About our submission SCVO welcomes the Law Family Commission's call for evidence on the future of civil,Many organisations operate on a complex patchwork of statutory funding, fundraised income, earned income,The latest primary research conducted by SCVO is the Third Sector Forecast, 2019.,SCVO’s evidence library contains hundreds of recent reports, all produced by or about voluntary sector,Contact Paul Bradley - Policy and Public Affairs Officer
https://scvo.scot/p/43561/2021/05/10/submission-to-law-family-commission-on-civil-society
added value to the economy by working with Scotland’s 1.2 million committed volunteers and by bringing fundraised,income into vital areas, from service provision to environmental and medical research.,Our sector also adds value to Scotland’s local and national systems by bringing access to fundraised,Evidence that this policy will lead to change As the Open Government Action Plan, Scottish Exchequer,,Who will this policy support?
https://scvo.scot/p/60307/2023/06/22/programme-for-government-proposal-transparent-voluntary-sector-funding
Based on a range of evidence, including Volunteer Scotland’s recent research report, ‘Testing our Resilience,In the first instance, the publication online of a clear policy statement relating to the impact on Work,Volunteer Scotland and the STUC launched an updated Volunteer Charter in 2019 which sets out the key,Still, mixed-income streams were brittle during the pandemic due to reduced income from fundraising,,Recent research from Volunteer Scotland exploring the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on volunteers
https://scvo.scot/p/55743/2022/11/29/cost-of-living-crisis-scvo-and-volunteer-scotland-briefing-for-mps
voluntary sector’s pre-COVID finances, published today, highlights a complex patchwork funding landscape of fundraising,, trading, contracts, grants and reserves, all of which have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic,voluntary organisations to continue to respond to the health crisis created by the pandemic, and the impact,The Equalities and Human Rights Committee highlighted issues in their 2019 report, including the uncertainty,of short-term funding, and the impact on partnership working of a competitive funding environment; we
https://scvo.scot/p/39292/2020/06/29/voluntary-sector-finances-pre-coronavirus-a-complex-landscape
This includes a range of mixed-income sources such as contracts, grants, and fundraising.,Respondents to our 2019 Sector Forecast Survey echoed known challenges of increasing demand against a,Recent SCVO research from May 2020 now highlights a predicted 30% drop in income this year for voluntary,provided vital support, many organisations had already ceased operations.The reduction of income from fundraising,Contact Paul Bradley, Policy Team – paul.bradley@scvo.scot
https://scvo.scot/p/38971/2020/06/08/coronavirus-next-steps-communities
