Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Scotland told to show climate leadership after COP28

NEWS 13 December 2023 by Niall Christie

Social Justice & Poverty

Environment & International

Funding & Finance

Regeneration & Housing

The climate talks failed to reach an agreement on urgently phasing out fossil fuels.

https://tfn.scot/news/scotland-told-to-show-climate-leadership-after-cop28

"Overlooked”: Voluntary sector body reacts to Scottish Government’s four-year spending plans for public services.

Press release

31 May 2022

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Funding
Policy

The national membership organisation for the voluntary sector in Scotland believes the Scottish Government’s,SCVO, which has a community of over 3,000 members, has criticised the Scottish Government for what it,calls a half-hearted spending review that makes no mention of how the Scottish Government will invest,In its original response to the Scottish Government consultation on the Spending Review earlier this,“This four-year plan was the Scottish Government’s opportunity to make good on repeated commitments to

https://scvo.scot/p/50677/2022/05/31/overlooked-voluntary-sector-body-reacts-to-scottish-governments-four-year-spending-plans-for-public-services

Scottish Budget Briefing 2023/2024

Sheghley Ogilvie

13 December 2022

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Policy reports

The Scottish Government can begin to act by committing to: multi-year funding of three years or more ,Similarly, the Scottish Government dedicates significant time and resources to annual processing and,Similarly, the Scottish Government’s Open Government Action Plan commits to fiscal openness and transparency,The Scottish Government should include sector funding as part of this work.,The Scottish Government should collect data across all government departments to generate an accurate

https://scvo.scot/p/56262/2022/12/13/scottish-budget-briefing-2023-2024

Finding some glimmers of hope from 2022 - SCVO policy & public affairs

Paul Bradley

22 December 2022

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Policy

In responding to the committee's calls for multi-year funding for the sector, the government said it,Our role is to hold the government accountable for its promise to adopt fairer funding.,Not all funding comes from the Scottish Government or via other bodies in Scotland.,SCVO and the TSI Scotland Network have built solid relationships with the UK Government.,Following conversations between the voluntary sector and the UK Government, UK Finance, the membership

https://scvo.scot/p/56514/2022/12/22/finding-some-glimmers-of-hope-from-2022-scvo-policy-public-affairs