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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: 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

Programme for Government: Voluntary sector deserves to be treated fairly

Anna Fowlie
5 September 2024
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We’re not a nice-to-have sector. We’re an essential sector. 

https://scvo.scot/p/93667/2024/09/05/programme-for-government-voluntary-sector-deserves-to-be-treated-fairly

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

SCVO Briefing Scottish Government debate: The UK Budget – Scotland’s Priorities

Sheghley Ogilvie
23 September 2024
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Multi-year funding For over a decade, the Scottish Government has recognised the need for multi-year funding, committing to longer-term funding for the voluntary sector across multiple government strategies, including within several Scottish Budgets and Programmes for Government...

https://scvo.scot/p/93758/2024/09/23/scvo-briefing-scottish-government-debate-the-uk-budget-scotlands-priorities

Briefing to UK Parliament: Spring Statement

Sheghley Ogilvie
24 March 2025
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Summary 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, exacerbating financial and operational challenges. Eight out of ten Scottish voluntary organisations...

https://scvo.scot/p/97964/2025/03/24/briefing-to-uk-parliament-spring-statement

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

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

Business Resilience Survey 2018

providers are doing based on a series of measures relating to general levels of optimism, finance, procurement,More than half of respondents (53%) said that they had chosen to not engage with a procurement process

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/business-resilience-survey-2018

The Reuse Consortium Story and Impact Report

Many public sector organisations want to increase their circular and local procurement but have struggled,Circular Communities Scotland started the Reuse Consortium in 2016 to make sustainable procurement from

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-reuse-consortium-story-and-impact-report

Supporting collaboration between the third and public sectors: evidence review

Those areas were: funding, meaningful collaboration, procurement and lack of trust, with lack of trust,partnerships Open communication Building trusted relationships Empowerment of communities Public sector procurement,and the third sector Approaches to public procurement Competitive tendering

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/supporting-collaboration-between-the-third-and-public-sectors-evidence-review

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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.