Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The third sector delivering public services: an evidence review

research, published between 2004 and 2010 on the themes of public service delivery, commissioning and procurement,The review examines four themes developed from the literature: emerging commissioning and procurement

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-third-sector-delivering-public-services-an-evidence-review

Fair Funding Inquiry

Sheghley Ogilvie

13 September 2024

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Policy

Find out more about SCVO’s Fair Funding work here: https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/,SCVO’s engagement with the Scottish Budget process here: https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/93708/2024/09/13/fair-funding-inquiry

Business Resilience Survey 2018

providers are doing based on a series of measures relating to general levels of optimism, finance, procurement,More than half of respondents (53%) said that they had chosen to not engage with a procurement process

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/business-resilience-survey-2018

The Reuse Consortium Story and Impact Report

Many public sector organisations want to increase their circular and local procurement but have struggled,Circular Communities Scotland started the Reuse Consortium in 2016 to make sustainable procurement from

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-reuse-consortium-story-and-impact-report

Supporting collaboration between the third and public sectors: evidence review

Those areas were: funding, meaningful collaboration, procurement and lack of trust, with lack of trust,partnerships Open communication Building trusted relationships Empowerment of communities Public sector procurement,and the third sector Approaches to public procurement Competitive tendering

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/supporting-collaboration-between-the-third-and-public-sectors-evidence-review

Mapping and Understanding the UK Civil Society Sector 2026 - findings from the UK Third and Civil Society Sector Database

Organisation size and procurement: Public procurement is dominated by large and major organisations.,Micro and small organisations of all types are almost entirely absent from procurement markets.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/mapping-and-understanding-the-uk-civil-society-sector-2026-findings-from-the-uk-third-and-civil-society-sector-database

SCVO response: Criminal Justice Committee consultation on the risks of cybercrime

Alison Brogan

3 October 2025

Posted in

Policy
Consultation responses

Other Regulation

Procuring skilled cyber staff can be costly and not a viable option, at the moment there are no specific

https://scvo.scot/p/101283/2025/10/03/scvo-response-criminal-justice-committee-consultation-on-the-risks-of-cybercrime

Councils get tough on living wage

NEWS 24 April 2014 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

Councils will be made to ensure contractors consider the living wage

https://tfn.scot/news/bill-strengthened-to-enforce-living-wage

NCVO Policy Paper: How voluntary and community organisations can help transform public services

Short policy paper exploring current procurement processes, and how VCOs can be enabled to really transform

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/ncvo-policy-paper-how-voluntary-and-community-organisations-can-help-transform-public-services

The Economy

A combination of factors look set to make this another difficult year for voluntary sector finances: UK and Scottish economies still feeling the impact of Brexit, Covid, cost-of-living crisis, and ongoing global economic instability costs remaining high, particularly food and...

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/shifting-sands/economy

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