sector in 2021.,As a result, difficulty fundraising has been one of the top challenges reported in the Scottish Third,UK, using a range of data sources including the Scottish Third Sector Tracker and CAF.,However, between 2018 and 2021 individual giving income then dropped from £1.2bn to £1.1bn.,increases in fundraising and donations in the last 3 months of 2022, these are outweighed by the number reporting
https://scvo.scot/p/90651/2023/09/30/individual-giving-in-scotland
Data from the tracker observes the emergence of the sector from the Covid-19 pandemic through 2021, followed,Throughout the waves of research, the frequency with which organisations have reported financial challenges,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
https://scvo.scot/p/87687/2024/01/04/finances-proving-biggest-challenge-to-charities-as-rising-costs-bite
SCVO’s recent research shows the amount of public money provided to third sector organisations froze,between 2021 and 2023, falling by £177 million in real terms - a real terms cut of 5%.,The Committee received extensive evidence from the voluntary sector on the impact of unsustainable and,Registered Charity “The longer-term funding allows us to give much better value for money, we can plan,SCVO will continue to press the UK Government to reverse its decision on these increased costs for the
https://scvo.scot/p/98446/2025/05/01/medium-term-financial-strategy
Fairer Funding for Scotland’s voluntary sector in the 2025/26 Scottish Budget and their calls for the UK,Shockingly, recent research by CCPS reveals a 20% pay gap between NHS support workers and voluntary sector,Registered Charity “The longer-term funding allows us to give much better value for money, we can plan,SCVO’s recent research shows the amount of public money provided to third sector organisations froze,between 2021 and 2023, falling by £177 million in real terms - a real terms cut of 5%.
https://scvo.scot/p/98456/2025/05/01/scvo-briefing-programme-for-government
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,Fairer Funding principles with SCVO’s definition of Fair Funding – developed through significant research
https://scvo.scot/p/61863/2023/08/31/pre-budget-scrutiny-evidence-social-justice-and-social-security-committee
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,In a Scottish Government survey in May 2021, 44% of volunteer involving organisations reported insufficient,Taking all this evidence into consideration, it is clear that volunteering is under considerable threat
https://scvo.scot/p/55743/2022/11/29/cost-of-living-crisis-scvo-and-volunteer-scotland-briefing-for-mps