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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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Insights on better endings

longer-term shifts around forming and maintaining relationships in hybrid or remote working arrangements. 4.,And what about funders?,Presently, only a few funders are receptive, but there's a promising growing trend where some funders,are thinking ‘upstream’ and evaluating how their grant cycles impact project endings and wider lifecycles,This will make it straightforward for organisations needing support to find it and demonstrate the value

https://scvo.scot/p/89466/2024/03/25/insights-on-better-endings

Survival mode: Scotland’s third sector fails to grow

Scotland's third sector is failing to grow and financial optimism is rock bottom

https://tfn.scot/news/survival-mode-scotlands-third-sector-fails-to-grow

SCVO response to pre-budget scrutiny 2023/24: the impact of human rights budgeting

Combined, these events have left the sector wrestling with a running costs crisis while the cost-of-living,Priority 4.,SCVO would expect to see robust impact assessments where services are moved online, including how they,Recognising 1 in 4 people have low digital skills, public bodies must consider how they embed the support,There is little data available to demonstrate the sector’s climate impact or the support voluntary organisations

https://scvo.scot/p/53617/2022/09/09/scvo-response-to-pre-budget-scrutiny-2023-24-the-impact-of-human-rights-budgeting

SCVO response to the inquiry into Public Administration – Effective Scottish Government decision-making

These are time, power, trust and value.,We often hear how the pandemic impacted on the relationships between public and voluntary sectors.,It is important that more events and activities of this nature are organised to explain how to engage,feeling that this is a fine line to tread: ‘They need to be able to provide evidence of need/and also demonstrate,would contribute to good funding relationships (Case study of voluntary sector intermediaries, page 4-

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

Fair Funding: Collaborate, Challenge, Change - The Gathering 2022

In many groups, there was a desire for more open relationships with funders, and events organised specifically,Some participants also proposed regular and collaborative “networking events with funders”, allowing,their work or impact effectively”.,giving to grateful charities”.Sharing my knowledge about funding and how it can help both funders and,helping them to make connections.Focussing on funds with the priorities best aligned to us and the value

https://scvo.scot/p/54973/2022/10/17/fair-funding-collaborate-challenge-change-the-gathering-2022

SCVO submission to the Finance Committee on Scotland's public finances

Despite this, the voluntary sector’s economic contribution is often unnoticed, and its value to the economy,Q2: How should the Scottish Government’s Budget address the different impacts of the pandemic across,Connecting Scotland demonstrates public investment sense.,The voluntary sector's absence from the Committee's question is a concern and again demonstrates that,Scottish Government can respond to the varied impact of external events.

https://scvo.scot/p/44755/2021/08/12/scvo-submission-to-the-finance-committee-on-scotlands-public-finances

SCVO response to EHRCJ Committee - Pre-budget scrutiny 2022-23

placed to provide evidence, monitor, and scrutinise revenue raising decisions in relation to their impact,considerable praise and commitments to support recently from the Scottish Government at numerous key events,procurement arrangements during the pandemic was very much welcomed and the voluntary sector responded by demonstrating,The budget should be a demonstration of progress made regarding the 2019 request made by the then Equalities,In 2019, the EHR Committee recognised in its report, 'Valuing the Third Sector' many of the key funding

https://scvo.scot/p/45240/2021/10/01/scvo-response-to-ehrcj-committee-pre-budget-scrutiny-2022-23

SCVO response to Becoming a Fair Work Nation consultation

by 2025, they must do more to understand the environment the voluntary sector operates in, and the impact,Please explain how you think these opportunities can be maximised in your sector?,SCVO welcome Scotland's first Resource Spending Review since 2011, which should allow for 3–4-year spending,To support this, SCVO will continue to promote Fair Work through our events, working and advisory groups,We will work with organisations to ensure their stories are shared and develop case studies that demonstrate

https://scvo.scot/p/48075/2021/12/23/becoming-a-fair-work-nation-consultation

The effectiveness of the self-regulation of fundraising in Scotland: an informal review

or door to door Events (33,206): Either run directly by the charity, or with places in events purchased,It enables such organisations to demonstrate ‘their commitment to best practice, increasing public trust,An alternative perspective was that FRSB membership demonstrated to donors that charities were serious,deliver greater openness and transparency about the operation of charities The public, as one of the main funders,done on their behalf the leadership of charities and how their values are reflected in their actions

https://scvo.scot/p/10161/2015/09/23/the-effectiveness-of-the-self-regulation-of-fundraising-in-scotland-an-informal-review