Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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

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 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

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

Small Charities in Scotland

Summary Small charities are an essential part of communities across Scotland, and account for three-quarters of the Scottish charities. Here we pull together some key facts and figures about the importance of small charities in Scotland. We also look at some of the challenges...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/small-charities-in-scotland

Tackling the climate emergency

"[Fair Funding would ensure] better planning, better partnerships" Like most of us, the Scottish Government undoubtedly recognises the urgent, human-driven emergency that the world now faces. The climate crisis is causing catastrophic weather extremes, melting ice caps...

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/fair-funding/tackling-the-climate-emergency

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

Mapping and Understanding the UK Civil Society Sector 2026 - findings from the UK Third and Civil Society Sector Database

Organisation size and procurement: Public procurement is dominated by large and major organisations.,Micro and small organisations of all types are almost entirely absent from procurement markets.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/mapping-and-understanding-the-uk-civil-society-sector-2026-findings-from-the-uk-third-and-civil-society-sector-database

Amplifying our collective voice on Fair Funding

Jason Henderson

19 April 2024

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Fair Funding

At SCVO, we have worked hard over the last few years, with our sector, to pull together our Fair Funding principles and asks, and to champion those within the Scottish Parliament. But as successful as that work has been thus far, we can still do much more by amplifying our calls...

https://scvo.scot/p/90226/2024/04/19/amplifying-our-collective-voice-on-fair-funding

NCVO Policy Paper: How voluntary and community organisations can help transform public services

Short policy paper exploring current procurement processes, and how VCOs can be enabled to really transform

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/ncvo-policy-paper-how-voluntary-and-community-organisations-can-help-transform-public-services

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