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Measuring Social Value - the gap between policy and practice
frameworks, particularly the Social Return on Investment (SROI) model currently being promoted by Government
Statutory funding of voluntary organisations in Edinburgh 1997-2009
It examines the relationship which existed between the UK and Scottish Governments and the local authority
Power and Making Change Happen
This report is based on the findings of a project designed to support civil society to analyse power and, as a result, take action for social change. It describes how strategies for change can be strengthened when organisations and their communities have a better understanding of...
https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/power-and-making-change-happen
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...
Scots charities forced to draw from reserves despite funding stabilisation
19 February 2025
Charities across Scotland have continued to draw on their reserves “unsustainably” despite funding from government,paper, which contains key figures and trends from the Scottish voluntary sector, shows funding from government
Scottish voluntary sector dealt £177million real-terms funding cut
24 March 2025
around half of which comes from local authorities, and a third of which comes from the Scottish Government,pressures, including the real-terms cut in public sector funding, underline the need for the Scottish Government
SCVO response to Civil Society Covenant Framework engagement exercise
5 November 2024
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About our response SCVO welcomes the opportunity to the call for views on the UK government's Civil Society,In recent years SCVO has worked with its members, as well as partners across local and national governments,and the Scottish Government.,Engagement with other parts of the Scottish Government is less consistent.,A change in funding culture and practice is required at all levels of government.
Designing your approach
Working through a process to design for place-based digital inclusion,
Programme for Government proposal: Transparent voluntary sector funding
22 June 2023
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Collect information across all government departments and produce a breakdown of Scottish Government,Official figures are not available from the Scottish Government, a significant gap in the Scottish Government's,Currently, the Scottish Government publishes monthly reports on government spend over £25,000.,funding of the voluntary sector “across all Scottish Government departments and local government to,Collecting information across all government departments and produce a breakdown of Scottish Government
Programme for Government proposal: Delivering Fair Funding by 2026
22 June 2023
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Summary In the Scottish Government’s policy prospectus New leadership - A fresh start, the Scottish Government,/24 Programme for Government should, at a minimum, commit to: 1.,To achieve this, officials across Scottish Government and the Scottish Government itself must work with,The Scottish Government has also committed to longer-term funding for the voluntary sector across government,Measuring impact The Scottish Government should collect information across all government departments