Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

GE17: hung parliament can work in third sector’s favour

NEWS 9 June 2017 by Graham Martin

Management

The uncertainty surrounding the general election result could provide an opportunity for the third sector to push forward its agenda

https://tfn.scot/news/ge17-hung-parliament-can-work-in-third-sectors-favour

Charities benefit from their Famous Fringe Friends

FEATURE 29 August 2014 by Paul Cardwell

Funding & Finance

As August draws to a close, some charities are enjoying new-found wealth. Paul Cardwell asked comedian Danny Bhoy how he turned comedy into charity cash

https://tfn.scot/features/charities-benefit-from-their-famous-fringe-friends

Multi-million pound Christmas present for children’s charities

NEWS 21 December 2016 by Graham Martin

Families & Young People

Children’s charities have received an early Christmas present in the form of £3.38 million from the Scottish Government

https://tfn.scot/news/multi-million-pound-christmas-present-for-childrens-charities

SCVO response to the Finance and Public Administration Committee Resource Spending Review Framework

Allan Young

2 February 2022

Posted in

Policy reports

Overview The Scottish Government has published a ‘consultative framework document’ on its forthcoming,Resource Spending is the spending on day-to-day running costs of government programmes and administration,How clearly does the framework set out the Scottish Government’s priorities for the resource spending,Both local and national government in Scotland have relied heavily on the voluntary sector to support,Ultimately this is hampering the Scottish Government’s ability to address its core priorities.

https://scvo.scot/p/48798/2022/02/02/scvo-response-to-the-finance-and-public-administration-committee-resource-spending-review-framework

Economic disruption is essential for social change

Professor Iain Black

28 March 2022

Posted in

Policy

"Why is it so hard to implement a vision that every stakeholder, including governments supports and wants,Our economic system includes institutions, infrastructure, governance, people, stuff and finance.,It is the number governments worry about above all else and the one most regularly reported and scrutinised

https://scvo.scot/p/49645/2022/03/28/economic-disruption-is-essential-for-social-disruption