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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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SCVO Environmental Policy

should be read in conjunction with our Travel and Subsistence Policy, all staff wellbeing policies, procurement

https://scvo.scot/environment

Letter to the First Minister: Challenges facing the voluntary sector

Anna Fowlie
25 May 2026
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Commissioning with communities – embedding ethical commissioning and ending default to commercial procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/104776/2026/05/25/letter-to-the-first-minister-challenges-facing-the-voluntary-sector

SCVO comment on the Scottish Third Sector Tracker Pulse 1

Press release
26 May 2026
Commissioning with communities – embedding ethical commissioning and ending default to commercial procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/104880/2026/05/26/scvo-comment-on-the-scottish-third-sector-tracker-pulse-1

Snapshot of a sector operating under "sustained and intensifying" strain

Steve Grozier
26 May 2026
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If you spend any time talking to people across the voluntary sector right now, a pattern starts to emerge. It doesn’t really matter where they’re based or what their area of focus is — the same themes keep coming up. Financial pressure and a wider feeling of uncertainty. There’s...

https://scvo.scot/p/104778/2026/05/26/104778

The five challenges

Device procurement can be a complex process, and there can be difficulties around supply issues and distribution

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/roadmap/the-five-challenges-2

What is Fair Funding?

The voluntary sector needs a funding landscape that is fair, flexible, sustainable, and accessible to ensure that organisations can provide the services and projects that are crucial to communities across Scotland. This can only be achieved by guaranteeing Fair Funding that...

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/fair-funding/what-is-fair-funding

SCVO Response: Scottish Government consultation on Water services - investing in and paying from 2027

Eve Dillon
10 April 2026
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About our response The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) welcomes the opportunity to respond to this Scottish Government consultation on Scotland’s water services, focusing on the questions regarding the Water and Sewerage Charges Exemption Scheme in section 6....

https://scvo.scot/p/104156/2026/04/10/scvo-response-scottish-government-consultation-on-water-services-investing-in-and-paying-from-2027

SCVO Briefing: Scottish Government Spending Review

Sheghley Ogilvie
3 December 2025
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Summary The Spending Review can recognise, resource, and support the voluntary sector and our essential services by aligning the Scottish Government’s “Fairer Funding” principles with SCVO’s definition of Fair Funding including: Multi-year funding: funding that provides a minimum...

https://scvo.scot/p/102130/2025/12/03/scvo-briefing-scottish-government-spending-review

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

Sheghley Ogilvie
12 August 2025
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Question 1: What actions should the Scottish Government be taking now to start to address these ‘Scottish specific fiscal sustainability challenges’? The voluntary sector is and should be recognised as part of the solution to Scotland’s long-term fiscal challenges. The voluntary...

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

Sector's role in the economy

We work with partners including the Fraser of Allander Institute and the Royal Society of Edinburgh to better understand and articulate the voluntary sector’s role in the economy.

https://scvo.scot/policy/transforming-the-economy/economy

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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.