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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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SCVO response to the Advisory Group on Economic Recovery

Rethinking procurement: There must be a significant shift to person-centred procurement models that put,Rethinking procurement There must be a significant shift to person-centred procurement models that put,Existing procurement models often do not respect the harsh realities that voluntary organisations are,Traditional procurement models also do not take account of the capacity issues felt by many specialist,Local Equality Impact Assessments on procurement must take this into serious consideration.

https://scvo.scot/p/38613/2020/05/29/scvo-response-to-the-advisory-group-on-economic-recovery

Stage One Debate on the Scottish Budget 2020-21

too long about the need for a more common-sense approach to funding, that looks past traditional procurement-based

https://scvo.scot/p/35675/2020/02/26/stage-one-debate-on-the-scottish-budget-2020-21

Positive partnerships

agreements, and other arrangements causing as many complaints in my conversations with members as procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/32615/2019/09/18/positive-partnerships

SCVO briefing to Scottish Parliament - Fair Work Action Plan

However SCVO believes that the current procurement and commissioning processes need to be urgently reviewed,but are often prevented by short-term, project-based funding models and cumbersome, task-focused procurement,hope the First Minister will make these commitments a reality in short order and also ensure that procurement,Urgent reform of procurement and commissioning services is needed to ensure that people receive the best,We recommend that the current approach to commissioning and procuring care services be regarded as a

https://scvo.scot/p/30209/2019/03/12/scvo-briefing-to-scottish-parliament

Living Wage campaigning in Scotland - where next? #LivingWageWeek

example, the campaign was successful in ensuring that the Scottish Government made amendments to the Procurement,require local authorities to include the real Living Wage as part of the evaluation process in procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/27497/2018/11/05/living-wage-campaigning-in-scotland-where-next-livingwageweek

Third Sector Forecast 2019

digital 4 Young people 3 Enterprise 3 premises 3 Mental health 2 Expansion 2 Diversification 2 Procurement,“[Opportunity] to procure larger, more up to date, premises in order to cater for our expanding membership

https://scvo.scot/p/30032/2019/02/20/third-sector-forecast-2019

SCVO responds to FM's speech on Fair Work

but are often prevented by short-term, project-based funding models and cumbersome, task-focused procurement,hope the First Minister will make these commitments a reality in short order and also ensure that procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/26909/2018/10/09/scvo-respond-to-fms-speech-on-fair-work

SCVO Briefing on Scottish Budget 2019/20

longer-term funding approaches for the sector, stand up for the third sector’s interests in public procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/28119/2018/12/13/scvo-briefing-on-scottish-budget-2019-20

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