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SCVO Briefing: Scottish Budget 2025/2026
28 November 2024
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Summary SCVO and colleagues across the voluntary sector welcomed the Scottish Government’s commitment,We continue to urge the Chancellor to change course – and welcome both the Scottish Government’s and,Aligning the Scottish Government’s “Fairer Funding” principles with SCVO’s definition of Fair Funding,Fair Funding SCVO welcomes the Scottish Government commitment to deliver ‘Fairer Funding’ by 2026.,Draw the Scottish Government’s attention to oral evidence on the Scottish Government’s recent consultation
https://scvo.scot/p/95427/2024/11/28/scvo-briefing-scottish-budget-2025-2026
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
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
Commonwealth Foundation - Open Grants Call
The Foundation supports civic voices to share their stories, learn and act together and influence the institutions that shape people’s lives. They support projects that seek to facilitate constructive engagement between civil society and decision makers, including civil society participation in policy development and decision-making. Applications must address one or more of their three priority themes:1. Health justice2. Climate justice3. Freedom of expression All applications are required to demonstrate how they intend to integrate considerations of gender into their project design and implementation.Proposals must relate to projects that are expected to begin after the 1 August 2026 and before the end of September 2026.
https://funding.scot/funds/a0Rb0000003il86EAA/commonwealth-foundation-open-grants-call
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.
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
Briefing to Scottish MPs: Employment Rights Bill
9 January 2025
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To ensure the legislation is successfully implemented the government should support voluntary organisations,Ensuring grants and contracts the UK Government, their agencies, and other public bodies award, support,Working with the Scottish Government to ensure the UK level Employment Right Bill and Scottish Government,how the Bill will complement the existing programme of Fair Work initiatives led by the Scottish Government,Grants and contracts the UK Government, their agencies, and other public bodies award should support
https://scvo.scot/p/96303/2025/01/09/briefing-to-scottish-mps-employment-rights-bill
In Real Life: Polmont Community Hub
19 March 2026
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Polmont is a small town with a long industrial history. Just five miles down the road is a small cottage where James Watt designed his first ever steam engine. The road into town from the train station offers open views of the towers of Grangemouth oil refinery to the North, and...
https://scvo.scot/p/103990/2026/03/19/in-real-life-polmont-community-hub
Briefing to House of Lords: National Insurance Contributions Bill
22 January 2025
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Ensure grants and contracts awarded by the UK government, their agencies, and other public bodies, cover,are entirely commissioned to deliver public services on behalf of Local Authorities and Scottish Government,If that change does not come from the UK or Scottish Government, we will need to make those changes with,need plus a wealth of advice and guidance, and is funded entirely by voluntary donations with no Government,We ask that grants and contracts awarded by the UK government, their agencies, and other public bodies