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Finance and Public Administration Committee Debate Briefing: Scottish Budget 2025/26
27 January 2025
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essential role in supporting people and communities across Scotland and is central to the Scottish Government’s,Align the Scottish Government’s “Fairer Funding” principles with SCVO’s definition of Fair Funding.,the Scottish Government’s continuing support of fairer funding within the Scottish Budget.,Highlight the Scottish Government’s recent consultation on Disclosure Scotland fees.,Ultimately, however, Scottish Government must ensure grants and contracts Scottish Government, their
SCVO Response: Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee Inquiry into Committee Effectiveness
3 April 2025
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concerns about funding challenges faced by the third sector” and wanted to “examine how the Scottish Government’s,Over the last few years, SCVO has consistently called on the Scottish Government to implement our Fair,This included being able to highlight that the Scottish Government’s commitment to Fairer Funding, although,SCVO, and the voluntary sector in Scotland, continues to push the Scottish Government on ensuring Fairer,For example, the 2019 report - Looking ahead to the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2020-21: Valuing
25 questions charities are asking about AI in 2025
This article covers audience questions that came up during a panel discussion on ‘Putting People and Values at the Heart of AI’ at The Gathering, SCVO’s national convention for charities, on 5 February 2025
https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/ai/25-questions-charities-are-asking-about-ai-in-2025
SCVO response to Scottish Labour's Policy Forum
23 January 2025
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These must be priorities for the Scottish Government following the 2026 election.,The Scottish Government’s commitments to “fairer funding” by 2026, while welcome, fall short of SCVO’,The current and next Scottish Government, post-2026, must prioritise addressing this.,organisations and others to understand Scottish Government spending.,Civil Society Covenant framework engagement: in 2024 SCVO responded to the UK Government’s initial
https://scvo.scot/p/96677/2025/01/23/scvo-response-to-scottish-labours-policy-forum
PVG scheme proposal surely for the bin, along with policymaking that continues to treat the sector as an afterthought
23 January 2025
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In May last year, the Scottish Government opened its consultation on a series of Disclosure Scotland,And so, with the government publishing its analysis on the responses to these proposals earlier in the,The Scottish Government’s lack of progress on Fairer Funding, at a time when Fair Funding is urgently,Given the very clear conclusions reached in the Scottish Government’s consultation analysis, it is surely,But such capacity building must be met by the Scottish Government rather than placing financial burdens
The size and shape of the voluntary sector workforce
Summary These pages outline the size and shape of the Scottish voluntary sector workforce using data from OSCR, SCVO, the Annual Population Survey, the Scottish Third Sector Tracker and other sources. 1 in 3 charities employ paid staff, and for thousands of charities these paid...
https://scvo.scot/the-size-and-shape-of-the-voluntary-sector-workforce
Where is our reward?
28 March 2025
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At a time when funding is insufficient and funding processes remain inefficient, governments at all levels,By including the sector in recent eNICs changes, one could argue that the UK Government sees the voluntary,Last week I submitted SCVO’s response to the Scottish Government’s Rural Delivery Plan, and the Community
Is Digital Inclusion just a sticking plaster for deeper inequities?
22 July 2025
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to ease the struggle, but they’re not equipped to tackle the root causes and here’s the thing, government,inclusion strategies, such as those outlined in Scotland’s Roadmap for Digital Inclusion and the UK Government,For instance, the UK Government Digital Inclusion Action Plan 2025 highlights that low-income households,For example, the UK Government Digital Inclusion Action Plan 2025 emphasises partnerships with corporations
You can find the whole range of our recorded webinars on the SCVO YouTube channel - as well as lots more videos curated for the voluntary sector in Scotland. Highlights We've picked some highlights for you here by topic, to get you started:
Making change happen
Digital inclusion and digital skills are at the heart of the Scottish Government and COSLA's digital