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Fair Funding means a funding landscape that is fair, flexible, sustainable and accessible. It includes longer-term funding, unrestricted funding, timely payments, processes that are easier to navigate, funding that keeps pace with rising costs, and proportionate reporting...

These are broken down by three distinct areas: (1) Fair Funding and procurement; (2) the voluntary sector,Fair funding & procurement Poor funding and poor procurement approaches risk our sector’s contribution,Our sector urgently needs Fair Funding and streamlined procurement processes to support the essential,There are a host of improvements that could be made to procurement and commissioning in Scotland – not,The Committee concluded that the existing procurement landscape “is causing a barrier to those who may

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...

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

The Employment Rights Act, passed by the UK Government in December 2025, represents the most significant overhaul of UK employment law in a generation, a significant opportunity to strengthen workers' rights and improve job security across Scotland, and the rest of the UK. SCVO...

Summary It is widely understood that Scotland’s voluntary sector is facing unprecedented challenges. Years of underfunding and poor funding practices, and crises such as the pandemic, and the cost-of-living crisis, have put the voluntary sector under increasing pressure...

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...

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.

Sources CAF UK Giving Report 2026 CAF UK Local Giving Report 2026 Scottish Third Sector Tracker Pulse 1 (2026) Scottish Third Sector Tracker Wave 12 (2026) SCVO Individual Giving in Scotland (2026): donations, legacies and fundraising SCVO 2025 Scottish Voluntary Sector Workforce...