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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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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

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

Fair Funding Inquiry

Sheghley Ogilvie
13 September 2024
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Find out more about SCVO’s Fair Funding work here: https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/,SCVO’s engagement with the Scottish Budget process here: https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/93708/2024/09/13/fair-funding-inquiry

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 to Civil Society Covenant Framework engagement exercise

David Livey
5 November 2024
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Procurement processes that are inclusive of the voluntary sector: more equitable, effective, and flexible,procurement processes that encourage the participation of voluntary organisations of all sizes.,improve relationships sit, primarily, within public bodies, e.g., those that relate to funding and procurement,to build those relationships, as well as a host of practical changes, like improved funding or procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/94723/2024/11/05/scvo-response-to-civil-society-covenant-framework-engagement-exercise

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: 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

Committee asks how voluntary sector funding can be improved

Sheghley Ogilvie
26 June 2024
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Find out more about SCVO’s Fair Funding work here: https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/,SCVO’s engagement with the Scottish Budget process here: https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/92410/2024/06/26/committee-asks-how-voluntary-sector-funding-be-improved

A look ahead to the Scottish Spending Review

Sheghley Ogilvie
5 January 2026
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Having entered the New Year, the long-awaited UK Government Autumn Budget – Labour’s second since taking office- may seem like a distant memory. As a reminder, it was a Budget preceded by a stream of leaks, but which still offered a surprise on Budget day when the Office for...

https://scvo.scot/p/102518/2026/01/05/a-look-ahead-to-the-scottish-spending-review

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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.