John Downie

Funding is a third sector obsession – sourcing it, the length of time you get it for, the model being used and the inevitable inputs... Read more

Council finance officers are today analysing what effect the Scottish Government’s budget will have on local finances. One area... Read more

No one can be in any doubt that the third sector in Scotland is overwhelmingly pro-European. SCVO’s engagement with the sector on... Read more

The stark message from SCVO’s latest trust figures is that general trust in Scottish charities is down – from 82% in 2016 to 73% in... Read more

The next 12 months will see the UK begin to shape its future relationship with the European Union and set out domestic arrangements... Read more

With the UK’s talks with the EU reaching crunch point, the Prime Minister has ‘categorically’ ruled out staying in the Custom’s Union... Read more

Until now the political appetite to use the Scottish Government’s tax powers could best be described as limited. Ministers were... Read more

When a cross-party group of MEPs warned Home Secretary Amber Rudd that the UK Government’s plans to force EU nationals to add their... Read more

You could be forgiven listening to today’s Ministerial statement on the award of contracts to deliver Fair Start Scotland – the new... Read more

With Brexit negotiations between the UK Government and Europe leaders now underway, Scotland’s charities and voluntary organisations... Read more