Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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

Ilse Mackinnon

3 February 2025

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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

Local Government Finance statistics

Statistics relating to Local Government Finance, including local government income and expenditure revenue,Publications include: - Scottish Local Government Financial Statistics - Provisional Outturn & Budget

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Local Government Survey 2018 – Analysis

2-page paper presenting some top level findings from the Scottish Local Government Leadership Survey

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Valuing the Third Sector: Looking ahead to the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2020-21

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

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Scottish Government Budget 2020-21

The Scottish Budget sets out the Scottish Government's planned spending for the upcoming financial year

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/scottish-government-budget-2020-21

Government expenditure on the voluntary sector in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Analysis of government spending on the voluntary sector in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland for the

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The cost of the cuts: the impact on local government and poorer communities

How are austerity measures affecting local government and communities?

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Third Sector Resilience Fund - summary of submissions to the Local Government and Communities Committee. (May 2020)

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 (

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/third-sector-resilience-fund-summary-of-submissions-to-the-local-government-and-communities-committee-may-2020

Scottish Government Place Standard Toolkit: How good is our place?

The Place Standard tool provides a simple framework to structure conversations about place. It allows you to think about the physical elements of a place (for example its buildings, spaces, and transport links) as well as the social aspects (for example whether people feel they...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/scottish-government-place-standard-toolkit-how-good-is-our-place

How government definitions over-estimate levels of volunteering

This briefing looks at how government measures the levels of volunteering in the UK (and touches on measurements

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/how-government-definitions-over-estimate-levels-of-volunteering

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