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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

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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Scottish voluntary sector dealt £177million real-terms funding cut 

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

https://scvo.scot/p/97961/2025/03/24/scottish-voluntary-sector-dealt-177million-real-terms-funding-cut

Developing a Voluntary Sector Insight into the Future of Scotland

In early 2005, SCVO?s policy committee commissioned a ?Lead Group? of senior representatives from and connected to the voluntary sector to develop an initial insight into the future of Scotland from the perspective of voluntary organisations. To inform the Lead Group?s report, a...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/developing-a-voluntary-sector-insight-into-the-future-of-scotland

Our latest analysis shows more charities struggling to break even, but also some welcome growth in key funding streams

Income from government has remained fairly steady, and income from the public has largely recovered after,Five years ago, the amount of money received from government was just slightly higher than the income,Fears of a sudden withdrawal of essential government support were not realized in 2023, but when we factor

https://scvo.scot/p/96909/2025/02/03/our-latest-analysis-shows-more-charities-struggling-to-break-even-but-also-some-welcome-growth-in-key-funding-streams

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

Scots charities forced to draw from reserves despite funding stabilisation

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

https://scvo.scot/p/97156/2025/02/19/scots-charities-forced-to-draw-from-reserves-despite-funding-stabilisation

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