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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants

TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-2021-what-the-voluntary-sector-wants

SCVO response to the inquiry into Public Administration – Effective Scottish Government decision-making (Finance & Public Administration Committee)

Where there is good practice this must be shared more widely too.,This is neither fair on the person invited to take part in discussions, nor on the rest of the sector,As Sheghley Ogilvie from SCVO explained in a blog post last year: ‘I’ve often heard the Programme for,The obvious cost is a financial one, but there are usually other costs which can take all manner of forms,(e.g., choice, competition, provision).

https://scvo.scot/p/57213/2023/02/16/scvo-response-to-the-inquiry-into-public-administration-effective-scottish-government-decision-making

SCVO response to Building Community Wealth consultation (Scottish Government)

Funding and procurement, Fair Work, the sector’s role in the economy, and partnership working with local,Our submission draws on evidence gathered from: One-to-one interviews with voluntary sector organisations,Funding, and SCVO’s thought leadership series on the economy.,These challenges include competitive tendering, one-year contracts, and the lack of full cost recovery,for contracts because they are too big.

https://scvo.scot/p/59630/2023/05/15/scvo-response-to-building-community-wealth-consultation-scottish-government

What are the Scottish Government and Parliament’s Tax and Spending Options?

Tax is at the heart of the debate on the economy.,How do you balance the tensions between competitiveness and productivity?,And while no-one likes that conversation, looking at how we can shift money so that it follows priorities,After all, how can we obtain the fair society so many in our sector fights for without looking at taxation,behind any taxation system – which we have often repeated (see, for example, here: http://www.scvo.scot/blog

https://scvo.scot/p/22923/2017/12/13/what-are-the-scottish-government-and-parliaments-tax-and-spending-options