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What governments must do now As we approach major elections across the UK, we are calling on candidates,and governments to take digital inclusion seriously.,In spite of this, local and national governments have not yet embedded digital inclusion into their policies,We ask our respective governments to commit to the following actions: Treat digital inclusion as public,infrastructure, making it a cross-government responsibility, embedding the Minimum Digital Living Standard

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) appreciates the opportunity to respond to the UK government’s,Together, they point towards a fundamental reorientation of how the UK Government approaches online safety,This needs to recognise that the ‘problem’ sits within telecommunications, a UK Government reserved function,Collaboration and coordination between UK Government and Scottish Government is necessary to facilitate,Any funding or resource allocated to Scotland, either directly or through Scottish Government, should

Our calls are primarily directed at the Scottish Government; however, the wider principles apply to all,funders, including local government and independent funders.,resource doing exactly that – outlining the reality for organisations on the frontlines across government,.ff-partners__grid{gap:1.25rem 1.5rem;} .ff-partners__logo{max-height:56px;max-width:108px;} } Government,to action, additional ways in which organisations can come together to demand that the Scottish Government

"Fair Funding would mean stability and security" © Alan Rennie The Scottish Government has made it clear,Simply put, the Scottish Government cannot expect to achieve its priority of eradicating child poverty,It is those very organisations, so crucial to the Scottish Government’s top priority of eradicating child

Funding] would allow us to build on projects that have proven impact" In recent years, the Scottish Government,In the Programme for Government 2024 to 2025, the government laid out its view that “businesses, large,At a time when the Scottish Government and local authorities are prioritising economic growth, backing

"Funding is short-term, funding won't cover core costs" The Scottish Government has been very clear over,one of its top priorities, describing “our precious public services” in the 2025-26 Programme for Government,Progress towards realising this priority is perhaps most ambitiously outlined in the government’s Public,long-term programme of reform. © The ALLIANCE It is even within that strategy that the Scottish Government,And so, if the Scottish Government’s priority of ensuring high quality and sustainable public services

[Fair Funding would ensure] better planning, better partnerships" Like most of us, the Scottish Government,crisis that we should all strive to combat, and it has been encouraging to note that the Scottish Government,It is this aspect that is crucially important to the Scottish Government’s approach to tackling both

"We do not know if we will still be here in a year or not" There is no local community in Scotland that is not reliant on the voluntary sector. As outlined in SCVO’s State of the Sector 2025, of the over 46,500 voluntary organisations across the country, an incredible 88% are...

positive impact Fair Funding could have… cannot be underestimated" © Brian Hartley From Scottish Government,funders who can clearly see the benefits Fair Funding would have if implemented by the Scottish Government

"The implementation of Fair Funding across the Scottish voluntary sector would bring significant benefits" Intermediaries - also often called umbrella bodies, membership bodies, or network bodies - are the voluntary sector organisations whose members are primarily other voluntary...