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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

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

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

Ensure grants and contracts awarded by the UK government, their agencies, and other public bodies, cover,are entirely commissioned to deliver public services on behalf of Local Authorities and Scottish Government,If that change does not come from the UK or Scottish Government, we will need to make those changes with,need plus a wealth of advice and guidance, and is funded entirely by voluntary donations with no Government,We ask that grants and contracts awarded by the UK government, their agencies, and other public bodies

the precarious nature of voluntary sector funding, but it appears to be largely ignored within government,That is why we must not give up on pushing the government at Westminster to recognise this issue and,The UK Autumn Budget created this problem, and the UK Government can and must offer a solution.,The continuing lack of actions from government puts some voluntary sector services and organisations,at risk, and seriously undermines the promises made by this new government about partnership working

Summary of proposals Our proposals for the 2024/2025 Programme for Government cover two areas: Delivering,For the Scottish Government to achieve Fairer Funding by 2026, the 2024/25 Programme for Government should,We welcome the Scottish Government’s fairer funding commitments.,for Government, and the Economic Strategy, but this rhetoric has not been met by action.,To achieve fairer funding by 2026 the Programme for Government should share the action the Scottish Government

Summary of proposals Our proposals for the 2024/2025 Programme for Government cover two areas: Delivering,To support these aspirations in the Programme for Government the Scottish Government should commit to,Collect funding information across all government departments and produce a breakdown of Scottish Government,the government is delivering on the Scottish Government’s fairer funding commitments for the voluntary,funding of the voluntary sector “across all Scottish Government departments and local government to

To ensure the legislation is successfully implemented the government should support voluntary organisations,Ensuring grants and contracts the UK Government, their agencies, and other public bodies award, support,Working with the Scottish Government to ensure the UK level Employment Right Bill and Scottish Government,how the Bill will complement the existing programme of Fair Work initiatives led by the Scottish Government,Grants and contracts the UK Government, their agencies, and other public bodies award should support

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 (

Reductions in local government budgets, and a lack of flexibility in where savings can be made, is also