This year, we continued to deliver against the ambitions of our Strategic Plan 2019-22.,We also produced our annual Third Force News Guide to Running a Charity or Social Enterprise, which focused,Support services We responded quickly to adapt our support services to meet people's changing needs.,It generated 1.5 million Twitter impressions over a six-month period, with more than 20% of social media,Looking forward SCVO’s three-year strategic plan covering 2019-22 will continue to guide our overall

write Invitations to Tender (ITTs) in clear, straightforward language, and tendering portals should meet,due to the unmanageable cycle of frequent re-tendering, as shown in CCPS's research commissioned in 2019,The Network organised regular meetings and workshops on procurement and shared good practices with more,Stop using generic templates: Requiring excessive insurance or other generic terms regardless of the,The organisations SCVO engaged through the consultation process on community wealth building are generally

SCVO is continually evolving what we do to meet emerging needs, as well as delivering the tried and tested,or via our pro-bono partners to develop and build their capacity. 684 new members 11 new supporters Meet,Not only does the Goodmoves website generate significant unrestricted income for SCVO to invest back,also developed a number of ongoing partnerships with voluntary sector organisations and published its annual,We held our first all Staff Away Day since 2019 towards the end of 2022, with the focus of the day being

SCVO and The Third Sector Interface Scotland Network have written to Natalie Don MSP, Minister for Children,organisations who were successful in 2016 are being funded for projects which, seven years later, may not be meeting,and Adult Learning and Empowering Communities Fund (2016)New fund 1: Families and Communities Fund (2019,Further annual core funding awards of £14m followed in 2017/18 and 2018/19. 2018: In March 2018, Scottish,: delay in decision on funding due to UK general election and impact on Scottish budget Feb 2020: fund

Publish annual awards data to the 360Giving platform. 3.,Include annual uplifts.,The Scottish Exchequer recognises that current fiscal information is fragmented, generally inaccessible,Publishing annual awards data to the 360Giving platform. 3.,Include annual uplifts.

(Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill conducted in January 2023 via an online survey and meetings,Our sector manages an annual income of over £8.5 billion, employs over 135,000 paid staff, and works,process undertaken by the Scottish Government since 2019.,on a number of occasions regarding this Bill, including meetings with both the Cabinet Secretary for,Additional answers It is SCVO’s view that the Bill will generally lead to the Scottish public being better

The figures below are from SCVO’s Sector Stats 2022.,for the third sector in Scotland, but also reflect the resilience of the sector and how it adapted to meet,new charities approved in 2020 and 2021 and 724 approved in 2022 the numbers are slightly down from 2019,Whether this is simply due to a lag in closures being reported to OSCR or annual fluctuation remains,While much of the sector’s in-person trading income dropped sharply, some activities for generating funds

uplifts for grant funding and contracts to ensure organisations: can meet rising costs to stay open ,Added income generation (e.g. from other funders and donors) and services aimed at prevention and early,SCVO’s thought-leadership blog series highlights the economic return on investment generated from public,recruit and retain staff in dedicated fundraising roles and are more consistently able to source and generate,SCVO member surveys in 2013 and 2019 that focused on voluntary organisations’ experiences of procurement

SCVO's evidence to the Scottish Government's broader consultation on extension in 2019 did not oppose,Still, it reflects on the concerns that SCVO and other voluntary organisations raised in 2019.,However, we are firm in our view that the experiences of large public authorities, private General Practitioner,The public can already find details of key management remuneration in the annual accounts published by,While a 20-day response period may appear to be a generous allowance, the high proportion of part-time

SCVO's evidence to the Scottish Government's broader consultation on extension in 2019 did not oppose,Still, it reflects on the concerns that SCVO and other voluntary organisations raised in 2019.,However, we are firm in our view that the experiences of large public authorities, private General Practitioner,The public can already find details of key management remuneration in the annual accounts published by,While a 20-day response period may appear to be a generous allowance, the high proportion of part-time