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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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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

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

Digital inclusion in health and care

Digital inclusion in health and care

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/digital-inclusion-in-health-and-care

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

Charity to expand services after cash injection

NEWS 4 October 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
1st Step will benefit from funding from the Scottish Procurement Alliance. 

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-to-expand-services-after-cash-injection

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

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

Funding secured for befriending service which helps tackle loneliness in older people

NEWS 26 May 2026 by Graham Martin
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
The Scottish Procurement Alliance has ensured that key elements of the scheme can continue

https://tfn.scot/news/funding-secured-for-befriending-service-which-helps-tackle-loneliness-in-older-people

Putting values into practice

OPINION 8 September 2021 by Shona Robison
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Social justice secretary Shona Robison MSP outlines the new procurement strategy for Social Security

https://tfn.scot/opinion/putting-values-into-practice

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

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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.