The Employment Rights Act, passed by the UK Government in December 2025, represents the most significant,most significant changes affecting voluntary sector employers are still being considered by the Government,Every Policy Officer's dream… Of these, the Government approach to ending one-sided flexibility- or in,employment rights ambitions and progressing the Scottish Government’s Fair Work First initiative.,The UK Government can and should go further to recognise the voluntary sector's significant contribution
https://scvo.scot/p/107321/2026/09/03/the-employment-rights-act-must-work-for-the-voluntary-sector
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
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
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
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