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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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SCVO Briefing to Scottish Parliament: Programme for Government 2024/25

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. Despite this renewed focus, 18 months on from the policy...

https://scvo.scot/p/93632/2024/09/02/scvo-briefing-to-scottish-parliament-programme-for-government-2024-25

SCVO Briefing: Scottish Budget 2025/2026

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. Despite this renewed focus, 18 months on from the policy...

https://scvo.scot/p/95427/2024/11/28/scvo-briefing-scottish-budget-2025-2026

Guide to low-cost digital

These have been set up to allow public sector organisations to procure a large number of quality devices

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/guide-to-low-cost-digital

Maximising the local impact of anchor institutions: a case study of Leeds City Region

. • Local procurement – understand organisational spend, what impact it has and how supply chains are,targets and a timetable for redirecting spend to competitive local suppliers alongside organising procurement,processes and contracts to enable smaller, local organisations to bid. • Social procurement – adopt,‘good jobs’ into procurement and commissioning frameworks, sending collective market signals relating

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/maximising-the-local-impact-of-anchor-institutions-a-case-study-of-leeds-city-region

Putting values into practice

Social justice secretary Shona Robison MSP outlines the new procurement strategy for Social Security

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

Board of trustees

Executive Group representing the voluntary sector in an advisory capacity to inform Scottish policy and procurement

https://scvo.scot/about/people/board-of-trustees

Response to Social Justice and Social Security Committee Pre-budget Scrutiny: Third sector funding principles

Ensuring that all public grant funding and procured contracts have both the real Living Wage and annual,recognised that the voluntary sector faces barriers to implementation and that poor funding and procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/93311/2024/08/13/response-to-social-justice-and-social-security-committee-pre-budget-scrutiny-third-sector-funding-principles

Purchasing from the Third Sector in Scotland

Each year local authorities in Scotland procure over œ5.4bn of supplies, works, and services.,Based on a sample of councils, this report examines the level and pattern of procurement from Third Sector

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/purchasing-from-the-third-sector-in-scotland

Buying a better economy

Ken McIntosh MSP argues why the procurement bill can still ensure the creation of a moral economy for

https://tfn.scot/opinion/ken-mcintosh-msp-argues-why-the-procurement-bill-can-still-ensure-the-creat

The third sector delivering public services: an evidence review

research, published between 2004 and 2010 on the themes of public service delivery, commissioning and procurement,The review examines four themes developed from the literature: emerging commissioning and procurement

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-third-sector-delivering-public-services-an-evidence-review

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