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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 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.,The Scottish Household Survey reveals that 28% of adults in Scotland volunteer.,Anecdotal evidence also suggests that authorities are returning to a ‘business as usual’ command and,Towards a robust, resilient wellbeing economy for Scotland: Report of the Advisory Group on Economic,SCVO’s evidence library contains hundreds of recent reports, all produced by or about voluntary sector

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

Cost of living crisis: SCVO and Volunteer Scotland briefing for MPs

Based on a range of evidence, including Volunteer Scotland’s recent research report, ‘Testing our Resilience,Overall, 93% of organisations said they were experiencing rising costs in at least one area of their business,Taking all this evidence into consideration, it is clear that volunteering is under considerable threat,In 2018, volunteering was worth £5.5 billion to Scotland’s economy.,and have an annual turnover of less than £100k. 4 in 5 Scots used a voluntary sector organisation in 2018

https://scvo.scot/p/55743/2022/11/29/cost-of-living-crisis-scvo-and-volunteer-scotland-briefing-for-mps

Inquiry into the Scottish Government’s Public Service Reform programme - SCVO response

response The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) welcomes the opportunity to submit evidence,August 2022)Fair Funding for the Voluntary Sector (January 2023)A collection of SCVO engagement and research,Of the organisations surveyed, 67% reported shortages and issues with staffing and volunteers, 67% reported,policy provides us with genuine concern.,As we see it, the policy needs resourcing.

https://scvo.scot/p/59486/2023/05/01/inquiry-into-the-scottish-governments-public-service-reform-programme-scvo-response-to-the-finance-and-public-administration-committee

The Future of Social Care in Scotland

Jo is an independent business economist and honorary professor at Glasgow University Business School,Resilience Survey 60% of respondents answered yes to the question ‘have you abstained from or withdrawn,Resilience Survey highlighted that 74% of respondents had experienced ‘a lot or some difficulty with,Research by Eccles and Cunningham, commissioned by CCPS, found some evidence of work intensification,,Another important legislative development will also be the implementation from April 2018 of the Carers

https://scvo.scot/p/15370/2017/05/23/the-future-of-social-care-in-scotland

Equalities & Human Rights Committee Debate - Valuing the Third Sector

work with over 1.4 million volunteers, and have a combined annual turnover that reached £6.06bn in 2018,strategic and structural issues: That the sector fulfils a role that no statutory body canThat the resilience,Details of this can be found in our ‘state of the sector’ survey.,light was shone on the financial vulnerability of the sector: SCVO has published an overview of our research,future of grant giving, local authorities are returning to a ‘business as usual’ command and control

https://scvo.scot/p/41307/2020/11/30/equalities-human-rights-committee-debate-valuing-the-third-sector

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