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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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Making the Grade? Results from the first year of grading registered services, 2008/09

This report presents the Care Commission's first full year of grading results. It examines the grades that registered services achieved in the first full year of grading up to 31 March 2009. The information is broken down in various ways in order to compare grades across service...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/making-the-grade-results-from-the-first-year-of-grading-registered-services-2008-09

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/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 responds to Scottish Budget 2025/26

“We stand ready to support the government to make those recommendations a reality.,prize is a sustainable sector, strong public services, and resilient communities – one the Scottish Government,Treasury’s plans to hike employer National Insurance contributions: “It is welcome that the Scottish Government,“The Scottish Government must plan for all eventualities.

https://scvo.scot/p/95529/2024/12/04/scvo-respond-to-scottish-budget-2025-26

Our latest analysis shows more charities struggling to break even, but also some welcome growth in key funding streams

Income from government has remained fairly steady, and income from the public has largely recovered after,Five years ago, the amount of money received from government was just slightly higher than the income,Fears of a sudden withdrawal of essential government support were not realized in 2023, but when we factor

https://scvo.scot/p/96909/2025/02/03/our-latest-analysis-shows-more-charities-struggling-to-break-even-but-also-some-welcome-growth-in-key-funding-streams

SCVO Briefing: Scottish Budget 2025/2026

Summary SCVO and colleagues across the voluntary sector welcomed the Scottish Government’s commitment,We continue to urge the Chancellor to change course – and welcome both the Scottish Government’s and,Aligning the Scottish Government’s “Fairer Funding” principles with SCVO’s definition of Fair Funding,Fair Funding SCVO welcomes the Scottish Government commitment to deliver ‘Fairer Funding’ by 2026.,Draw the Scottish Government’s attention to oral evidence on the Scottish Government’s recent consultation

https://scvo.scot/p/95427/2024/11/28/scvo-briefing-scottish-budget-2025-2026

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

Cancer charity appoints new CEO

New governance structure at charity

https://tfn.scot/news/cancer-charity-appoints-new-ceo

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