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Funding

Visit our Funding page to manage any grants that you have been awarded through SCVO or a fund we manage or start a new application, search for other funding to meet your needs using the Funding Scotland database or find out more about what our policy team are doing in the call for Fair Funding for the voluntary sector.

https://scvo.scot/funding

Procurement

Scotland’s procurement system should support and enhance the financial health of voluntary organisations,We work with colleagues across the sector to call for more equitable, effective, and flexible procurement

https://scvo.scot/post/tags/procurement

Procurement

We work with colleagues across the sector to call for more equitable, effective, and flexible procurement,Latest news & opinion The latest procurement news and blogs.,Read more Latest briefings & policy papers The latest procurement briefings and policy papers from the,Read more Latest consultation responses The latest procurement consultation responses from the policy,Read more Contact us If you have any questions on procurement, want to discuss our calls in more detail

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/procurement

Fair Funding & procurement

Poor funding and poor procurement approaches risk our sector’s contribution and ability to deliver vital,Our sector urgently needs Fair Funding and streamlined procurement processes to support the essential,of focus We champion a long-term, flexible, sustainable, and accessible approach to funding and procurement,Latest briefings & policy papers The latest Fair Funding & procurement briefings and policy papers from,We share the funding and procurement solutions needed to support a sustainable voluntary sector.

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement

Fair Funding in Scotland

Pledge my support Latest news & opinion The latest Fair Funding & procurement news and blogs.

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/fair-funding

Defining a subsidy

Competitive procurement processes can help demonstrate that the terms being offered do represent ‘market,subsidy control guidance (the “Guidance”) sets out further information on particular circumstances: Procurement,: goods and services purchased through “appropriate procurement processes at market rate” are not subsidies

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/finance-business-management/subsidy-control/defining-a-subsidy

2026 Fundraising landscape

Sources CAF UK Giving Report 2026 CAF UK Local Giving Report 2026 Scottish Third Sector Tracker Pulse 1 (2026) Scottish Third Sector Tracker Wave 12 (2026) SCVO Individual Giving in Scotland (2026): donations, legacies and fundraising SCVO 2025 Scottish Voluntary Sector Workforce...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/2026-toolkit-for-fundraisers

Policy

Fair funding & procurement We champion Fair Funding, a long-term, flexible, sustainable, and accessible,also ensure sector wide challenges are recognised within the Scottish and UK Budgets, Fair Work, procurement

https://scvo.scot/policy

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