Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Oxfam: green light to bid for government cash again

NEWS 12 March 2021 by Rab Armour

Management

Environment & International

Follows a three-year suspension

https://tfn.scot/news/oxfam-green-light-to-bid-for-government-cash-again

Third sector must have a central role in new government

NEWS 8 May 2015 by Susan Smith

Management

Third sector bodies from across the UK have urged the new UK government to work with the third sector to ensure people get the support they need

https://tfn.scot/news/third-sector-must-have-a-central-role-in-new-government

"System change": Calls for overhaul of third sector funding

NEWS 1 March 2022 by Niall Christie

Management

Funding & Finance

The SCVO told MSPs that multi-year funding is a must to allow voluntary organisations to continue their work.

https://tfn.scot/news/system-change-calls-for-overhaul-of-third-sector-funding

Importance of the sector stressed, as new Scottish Government cabinet revealed

NEWS 20 May 2021 by Gareth Jones

Families & Young People

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Environment & International

Culture & Leisure

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

Regeneration & Housing

#NeverMoreNeeded

The role of communities secretary has been axed in Nicola Sturgeon's new cabinet team

https://tfn.scot/news/importance-of-the-sector-stressed-as-new-scottish-government-cabinet-revealed

Our Economy: Towards a new prosperity

Commissioner to ensure spending decisions are poverty proofed and to support communities to challenge Government,Business support, corporate social responsibility awards and government plaudits should be contingent

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/our-economy-towards-a-new-prosperity

Testing our Resilience: The impact of the cost of living crisis on volunteering and volunteers

Influencing Government policy – the contribution of formal and informal volunteering in helping to address,the crisis has to be communicated to both the UK and Scottish Governments’.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/testing-our-resilience-the-impact-of-the-cost-of-living-crisis-on-volunteering-and-volunteers