to be increasingly necessary should the underlying factors driving succession challenges continue. 5.,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
OPINION
1 February 2024
by Sheghley Ogilvie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Our workforce makes a huge contribution across Scotland, offering a lifeline to people, families, and communities as the cost-of-living crisis bites. This lifeline shouldn’t need to be extended to voluntary sector staff.
https://tfn.scot/opinion/its-about-time-funders-stepped-up-on-fair-work
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?,capacity of thousands of voluntary organisations to better plan and progress all 5 dimensions of Fair,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
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
In many groups, there was a desire for more open relationships with funders, and events organised specifically,with too much detail needed” due to the requirement of providing financial forecasting for the next 3-5,Some participants also proposed regular and collaborative “networking events with funders”, allowing,their work or impact effectively”.,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
As SCVO will be holding an event on referendum issues at our November AGM, we also asked for organisations,Worries about alienating funders, service users/members, and concerns over staff costs were the top three,This demonstrates that for the vast majority of organisations responding to the survey, the Referendum,Voting rights / engagement
= 5. Youth / children / families
= 5. Social justice
= 5.,take the opportunity to design and develop a completely new social security system which fits with values
https://scvo.scot/p/1347/2013/11/25/scotlands-future-survey
The Application form is in 5 short sections.,This section is where you must demonstrate that your project will be helping to mitigate the
impact of,Tell us how you
will measure your outcomes and outputsDemonstrate clearly the impact your
project/activities,Funders want to know there is value
for money in the projects/activities they are investing in.,During the funding period we will be able to
provide 5 additional cooking courses.
https://scvo.scot/p/26005/2018/09/06/community-capacity-and-resilience-fund-guidance-notes
Some organisations have reported they are learning as they go, changing events to be more accessible,to how to run a successful community project.,and the people they support (see Appendix 5).,anything else you would like to include – stories, case studies, quotes, videos or photos – that could demonstrate,impressed with the simplicity and ease of completing the application, not always the case with some funders
https://scvo.scot/p/11825/2016/02/29/community-capacity-resilience-fund-interim-report
About our submission SCVO welcomes the opportunity to respond to questions 1-3 and 5 of the Committee,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.,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
Combined, these events have left the sector wrestling with a running costs crisis while the cost-of-living,In a typical year, 4 in 5 households use a voluntary sector service.,SCVO would expect to see robust impact assessments where services are moved online, including how they,There is little data available to demonstrate the sector’s climate impact or the support voluntary organisations,We raise the above issue here because it highlights the value and benefits that multi-year funding would
https://scvo.scot/p/53617/2022/09/09/scvo-response-to-pre-budget-scrutiny-2023-24-the-impact-of-human-rights-budgeting
