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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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State of the Sector 2024: key Scottish voluntary sector figures and trends

10-page summary of the latest headline figures and trends

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/state-of-the-sector-2024-key-scottish-voluntary-sector-figures-and-trends

Snapshot of a sector operating under "sustained and intensifying" strain

Steve Grozier
26 May 2026
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SCVO’s 2026 Scottish Parliament election manifesto sets out what the new Scottish Government needs to

https://scvo.scot/p/104778/2026/05/26/104778

Wave ten - spring 2025

Introduction This paper presents the key findings from the ten wave of the Scottish third sector tracker, data for which was collected in February-March 2025. The Tracker collects panel data from Scottish third sector organisations to give current insights into the health of the...

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/waves/wave-10

SCVO Impact Report 2025/26

SCVO Our impact in 2025 In 2025, the team at SCVO focused all our energy on supporting our essential voluntary sector. Here are ten ways our work made a difference. Our people Contacts Board Vacancies Offices Our work Campaigns AGM 2025 and trustee elections Press releases Impact...

https://scvo.scot/about/work/impact

SCVO response to Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) 

Press release
26 June 2025
for Voluntary Organisations' (SCVO) Head of Policy and Research, said: “To achieve the Scottish Government’s,Third Sector in Scotland, the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) needed to set out the Scottish Government’s,welcome, if, as she suggests, multi-year funding is to be one of the policy solutions the Scottish Government,funding much wider than the current pilot, to voluntary organisations contributing to Scottish Government,"Our sector makes a significant contribution to the Scottish economy and the government’s ambitions to

https://scvo.scot/p/99042/2025/06/26/scvo-response-to-medium-term-financial-strategy-mtfs

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

Steve Grozier
3 November 2025
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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

Scottish Charity Award winners 2025

By prompting a government review of formula, driving down its prices across the UK, and enabling families

https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards/previous-winners/2025-2

Trading

Trading. Trading is an important source of funding for the third sector. It can enable organisations to reduce their dependency on ever...

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/finance-business-management/trading

Guide to low-cost digital

Scottish Government have extended the scheme to include third sector organisations.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/guide-to-low-cost-digital

SCA Community Learning Exchange

Jill Keegan
30 November 2025
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The fund from the Scottish Government has been around since 2015 and since then the programme has enabled,Tackling the climate emergency is a key area in Scotland’s Programme for Government in which communities

https://scvo.scot/p/101091/2025/11/30/sca-community-learning-exchange

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2026. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.