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These are broken down by three distinct areas: (1) Fair Funding and procurement; (2) the voluntary sector,Fair funding & procurement Poor funding and poor procurement approaches risk our sector’s contribution,Our sector urgently needs Fair Funding and streamlined procurement processes to support the essential,There are a host of improvements that could be made to procurement and commissioning in Scotland – not,The Committee concluded that the existing procurement landscape “is causing a barrier to those who may

Over the last few years, SCVO has been engaging with voluntary organisations to collect evidence on the issues and barriers faced by the sector when accessing funding. The evidence we have collected demonstrates the urgent need for Fair Funding – an array of policy asks and...

Scotland’s Essential Sector Priorities for the next Scottish Government SCVO’s 2026 Scottish Parliament election manifesto A call to action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxzLnCgKsNE&controls=0 Voluntary organisations are at the heart of Scotland’s response to the biggest...

Find out more about SCVO’s Fair Funding work here: https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/,SCVO’s engagement with the Scottish Budget process here: https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement

At SCVO, we have worked hard over the last few years, with our sector, to pull together our Fair Funding principles and asks, and to champion those within the Scottish Parliament. But as successful as that work has been thus far, we can still do much more by amplifying our calls...

Find out more about SCVO’s Fair Funding work here: https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/,SCVO’s engagement with the Scottish Budget process here: https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement

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Fire safety is vital for your community space, both in terms of keeping people safe and also protecting the building itself. This section will outline your responsibilities around fire safety, and what you can do to think through any risks and plans. Your community space, its...