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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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2025 Scottish Voluntary Sector Workforce Survey

Key findings from the 2025 workforce survey including recruitment, retention, wellbeing, diversity and pay.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/2025-scottish-voluntary-sector-workforce-survey

SCVO Response: Finance and Public Administration Committee Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026-27 Responding to Long-Term Fiscal Pressures

Question 1: What actions should the Scottish Government be taking now to start to address these ‘Scottish,To achieve this the Scottish Government must: Embed Fair Funding principles, including multi-year funding,Question 2: To what extent does the Scottish Government’s 2025 MTFS and its FSDP demonstrate effective,The Scottish Government’s “Fairer Funding” pilot, launched in February 2025 committed more than £120,Collect funding information across all government departments and produce a breakdown of Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/99925/2025/08/12/scvo-response-finance-and-public-administration-committee-pre-budget-scrutiny-2026-27-responding-to-long-term-fiscal-pressures

How to support...Collaboration for communities: Giving power to partnership

This guide, produced as part of the Collaboration Benefits workstream, is designed for anyone supporting collaborative working involving community or voluntary groups. The Collaboration Benefits programme was conceived to identify effective models of support, to enable access to...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/how-to-support-collaboration-for-communities-giving-power-to-partnership

Charities stick to principled investment focus despite pressure to boost return

Organisations are largely maintaining strategies incorporating companies’ environmental, social and governance

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-stick-to-principled-investment-focus-despite-pressure-to-boost-return

SPFL Trust announces new chair

Charles Barnett - a governance and business leader - will take on the role

https://tfn.scot/news/spfl-trust-announces-new-chair

New convenor for LGBT Youth Scotland

He is a highly experienced third sector leader, lawyer and governance specialist

https://tfn.scot/news/new-convener-for-lgbt-youth-scotland

Exhibitor information

The Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) will be your home for the duration of the Gathering 2026 on Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th February. We know that exhibiting at an event can be quite stressful, so we’d like to make your time with us as comfortable and relaxed...

https://scvo.scot/the-gathering/exhibitor-information

Technology

As the world becomes increasingly reliant on technology, and as new technical innovations come along at speed, voluntary organisations need to be constantly thinking about how these changes might impact on their work. While digital development used to be a one-off project, it is...

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/shifting-sands/technology

Rosa - Rise Fund

Currently Closed
The funding is for organisational development work relating to areas such as strategy, governance, leadership,Organisations will be able to report one or more of these changes: - A clearer strategy - More effective governance

https://funding.scot/funds/a0R3z00000MgGK2EAN/rosa-rise-fund

Individual Giving in Scotland: donations, legacies and fundraising

About This page pulls together key facts about the individual giving landscape in Scotland and the wider UK using a range of data sources including the Scottish Third Sector Tracker. Individual giving is an essential source of income for many charities and voluntary groups and...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/individual-giving-in-scotland-donations-legacies-and-fundraising

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