Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

organisations.,For this paper, resilience is defined as the ability of an organisation to anticipate, cope with and,By examining the sector's response to events such as the Covid 19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis,, alongside long-term trends from the Scottish third sector tracker, we draw conclusions about the sector,’s resilience and what is required to sustain and build on that resilience.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/the-resilience-of-scottish-voluntary-organisations

Scotland’s resilient third sector through the cost-of-living crisis: insights from new research by Erin

Steve Grozier

3 November 2025

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Research

The Expert Advisory Group of third sector workers spoke to how funding delays and slow political change,-19 pandemic, including the Third Sector Resilience Fund, which provided emergency funding to TSOs in,Key Insights: Diverse Third Sector, Diverse Resilience Staffed Organisations: Intense Pressure and Adaptive,While the Third Sector Resilience Fund during the COVID-19 pandemic provided temporary support in this,Implications: Supporting a Resilient Sector Policy Implications: Implementation of Fair Funding is key

https://scvo.scot/p/101739/2025/11/03/scotlands-resilient-third-sector-through-the-cost-of-living-crisis-insights-from-new-research

£1m armed forces charity support fund announced

NEWS 24 March 2021 by Gareth Jones

Funding & Finance

#NeverMoreNeeded

The extra support will help organisations through the Covid-19 pandemic

https://tfn.scot/news/1m-armed-forces-charity-support-fund-announced

Crisis fund enters new phase

NEWS 27 November 2020 by Gareth Jones

Funding & Finance

#NeverMoreNeeded

https://tfn.scot/news/crisis-fund-enters-new-phase

Scottish voluntary organisations' financial reserves

Introduction The academic literature highlights the role that good financial management plays in helping organisations,This lack of financial management skill is perhaps reflected in the Scottish third sector tracker findings,where over a quarter of organisations report not having a target level of financial reserves.,The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated the issues discussed above.,Having said that, calls for charities to diversify their income streams are often impractical and the sector

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/scottish-voluntary-organisations-financial-reserves

Coronavirus sector funding call

NEWS 16 March 2020 by Gareth Jones

Regeneration & Housing

A call has been made for specific funding to be created to help the voluntary sector respond to the crisis

https://tfn.scot/news/coronavirus-sector-funding-call

Individual Giving in Scotland: donations, legacies and fundraising

giving landscape in Scotland and the wider UK using a range of data sources including the Scottish Third,Sector Tracker.,Individual giving is an essential source of income for many charities and voluntary groups and helps fund,-19.,Data from the Spring 2025 Scottish Third Sector Tracker suggests that a rising number of voluntary organisations

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/individual-giving-in-scotland-donations-legacies-and-fundraising

SCVO Response: Finance and Public Administration Committee Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026-27 Responding to Long-Term Fiscal Pressures

Sheghley Ogilvie

12 August 2025

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Consultation responses

Action on multi-year funding is much needed and would have supported voluntary organisation in receipt,Essential to this is a resilient voluntary sector — one that is supported through Fair Funding and treated,The Scottish Spending Review must prioritise a resilient voluntary sector that can continue to provide,The experience of the Covid-19 pandemic showed what is possible when barriers to collaboration are removed,Fiscal transparency would support SCVO and other voluntary organisations to: Understand Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/99925/2025/08/12/scvo-response-finance-and-public-administration-committee-pre-budget-scrutiny-2026-27-responding-to-long-term-fiscal-pressures