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The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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The Value of Small in a Big Crisis: the distinctive contribution, value and experience of smaller charities in England and Wales during the COVID 19 pandemic

infrastructure Recommendation 4: Putting social value and wellbeing at the heart of public commissioning and procurement

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-value-of-small-in-a-big-crisis-the-distinctive-contribution-value-and-experience-of-smaller-charities-in-england-and-wales-during-the-covid-19-pandemic

SCVO Briefing: Medium Term Financial Strategy

Sheghley Ogilvie
1 May 2025
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Summary SCVO and colleagues across the voluntary sector welcomed the Scottish Government’s commitment to deliver Fairer Funding for the sector by 2026, including exploring options to implement multi-year funding deals. Years of underfunding and poor funding practices, and crises...

https://scvo.scot/p/98446/2025/05/01/medium-term-financial-strategy

Valuing the Third Sector: Looking ahead to the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2020-21

equalities groups are being pitted against each other in funding streams and the tendering and procurement

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/valuing-the-third-sector-looking-ahead-to-the-scottish-governments-draft-budget-2020-21

Building Scotland's Green Recovery (June 2020)

Better public procurement approaches by government, local authorities and public agencies to invest more

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/building-scotlands-green-recovery-june-2020

Solwaybank Windfarm Community Benefit Fund

Currently closed
.- Local procurement – using local suppliers and providers for goods and services, where possible.- Environmental

https://funding.scot/funds/a0R3z00000MixHWEAZ/solwaybank-windfarm-community-benefit-fund

SCVO Response: Finance and Public Administration Committee Inquiry into the Scottish Budget Process in practice

Sheghley Ogilvie
24 March 2025
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About our response SCVO welcomes the opportunity to respond to questions 2, 3, 9 and 10 of the Finance and Public Administration Committee’s Inquiry into the Scottish budget process in practice. Question 2: Please set out any barriers to meeting the four core objectives of the...

https://scvo.scot/p/97983/2025/03/24/scvo-response-finance-and-public-administration-committee-inquiry-into-the-scottish-budget-process-in-practice

Tenants benefit from Home Comforts fund

NEWS 4 July 2025 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#Society
As cost of living hikes hit hard, housing group offers increasing support

https://tfn.scot/news/tenants-benefit-from-home-comforts-fund

SCVO Briefing: Scottish Budget 2025/2026

Sheghley Ogilvie
28 November 2024
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Summary SCVO and colleagues across the voluntary sector welcomed the Scottish Government’s commitment to deliver Fairer Funding for the sector by 2026, including exploring options to implement multi-year funding deals. Despite this renewed focus, 18 months on from the policy...

https://scvo.scot/p/95427/2024/11/28/scvo-briefing-scottish-budget-2025-2026

Helping the third sector get creative about approaching bids

OPINION 19 December 2017 by TFN
Management
Jim Wallace gives some advice to the third sector on getting creative with bids

https://tfn.scot/opinion/helping-the-third-sector-get-creative-about-approaching-bids

Man charged after charity volunteer allegedly assaulted

NEWS 18 November 2025 by Rab Armour
Management
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
"Being assaulted is not part of the job"

https://tfn.scot/news/man-charged-after-charity-volunteer-allegedly-assaulted

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2026. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.