The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.
Part E: SCVO’s role in securing progress on funding - where do we go from here?
Our conversations with intermediaries were set up with the dual aim of working with them to improve their funding experience and to extract learning and solutions that might be applied elsewhere. SCVO wants to see a convincing response from the Scottish Government and those responsible for disseminating Scottish Government funds to the funding challenges faced not only by voluntary sector intermediaries but across Scotland’s voluntary sector.
If this paper is to add value to both aims, where do we go from here? We asked intermediaries what they considered to be SCVO’s role in addressing the funding issues and challenges experienced by intermediaries. While the comments below are about SCVO’s specific work with voluntary sector intermediaries, they will undoubtedly apply elsewhere.
On funding, SCVO should:
Lead on sector funding challenges and finding solutions
Support a strong collective voice to influence funding
Work with intermediaries to get the balance right when pushing on funding
More generally, SCVO should:
Continue conversations similar to these calls
Enhance the resources it already provides
Ensure its engagement and influencing activity is accessible
Make the case for intermediaries and sector infrastructure
Always build evidence that is fair and representative