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SCVO response to Scottish Spending Review and Scottish Budget 2026/27 

Press release
13 January 2026
partnership with Scotland's voluntary sector, are available here: https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/102822/2026/01/13/scvo-response-to-scottish-spending-review-and-scottish-budget-2026-27

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

New research underlines pressures on third sector workforce and services

Press release
29 December 2025
details of SCVO’s Fair Funding principles can be found here: https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/102535/2025/12/29/new-research-underlines-pressures-on-third-sector-workforce-and-services

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: Criminal Justice Committee consultation on the risks of cybercrime

Alison Brogan
3 October 2025
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Procuring skilled cyber staff can be costly and not a viable option, at the moment there are no specific

https://scvo.scot/p/101283/2025/10/03/scvo-response-criminal-justice-committee-consultation-on-the-risks-of-cybercrime

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

SCVO response to 2025/26 Programme for Government 

Press release
6 May 2025
Responding to Tuesday’s Programme for Government, Anna Fowlie, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations' (SCVO) Chief Executive, said: “Today’s Programme for Government (PfG) restates the Scottish Government’s commitment to Fairer Funding for the voluntary sector, which SCVO...

https://scvo.scot/p/98517/2025/05/06/scvo-response-to-2025-26-programme-for-government

SCVO Briefing: Programme for Government

Sheghley Ogilvie
1 May 2025
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It must be recognised that poor funding and procurement practices undermine voluntary organisations aspirations

https://scvo.scot/p/98456/2025/05/01/scvo-briefing-programme-for-government

SCVO Briefing: Medium Term Financial Strategy

Sheghley Ogilvie
1 May 2025
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Summary SCVO and colleagues across the voluntary sector welcomed the Scottish Government’s commitment to deliver Fairer Funding for the sector by 2026, including exploring options to implement multi-year funding deals. Years of underfunding and poor funding practices, and crises...

https://scvo.scot/p/98446/2025/05/01/medium-term-financial-strategy

SCVO’s response to DSIT’s Digital Inclusion Action Plan 

Jason Railton
28 April 2025
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Recently, we submitted our response to the UK Government’s Call for Evidence on the Digital Inclusion Action Plan—a new strategy from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) that sets out how digital exclusion will be tackled across the UK. You can read our...

https://scvo.scot/p/98398/2025/04/28/scvos-response-to-dsits-digital-inclusion-action-plan

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