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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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Active travel

"Fair Funding would be transformational – the blueprint is there to fix it, so fix it!" “Everyone benefits when more people walk, wheel, and cycle,” states Transport Scotland. “Active travel is good for your physical, mental, and social health, and increased rates of active...

https://scvo.scot/ff-next-steps-final-copy/active-travel

Supporting local communities

"We do not know if we will still be here in a year or not" There is no local community in Scotland that is not reliant on the voluntary sector. As outlined in SCVO’s State of the Sector 2025, of the over 46,500 voluntary organisations across the country, an incredible 88% are...

https://scvo.scot/ff-next-steps-final-copy/supporting-local-communities

SCVO Response: Finance and Public Administration Committee Inquiry into the Scottish Budget Process in practice

Official figures are not available from the Scottish Government, a significant gap in the Scottish Government's,Collect funding information across all government departments and produce a breakdown of Scottish Government,The upcoming UK Government Spending Review should support the Scottish Government to take on action their,The upcoming UK Government Spending Review should offer the Scottish Government some Budget certainty,Collect funding information across all government departments and produce a breakdown of Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/97983/2025/03/24/scvo-response-finance-and-public-administration-committee-inquiry-into-the-scottish-budget-process-in-practice

Creating community: village halls & community spaces

kept very busy with having responsibility for our Digital Evolution, Events, Funding, Learning Governance

https://scvo.scot/support/village-community-halls/conference

Letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer: Autumn Budget 2025 

strong, sustainable and independent civil society, which is central to the delivery of the UK Government’s

https://scvo.scot/p/101836/2025/11/17/letter-to-the-chancellor-of-the-exchequer-autumn-budget-2025

SCVO’s response to DSIT’s Digital Inclusion Action Plan 

Recently, we submitted our response to the UK Government’s Call for Evidence on the Digital Inclusion,In our response, we spoke about our disappointment in the lack of leadership Scottish Government has,Government must take a coordinated, practical approach to digital inclusion by resourcing the voluntary,We are delighted to see Government taking a leading role and understanding what it can do to make it,It is now up to DSIT and the UK Government to work with us to bring the Action Plan to life.

https://scvo.scot/p/98398/2025/04/28/scvos-response-to-dsits-digital-inclusion-action-plan

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