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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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Scotland’s resilient third sector through the cost-of-living crisis: insights from new research by Erin Cutroneo

Scottish Government has acknowledged the challenges faced by the sector, recently committed to implementing,Third Sector-Scottish Government Relations: Participants had mixed views on the sector’s relationship,with government.,Fair Funding: All participants emphasised the power of government implementing Fair Funding principles,Government should also tailor policy and support by organisation type, capacity, and mission to support

https://scvo.scot/p/101739/2025/11/03/scotlands-resilient-third-sector-through-the-cost-of-living-crisis-insights-from-new-research

Choosing the right structure

The right structure for your organisation depends on what you're going to do, and how you're going to do it. Find out about the available structures here.

https://scvo.scot/support/setting-up/structure

New charity law in Scotland

The Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Act 2023 is a new piece of legislation that builds on existing charity law in Scotland. The first changes took effect in April 2024, with more to come in mid 2025. The new legislation modifies the Charities and Trustee...

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/legislation/new-charity-law

Board of trustees elections 2025

Trustees make sure the governance of the organisation is maintained to a high standard.

https://scvo.scot/about/people/board-of-trustees/elections

Host an event

and skillsSessions that offer practical help and best practice advice on finding funding, good governance

https://scvo.scot/the-gathering/host-an-event

Third Sector Resilience Fund - summary of submissions to the Local Government and Communities Committee. (May 2020)

This paper summarises the responses to the Local Government and Communities Committee’s call to Third,Sector Interfaces (TSIs) to submit views on the Scottish Government’s Third Sector Resilience Fund (

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/third-sector-resilience-fund-summary-of-submissions-to-the-local-government-and-communities-committee-may-2020

Scottish Charity Awards winners - 2017

change in Scottish Education for pupils who have learning disabilities, resulting in the Scottish Government,a loss of £192k into a surplus financial position, transitioning into a SCIO and ensuring good governance

https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards/previous-winners/winners-2017

Programme for Government proposal: Transparent voluntary sector funding

Collect information across all government departments and produce a breakdown of Scottish Government,Official figures are not available from the Scottish Government, a significant gap in the Scottish Government's,Currently, the Scottish Government publishes monthly reports on government spend over £25,000.,funding of the voluntary sector “across all Scottish Government departments and local government to,Collecting information across all government departments and produce a breakdown of Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/60307/2023/06/22/programme-for-government-proposal-transparent-voluntary-sector-funding

Programme for Government proposal: Delivering Fair Funding by 2026

Summary In the Scottish Government’s policy prospectus New leadership - A fresh start, the Scottish Government,/24 Programme for Government should, at a minimum, commit to: 1.,To achieve this, officials across Scottish Government and the Scottish Government itself must work with,The Scottish Government has also committed to longer-term funding for the voluntary sector across government,Measuring impact The Scottish Government should collect information across all government departments

https://scvo.scot/p/60303/2023/06/22/programme-for-government-proposal-delivering-fair-funding-by-2026

SCVO response: Criminal Justice Committee consultation on the risks of cybercrime

implementation of the Third Sector Cyber Resilience Action Plan (2023-35), in collaboration with Scottish Government,What is your view on the effectiveness of the Scottish Government cyber resilience policies and its most,SCVO has been actively involved in the recent review of Scottish Government’s cyber resilience strategy,These documents are useful in providing direction and focusing alignment across government policies and,It is worth highlighting that the report does not appear to cover the work that the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/101283/2025/10/03/scvo-response-criminal-justice-committee-consultation-on-the-risks-of-cybercrime

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