposals for the Scottish Government’s 2022/2023 Programme for Government. SCVO is dedicated to creating a fair and sustainable operating environment for Scotland’s voluntary... Read more

SCVO produced this summary of commitments impacting the voluntary sector operating environment. Read more

The policy cycle, like everything else, has been somewhat uncertain over the last couple of years. First Brexit and then the coronavirus pandemic have delayed the UK Budget, having a knock-on effect here in Scotland. Before the Christmas break, however, the Scottish policy-cycle... Read more

Scottish Budget 2022/23 Summary The third sector fiscal resource budget will receive an £800,000 (3.5%) cut to its funding This budget line funds support across the whole voluntary sector including many recent Scottish Government commitments welcomed by organisations across the... Read more

SCVO Scottish Budget Summary 2021 Following the Scottish Budget on the 9th of December 2021 (2022-2023) SCVO produced this summary of commitments impacting the voluntary sector and analysis of these commitments. SCVO also held webinar on 14th December 2021 to help voluntary... Read more

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) was invited to provide additional evidence following our written and oral evidence to the Scottish Parliament's Social Justice and Social Security Committee on the resilience and recovery of Scotland’s voluntary sector – you... Read more

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) has written to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Shona Robison MSP to highlight concerns over the recent announcement of the Scottish Budget for 2022-23 - you can view SCVO’s Chief... Read more

Each Autumn, Committees at the Scottish Parliament prepare pre-budget reports to share with Scottish Government Ministers ahead of the December Budget. Each one is packed with recommended commitments. Like colleagues across the sector, over the last few months the policy team at... Read more

Following the UK Government Spending Review 2021 SCVO produced this summary of commitments impacting the voluntary sector and key analysis of these commitments. Background This was the Chancellor’s third Budget and first multi-annual Spending Review. The 2021 Spending Review is... Read more