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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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More money than ever before donated to charity foundation

Charities Aid Foundation received over £500 million in charity donations last year

https://tfn.scot/news/more-than-ever-given-to-charity

SCVO Scottish Budget Summary 2023/24

Committee and plenary discussions will weigh up the Scottish Government’s plans.,There may be revisions to the Scottish Government’s Resource Spending Review.,Scottish Government also committed to working with local government to address their concerns. ,Local government spend is always a contested.,This squeeze will also impact Scottish Government spending.

https://scvo.scot/p/56491/2022/12/21/scvo-scottish-budget-summary-2023-24

My perfect weekend involves kung-fu, cooking and meeting friends

Caroline Lee-Davey, chief executive of baby charity Bliss Scotland, takes part in our Chief Encounters feature

https://tfn.scot/features/my-perfect-weekend-involves-kung-fu-cooking-and-meeting-friends

Charity workers recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours List

Philanthropist receives top honour while Scotland Malawi Partnership boss is one of the youngest named

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-workers-recognised-in-queens-birthday-honours-list

Scottish Budget 2023/24: We’ve heard things like this before

The budget does give a good sense of the Scottish Government’s priorities, and when we heard in advance,Behind or the prevention of drugs deaths will flow through or into the sector, but as the Scottish Government,As we laid out in our briefing on the budget, greater transparency about the Scottish Government’s funding,The clearest proxy we have to measure government support for the sector within the budget is the Third,to bring about the changes the sector so desperately needs across all government departments and areas

https://scvo.scot/p/56418/2022/12/19/scottish-budget-2023-24-weve-heard-things-like-this-before

400 interns to promote business growth in voluntary sector

A £2m grant fund will provide opportunities for 400 interns to help promote business growth within Scottish voluntary organisations

https://tfn.scot/news/400-interns-to-promote-business-growth

Savile: no wrongdoing say children’s charities

​Two children's charities release reports saying no evidence of wrongdoing in Jimmy Savile investigation

https://tfn.scot/news/saville-no-wrongdoing-say-childrens-charities

Cross-border confusion over charity EU poll campaigns

Charities north and south of the border have been given conflicting advice on European referendum campaigning

https://tfn.scot/news/cross-border-confusion-over-charity-eu-poll-campaigns

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

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

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