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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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SCVO Briefing: Medium Term Financial Strategy

Sheghley Ogilvie
1 May 2025
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Summary SCVO and colleagues across the voluntary sector welcomed the Scottish Government’s commitment,Aligning the Scottish Government’s “Fairer Funding” principles with SCVO’s definition of Fair Funding,, including long-term action on the Scottish Government’s commitment on multi-year funding.,to longer-term funding for the voluntary sector across multiple government strategies.,The upcoming UK Government Spending Review should support the Scottish Government to take action on their

https://scvo.scot/p/98446/2025/05/01/medium-term-financial-strategy

Trustees' Week 2023 - there's so much going on!

Tracey Bird
24 October 2023
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about highlighting the great work of trustees across Scotland and the UK, and the role they play in governing,be looking at Navigating risk and safeguarding charities and Turcan Connell will cover Practical governance,Don’t miss the opportunity to feed in your thoughts and views at the Scottish government’s Third Sector,Come along and help us debate how we should fix governance.,And finally, looking towards 2024 we’ve got a great new series of good governance online training starting

https://scvo.scot/p/84489/2023/10/24/trustees-week-2023-theres-so-much-going-on

Footgolf Association of Scotland

  • Membership number 8361
  • Charity registered in Scotland SC050749

https://scvo.scot/membership/members/8361/footgolf-association-of-scotland

Changing Legal Structure

Changing Legal Structure

https://scvo.scot/support/changing-legal-structure

The role of intermediaries

"The implementation of Fair Funding across the Scottish voluntary sector would bring significant benefits" Intermediaries - also often called umbrella bodies, membership bodies, or network bodies - are the voluntary sector organisations whose members are primarily other voluntary...

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/fair-funding/the-role-of-intermediaries

Letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer: Autumn Budget 2025 

Sheghley Ogilvie
17 November 2025
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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

Scottish voluntary organisations' financial reserves

Download PDF Introduction The academic literature highlights the role that good financial management plays in helping organisations deliver their objectives, while ensuring their stability and survival. This is often hampered by a lack of financial management skills, risk...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/scottish-voluntary-organisations-financial-reserves

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 Inquiry into the Scottish Budget Process in practice

Sheghley Ogilvie
24 March 2025
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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

Regulator warns charity over six figure payoff

NEWS 22 August 2018 by Rab Armour
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Governance review results in commission criticising trustees

https://tfn.scot/news/regulator-warns-charity-over-six-figure-payoff

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2026. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.