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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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SCVO Annual Review 2020-21

This year, we continued to deliver against the ambitions of our Strategic Plan 2019-22.,We also produced our annual Third Force News Guide to Running a Charity or Social Enterprise, which focused,Support services We responded quickly to adapt our support services to meet people's changing needs.,It generated 1.5 million Twitter impressions over a six-month period, with more than 20% of social media,Looking forward SCVO’s three-year strategic plan covering 2019-22 will continue to guide our overall

https://scvo.scot/about/work/annual-review/html

SCVO Impact Report 2022/23

SCVO is continually evolving what we do to meet emerging needs, as well as delivering the tried and tested,or via our pro-bono partners to develop and build their capacity. 684 new members 11 new supporters Meet,Not only does the Goodmoves website generate significant unrestricted income for SCVO to invest back,also developed a number of ongoing partnerships with voluntary sector organisations and published its annual,We held our first all Staff Away Day since 2019 towards the end of 2022, with the focus of the day being

https://scvo.scot/about/work/impact

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

Additional evidence on the resilience and recovery of Scotland's voluntary sector

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) was invited to provide additional evidence following,Economic recovery During the meeting, the committee asked how to ensure that the third sector is at the,The voluntary sector also had an annual turnover of more than £6bn in 2019 and works with over 1m volunteers,The committee can also see which organisations received funding by downloading the data generated by,relevant graphs for three of the main funds that show the number of grants awards against the latest annual

https://scvo.scot/p/47978/2021/12/21/additional-evidence-on-the-resilience-and-recovery-of-scotlands-voluntary-sector

SCVO consultation response to the Scottish Government's Resource Spending Review

Our recent research with the voluntary sector found that whilst a generally positive relationship between,Before the pandemic, a 2019 report from the then Equality and Human Rights Committee highlighted a range,Fair means ensuring voluntary organisations can meet the Fair Work principles through pay that meets,an equal footing to those in health, where better wages, job security, and terms and conditions in general,On procurement, SCVO conducted member surveys in 2013 and 2019.

https://scvo.scot/p/49550/2022/03/22/scvo-consultation-response-to-the-scottish-governments-resource-spending-review

SCVO submission to the Law Family Commission on Civil Society

Funding the sector The sector has a combined annual turnover that reached £6.06b in 2018.,Two What can you tell us about the different ways in which your organisation or civil society more generally,The sector plays a crucial role in ensuring that public bodies can meet their legal duties.,Every negative volunteer experience affects the sustainability of the next generation of volunteers.,The latest primary research conducted by SCVO is the Third Sector Forecast, 2019.

https://scvo.scot/p/43561/2021/05/10/submission-to-law-family-commission-on-civil-society

SCVO response to the Finance and Public Administration Committee Resource Spending Review Framework

SCVO’s response to the committee is detailed below.,commitment given in Parliament by Kate Forbes MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, to meet,A 2019 report from the then Equality and Human Rights Committee highlighted a range of issues including,SCVO believes this rise in energy costs and high inflation will compound issues of insecure annual funding,plenty of voluntary sector employers and young people ready and waiting, but we have not been able to meet

https://scvo.scot/p/48798/2022/02/02/scvo-response-to-the-finance-and-public-administration-committee-resource-spending-review-framework

SCVO UK Spending Review Summary 2021

Following the UK Government Spending Review 2021 SCVO produced this summary of commitments impacting,Background This was the Chancellor’s third Budget and first multi-annual Spending Review.,Total amount until 24/25 looks unlikely to meet the 2019 commitment to be at least as much as from EU,Total amount until 24/25 looks unlikely to meet the 2019 commitment to be at least as much as from EU,cladding Largest prison building programme in a generation. New high skill VISA plans.

https://scvo.scot/p/46852/2021/11/18/scvo-uk-spending-review-summary-2021

SCVO response to the Finance & Public Administration Committee: Scotland's public finances in 2023-24

uplifts for grant funding and contracts to ensure organisations: can meet rising costs to stay open ,Added income generation (e.g. from other funders and donors) and services aimed at prevention and early,SCVO’s thought-leadership blog series highlights the economic return on investment generated from public,recruit and retain staff in dedicated fundraising roles and are more consistently able to source and generate,SCVO member surveys in 2013 and 2019 that focused on voluntary organisations’ experiences of procurement

https://scvo.scot/p/52616/2022/08/19/scvo-response-to-the-finance-public-administration-committee-scotlands-public-finances-in-2023-24-the-impact-of-the-cost-of-living-and-public-service-reform

SCVO response to the Advisory Group on Economic Recovery

May 2020 View a PDF of SCVO's full consultation responseDownload About SCVO The Scottish Council for,Together, they employ over 100,000 paid staff, work with over 1.4 million volunteers, and have a combined annual,Respondents to our 2019 Sector Forecast Survey echoed known challenges of increasing demand against a,It cannot do so while meeting the growing demand our services face.,, scoring only 43/100 and 20/100 on these critical measures in the international Open Budget Survey 2019

https://scvo.scot/p/38613/2020/05/29/scvo-response-to-the-advisory-group-on-economic-recovery