The Scottish Government's Public Service Reform Strategy further recognises the sector's ability to provide,Scottish Government research Supporting collaboration between the third and public sectors: A review,How should the Scottish Government best present the extent of any realised efficiencies in the annual,What actions can the Scottish Government take to ensure these workforce reductions are delivered in a,managed way which best supports effective government and public service delivery?
https://scvo.scot/p/106633/2026/08/14/public-service-reform-pre-budget-scrutiny-2027-28
Monday 29th June 2026 Dear First Minister, We welcome the Scottish Government’s commitment to a Third,for Scotland, which sets out our proposals for developinga new relationship between the Scottish Government,These include clear leadership from the centre of government;meaningful engagement with the voluntary,As the paper argues, leadership from the centre of government will be essential.A partnership of this,It must be understood, supported and implemented consistentlyacross all government departments and agencies
https://scvo.scot/p/105407/2026/06/30/letter-to-the-first-minister-a-third-sector-partnership-for-scotland
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
Our position A blueprint for a new partnership between the voluntary sector and the Scottish Government,Ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, SCVO called for the new Scottish Government, its agencies,Prior to the election, SCVO welcomed the Scottish Government’s commitment to establishing “The Third,Now that a new government has been formed, SCVO is calling for work to begin on establishing this new,As a first step, we are calling for: Clear leadership to be established at the centre of government,
https://scvo.scot/p/105252/2026/06/15/scvo-briefing-strengthening-scotlands-partnership-with-the-third-sectorscvo-briefing