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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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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Common Concerns, Questions & Pushbacks

When we discuss the need for Fair Funding, it’s important to be aware that questions or comments may be made that seek to either dismiss the need for Fair Funding or provide excuses for how it cannot be implemented. We’ve responding to some of the more frequent examples here.

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/fair-funding/common-concerns-questions-pushbacks

Community Wealth Building (CWB)

Through our Chief Executive Anna Fowlie’s role on the Scottish Government’s Community Wealth Building

https://scvo.scot/policy/transforming-the-economy/community-wealth-building

About the sector

people also call us not-for-profit sector, charity sector, social enterprise sector, NGOs (non-government,They are: For social, environmental or public benefit Organised, i.e. have a constitution Self-governing,responsible for decisions, including winding up the organisation Non-statutory, i.e. independent from government

https://scvo.scot/about/the-sector

SCVO Response: Finance and Public Administration Committee Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026-27 Responding to Long-Term Fiscal Pressures

Question 1: What actions should the Scottish Government be taking now to start to address these ‘Scottish,To achieve this the Scottish Government must: Embed Fair Funding principles, including multi-year funding,Question 2: To what extent does the Scottish Government’s 2025 MTFS and its FSDP demonstrate effective,The Scottish Government’s “Fairer Funding” pilot, launched in February 2025 committed more than £120,Collect funding information across all government departments and produce a breakdown of Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/99925/2025/08/12/scvo-response-finance-and-public-administration-committee-pre-budget-scrutiny-2026-27-responding-to-long-term-fiscal-pressures

Model constitutions

model constitution as a whole, and make adjustments as appropriate, to ensure that it reflects the governance,using the model constitutions to determine what type of legal entity – and what key features of the governance

https://scvo.scot/support/setting-up/model-constitutions

Gathering Event Host Terms and Conditions

cancelled or postponed (by SCVO or the SEC/venue) due to Covid restrictions imposed by Scottish Government,If concerns are outwith government guidance some or all of the costs will be incurred by the event host

https://scvo.scot/the-gathering/gathering-2022-event-host-terms-and-conditions

Evidence action can change lives

Two Scottish Government programmes funded through digital health and care — Digital Lifelines Scotland,They demonstrate the power of targeted investment and show that when government, local organisations,

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/error-404-digital-inclusion-still-not-found/evidence-action-can-change-lives

Freedom of information

services for disabled people, to the rationale behind the funding decisions made by central or local government

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/legislation/foi-act

Leadership

Understanding and respecting the difference between governance and operations, delegating operational

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/governance/code/leadership

Safeguarding

If so, you need to be aware of the Scottish Government’s Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme

https://scvo.scot/support/village-community-halls/facilities-management/legal/safeguarding

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