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Our Fair Funding partners & supporters

crucial input by organisations across not just the country but across sectors, policy areas, and governmental

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/fair-funding/our-fair-funding-partners-supporters

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 network

Members can expect in person networking opportunities with fellow members and key stakeholders in government,manifestos, opportunities to meet political party researchers and other teams within parliament and government,Covenant and Third Sector Partnership Agreement) and is also responsible for the Programme for Government,He leads on Public Service Reform, Freedom of Information, procurement, AI/cyber, Local Government elections,work and is also responsible for our work on the sector as an employer, the UK budget and Local Government

https://scvo.scot/about/networks/policy

SCVO response to UK Government Spending Review  

Executive, said: “Today’s announcement includes little recognition of the voluntary sector, despite UK government,partnership with the sector and our sector’s significant contribution to the UK economy and the government’s,needed on allocations for Scotland which would provide much needed funds through which Scottish Government,"The UK Government’s commitment to multi-year Spending Reviews is welcome and provides the Scottish Government,The Scottish Government’s Medium-Term Financial Strategy later this month should recognise these benefits

https://scvo.scot/p/98900/2025/06/11/scvo-response-to-uk-government-spending-review

SCVO Response: Scottish Government consultation on Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs)

The Scottish Government has sought the views and experiences of stakeholders on the use of Strategic,The Scottish Government is seeking a way forward to ensure that Scotland's legal system cannot be used,Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) welcomes the opportunity to engage with the Scottish Government’s,Conclusion SCVO is strongly supportive of anti-SLAPP legislation being introduced by the Scottish Government,We urge the Scottish Government to act decisively to protect freedom of expression, advocacy, and the

https://scvo.scot/p/98893/2025/06/10/scvo-response-scottish-government-consultation-on-strategic-lawsuits-against-public-participation-slapps

SCVO response to 2025/26 Programme for Government 

Responding to Tuesday’s Programme for Government, Anna Fowlie, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations,' (SCVO) Chief Executive, said: “Today’s Programme for Government (PfG) restates the Scottish Government,“The Fairer Funding pilot is, however, a very small part of the government’s overall £1 billion investment,“To achieve Fairer Funding by 2026, and to make good on the PfG’s rhetoric that this government recognises,‘the importance of a thriving Third Sector in Scotland’, the Scottish Government must go further.

https://scvo.scot/p/98517/2025/05/06/scvo-response-to-2025-26-programme-for-government

SCVO Briefing: Programme for Government

communities across Scotland experiencing poverty and inequality and is central to the Scottish Government’s,It must therefore also be central to this Programme for Government.,SCVO welcomes the Scottish Government’s continuing commitment to deliver Fairer Funding for Scotland’,To make progress towards eradicating child poverty the Programme for Government should ensure grants,In the Programme for Government the Scottish Government can make progress on the Committees recommendations

https://scvo.scot/p/98456/2025/05/01/scvo-briefing-programme-for-government

What’s in a name?

Scottish Parliament election manifesto Scotland's Essential Sector, we called for the next Scottish Government,In June we welcomed the Scottish Government’s commitment to a Third Sector Partnership, and the impetus,out during the debate: ‘As one of our key partners, the third sector directly contributes to the Government’s,That knowledge cannot be replicated by any Government, national or local.’,We understand that next steps and further details will be shared by the government this autumn.

https://scvo.scot/p/108384/2026/10/12/whats-in-a-name

Scotland cannot achieve its Fair Work or child poverty ambitions without Fair Funding for the voluntary sector

Support like the Scottish Government's Scottish Child Payment, a payment advocated for by the voluntary,not an option for everyone, for those who can work, Fair Work is a crucial part of the Scottish Government’s,The Scottish Government has increasingly recognised this since it established the Fair Work Convention,In the years that followed, the Scottish Government gradually began to apply Fair Work First criteria,Funding systems must keep pace with both the Scottish Government's Fair Work agenda and its wider ambitions

https://scvo.scot/p/108339/2026/10/07/scotland-cannot-achieve-its-fair-work-or-child-poverty-ambitions-without-fair-funding-for-the-voluntary-sector

SCVO
Funding Scotland
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