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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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The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is a UK-wide fund launched as a domestic replacement to the EU Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF). It is a core component of the UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda. The funding will be targeted at the three following priority areas:- Communities and Place - Thriving Places: Development of the visitor economy and improving well-being. - Supporting Local Business: Advice and support to businesses, developing an enterprise culture and start-up support and developing business sites and premises. - People and Skills: Supporting people to progress towards and into employment or education, supporting essential skills and delivering higher level, employment related skills.Current funds are:- Development of the Visitor Economy challenge fund- Youth Diversionary Activities challenge fund- Employment Related Skills (Green and Digital Skills) challenge fund- SME Support and Upskilling challenge fund- Adult Numeracy Programme challenge fund

https://funding.scot/funds/a0R3z00000PUvIoEAL/dundee-city-council-the-uk-shared-prosperity-fund

This programme offers grants of between £3,000 and £20,000 to support serving families stationed overseas. It aims to help overseas bases, or UK-based charities working with them, identify and address challenges impacting the wellbeing of partners, children and young people during overseas deployments.The Trust is looking to support projects which offer new forms of targeted support for families of serving personnel posted and living overseas to help them thrive in their new communities and build networks of support to improve wellbeing. Your project will need to meet one or more of the following outcomes:- Provide new forms of personalised and targeted support in location for partners, young people, and children and their wellbeing whilst posted overseas. - Increase serving families’ knowledge of existing services and recreational provision.- Reduce isolation and the impact of loneliness in country for partners, young people and children.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0RP1000005aRGXMA2/armed-forces-covenant-fund-trust-supporting-serving-families-overseas-programme

Charity Finance Group post-budget survey Nov 2024

Nearly nine in ten charitable organisations say they are concerned about affording the government’s increase,charitable services and activities; charge more for paid-for goods and services; hand back local government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/charity-finance-group-post-budget-survey-nov-2024

2011 State of the Sector - summary

Many of the respondents are unsure about the future, uncertain over funding and what future government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/2011-state-of-the-sector-summary

Faith and Voluntary Action

the relationship between faith and social capital, and the role of faith-based organisations in governance

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/faith-and-voluntary-action

Poverty in Scotland - Research Briefing

It outlines UK Government and (then) Scottish Executive policies to alleviate poverty, and briefly considers

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/poverty-in-scotland-research-briefing

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