as Saltire Award participants, resulting in over 7,000 Saltire Awards achieved and over 300,000 volunteering,in PA Advocacy annual survey Influential meetings with Deputy First Minister, Cabinet Secretary for,Photos: Lewis Houghton / lewspix.com Making the headlines SCVO's publication Third Force News (TFN) was,. 1,000 articles published 1 million page views Research to shape the future SCVO’s Third Sector Tracker,The importance of projects like Connecting Scotland was brought sharply into focus as a result of the

Conducting a joint survey on accessing public procurement with Social Enterprise Scotland.,SCVO recognises its potential in enhancing public procurement in Scotland.,Findings from a recent (September 2023) joint survey of voluntary organisations by SCVO and Social Enterprise,Enhanced and tailored support A recent survey by SCVO and Social Enterprise Scotland found that many,A recent survey by SCVO and Social Enterprise Scotland revealed that the primary reason organisations

The pandemic, inflation, and the resulting cost-of-living and running cost crises have strained sector,running cost crisis has pushed the resilience of voluntary organisations to the limit; 67% of those surveyed,efforts to challenge poverty in Scotland.,challenge poverty in Scotland.,Wave five of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker found: 10% of organisations are uncertain about their future

- also include data relating to voluntary sector employers, gathered through the Annual Population Survey,, Labour Force Survey, and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.,strategies claim alignment with the NPF, such as the recent publication "Equality, opportunity, community: New,For example, civil servants mentioned that the NPF is no longer emphasised in the induction packs for new,, only mandates Scottish ministers to consult on, develop, and publish a new NPF every five years.

The pandemic, inflation, and the resulting cost-of-living and running cost crises have strained sector,running cost crisis has pushed the resilience of voluntary organisations to the limit, 67% of those surveyed,As a result of short-term funding, voluntary organisations frequently issue redundancy notices.,, followed by Covid 19, inflation and the resulting cost-of-living and running costs crises have put,Wave five of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker found: 10% of organisations are uncertain about their future

Of the organisations surveyed, 67% reported shortages and issues with staffing and volunteers, 67% reported,Still, SCVO has shared concerns about the government's implementation of the new Living Wage conditionality,service provider, an economic actor, and a key contributor to thinking on the future of our society.,Decisions about Scotland’s future must be designed with us and our beneficiaries in local and national,pursue real progress in rectifying the issues, many of which do not require more money and would likely result

, and this will continue to be the case in the future.,the full package of new regulatory measures, the costing of this should be realistic and must not come,from the beginning, ensuring that more effective additional changes could have been included in the resulting,An ongoing piecemeal approach to the regulatory landscape will result in gaps and overlaps in accountability,the guidance and communication around each is accessible and efficient.OSCR’s own Scottish Charity Survey

About Scotland’s voluntary sector Scotland’s voluntary sector plays a central role in achieving the three,- 5% of the Scotland’s workforce.,recognising that these will both offer greater transparency on the impact of annual budget decisions on future,five of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker suggest that 10% of organisations are uncertain about their future,viability. 67% of those surveyed reported financial challenges, while 39% found it difficult to plan

, and this will continue to be the case in the future.,As a result, SCVO’s Third Sector Tracker has also shown that the voluntary sector as a whole is faced,SCVO is consistently engaged with the regulatory frameworks that regulate charities in Scotland.,As one respondent stated during SCVO’s survey on this Bill: “it would have the positive impact of making,The challenges that face charities and the wider voluntary sector in Scotland are not new and nor are

SCVO and Volunteer Scotland are part of the UK Civil Society Group, a coalition of over fifty organisations,However, the new Energy Bill Discount Scheme offers significantly reduced support. £18.4bn over 6 months,to the future of Levelling Up post-2025 is urgently needed.,In a recent survey by Volunteer Glasgow, over 70% of people said that a statement provided by the DWP,About Us Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) SCVO is the national membership organisation