Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Tackling child poverty requires urgent investment in adult services

NEWS 28 April 2026 by Niall Christie

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

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Parties challenged on how they will meet child poverty targets

https://tfn.scot/news/tackling-child-poverty-requires-urgent-investment-in-adult-services

Finding some glimmers of hope from 2022 - SCVO policy & public affairs

Paul Bradley

22 December 2022

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Policy

In responding to the committee's calls for multi-year funding for the sector, the government said it,Our role is to hold the government accountable for its promise to adopt fairer funding.,Not all funding comes from the Scottish Government or via other bodies in Scotland.,SCVO and the TSI Scotland Network have built solid relationships with the UK Government.,Following conversations between the voluntary sector and the UK Government, UK Finance, the membership

https://scvo.scot/p/56514/2022/12/22/finding-some-glimmers-of-hope-from-2022-scvo-policy-public-affairs

Scottish Budget Briefing 2023/2024

Sheghley Ogilvie

13 December 2022

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Policy reports

The Scottish Government can begin to act by committing to: multi-year funding of three years or more ,Similarly, the Scottish Government dedicates significant time and resources to annual processing and,Similarly, the Scottish Government’s Open Government Action Plan commits to fiscal openness and transparency,The Scottish Government should include sector funding as part of this work.,The Scottish Government should collect data across all government departments to generate an accurate

https://scvo.scot/p/56262/2022/12/13/scottish-budget-briefing-2023-2024