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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.

Jenny Bloomfield

Positive partnerships

We have created a web resource to highlight real-life examples of positive working relationships between the voluntary and public sectors...  Read more

SCVO response - Long-Term Financial Sustainability of Local Government

14 August 2019  Local Governmentt Funding - SCVO response to local government committee - August 2019Download Our position ...  Read more

Improving grant funding

As some of you will already know, SCVO are taking a look at how to improve grant funding. We’re well aware that others in the sector...  Read more

Engender’s call for evidence on CEDAW - SCVO response

Engender’s call for evidence on CEDAW - SCVO response 3 April 2018  Read the Word version of this document Introduction   This...  Read more

Opposition Debate on Procurement (S5M-10962)

Opposition Debate on Procurement (S5M-10962) SCVO briefing 13 March 2018 Summary • Procurement can be a force for good, improving social...  Read more

SCVO briefing ahead of Scottish Government Debate: International Women’s Day

SCVO briefing ahead of Scottish Government Debate: International Women’s Day 8th March 2018 Summary As just last week, more statistics...  Read more

Budget (Scotland) (No.2) Bill - stage 1 debate

SCVO briefing to Scottish Parliament 31 January 2018 Our position Income tax cuts for the low paid will not significantly reduce poverty...  Read more

Gift Aid and the new Scottish income tax

As charities and CASCs, we do not need to worry about recent changes to income tax bands – and nor, in the main, do our donors. Unless...  Read more

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

September 2017 Summary Introduction Here at SCVO we have been engaging our members in a wide-ranging conversation on tax and...  Read more

Greater collaboration needed to improve funding process

I recently attended the Corra Foundation’s conference on funding (Corra being the relaunched Lloyds TSB Foundation and a large funder here...  Read more