Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Books Abroad

Membership number 943
Charity registered in Scotland SC011359

https://scvo.scot/membership/members/943/books-abroad

Sight Relief (SCIO)

Membership number 9447
Charity registered in Scotland SC051191

https://scvo.scot/membership/members/9447/sight-relief-scio

Commonwealth Foundation - Open Grants Call

Currently closed

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

Scottish budget: Glimmers of hope amid financial hopelessness

Kirsten Hogg

5 December 2024

Posted in

Policy

Ahead of the budget, SCVO made two asks of the Scottish Government: to work with us on mitigations to,On NICs, the budget document confirms the Scottish Government will continue to press the Chancellor to,The government fell short, however, of putting its money where its mouth is and committing to cover those,draw the conclusion that voluntary sector staff are considerably less important to the Scottish Government,another year of standstill budgets for the voluntary organisations funded through that part of government

https://scvo.scot/p/95554/2024/12/05/scottish-budget-glimmers-of-hope-amid-financial-hopelessness