Posts tagged Fair Work

This letter was sent to Kate Forbes MSP, Deputy First Minister on the 26th of January 2026 from Anna Fowlie, Chief Executive, SCVO, Lesley Kelly, TSI Scotland Network, Louise Goodlad, Third Sector Employability Forum (TSEF) and Euan Leitch, Chief Executive, SURF. Dear Deputy... Read more

This letter was sent to Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance & Local Government on the 17th of December 2025 from Anna Fowlie, Chief Executive, SCVO and Alan Stevenson, Chief Executive, Volunteer Scotland. Dear Cabinet Secretary We write to you as the leaders of... Read more

Summary The Spending Review can recognise, resource, and support the voluntary sector and our essential services by aligning the Scottish Government’s “Fairer Funding” principles with SCVO’s definition of Fair Funding including: Multi-year funding: funding that provides a minimum... Read more

SCVO has just published an analysis of Pay in the voluntary sector. Our analysis found that voluntary sector pay is managing to keep up with inflation and with the private sector, but it is lagging well behind public sector pay. The voluntary sector is also lagging the public... Read more

Summary Amongst many other valuable contributions to society, Scotland’s voluntary sector plays an essential role in supporting people and communities across Scotland experiencing poverty and inequality and is central to the Scottish Government’s plans to eradicate child poverty... Read more

Summary SCVO and colleagues across the voluntary sector welcomed the Scottish Government’s commitment to deliver Fairer Funding for the sector by 2026, including exploring options to implement multi-year funding deals. Years of underfunding and poor funding practices, and crises... Read more

Voluntary sector costs are climbing, funding is falling, and demand for services continues to increase. Similarly, years of underfunding and poor funding practices, and crises such as the pandemic, and the cost-of-living crisis have put the voluntary sector under increasing... Read more

Following a debate on the National Insurance Contributions Bill in the House of Lords on Tuesday, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) Chief Executive, Anna Fowlie said: “The Treasury decision to increase employer National Insurance Contributions will cost medium... Read more

Summary Scotland’s voluntary sector plays an essential role in supporting people and communities across Scotland and is central to the Scottish Government’s ambitions to eradicate child poverty, grow the economy​, tackle the climate emergency, and improve public services. Without... Read more

Voluntary sector costs are climbing, funding is falling, and demand for services continues to increase. Similarly, years of underfunding and poor funding practices, and crises such as the pandemic, and the cost-of-living crisis have put the voluntary sector under increasing... Read more