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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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Edinburgh Mela in doubt after funding is pulled

A governance row between the festival and its funders has rocked the charity run event

https://tfn.scot/news/edinburgh-mela-in-doubt-after-funding-is-pulled

Football star’s charity probed by watchdog

Charity Commission is looking into the governance of Didier Drogba's charity foundation following newspaper

https://tfn.scot/news/football-stars-charity-probed-by-watchdog

Concerns raised over armed forces charity

The Charity Commission is in contact with Forces Support Limited after governance issues were raised

https://tfn.scot/news/concerns-raised-over-forces-charity-which-operates-scottish-shops

SCVO response to Scottish Labour's Policy Forum

These must be priorities for the Scottish Government following the 2026 election.,The Scottish Government’s commitments to “fairer funding” by 2026, while welcome, fall short of SCVO’,The current and next Scottish Government, post-2026, must prioritise addressing this.,organisations and others to understand Scottish Government spending.,Civil Society Covenant framework engagement: in 2024 SCVO responded to the UK Government’s initial

https://scvo.scot/p/96677/2025/01/23/scvo-response-to-scottish-labours-policy-forum

Briefing to UK Parliament: Spring Statement

The government has frequently championed their ambitions of a relationship with civil society built on,To achieve this, it is essential that the government actively engages voluntary employers on increased,Working in partnership requires government to recognise the sector’s expertise and be open to evidence,The Spring Statement can and should action the Government’s commitments to the sector by recognising,SCVO looks forward to the Treasury engaging with the Scottish Government on these issues and Fair Funding

https://scvo.scot/p/97964/2025/03/24/briefing-to-uk-parliament-spring-statement

expenses- Accountancy and audit- Communications and outreach- Monitoring, evaluation, and learning- Governance

https://funding.scot/funds/a0R3z00000OlJfTEAV/bbc-children-in-need-core-costs-funding-stream

PVG scheme proposal surely for the bin, along with policymaking that continues to treat the sector as an afterthought

In May last year, the Scottish Government opened its consultation on a series of Disclosure Scotland,And so, with the government publishing its analysis on the responses to these proposals earlier in the,The Scottish Government’s lack of progress on Fairer Funding, at a time when Fair Funding is urgently,Given the very clear conclusions reached in the Scottish Government’s consultation analysis, it is surely,But such capacity building must be met by the Scottish Government rather than placing financial burdens

https://scvo.scot/p/96653/2025/01/23/pvg-scheme-proposal-surely-for-the-bin-along-with-policymaking-that-continues-to-treat-the-sector-as-an-afterthought

Charities warn: football must keep children safer

​Inquiry tells of arbitrary procedures and poor governance which is putting children at risk of abuse

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-warns-football-must-keep-children-safer

Employer National Insurance: why we must keep up the pressure

the precarious nature of voluntary sector funding, but it appears to be largely ignored within government,That is why we must not give up on pushing the government at Westminster to recognise this issue and,The UK Autumn Budget created this problem, and the UK Government can and must offer a solution.,The continuing lack of actions from government puts some voluntary sector services and organisations,at risk, and seriously undermines the promises made by this new government about partnership working

https://scvo.scot/p/96514/2025/01/17/employer-national-insurance-why-we-must-keep-up-the-pressure

Exclusive: Citizens Advice Scotland on the brink of collapse

ministers set to offload beleaguered organisation onto Scottish Government after a catalogue of governance

https://tfn.scot/news/exclusive-citizens-advice-scotland-on-the-brink-of-collapse

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