Posts tagged Fair Work

2026 has been a busy year in Scottish politics. A new Scottish Parliament has brought fresh opportunities for engagement, emerging evidence on Fair Work First has reinforced the many benefits of Fair Work, discussions on the future of public service reform are beginning to take... Read more

The Employment Rights Act, passed by the UK Government in December 2025, represents the most significant overhaul of UK employment law in a generation, a significant opportunity to strengthen workers' rights and improve job security across Scotland, and the rest of the UK. SCVO... Read more

SCVO welcomes the opportunity to respond to questions 1, 2 ,4 and 33 of the UK Government consultation on reforms relating to zero hours and similar contracts to implement measures in the Employment Rights Act 2025. Q1.a: For directly engaged workers, which of the following... Read more

This letter was sent to Kate Forbes MSP, Deputy First Minister on the 26th of January 2026 from Anna Fowlie, Chief Executive, SCVO, Lesley Kelly, TSI Scotland Network, Louise Goodlad, Third Sector Employability Forum (TSEF) and Euan Leitch, Chief Executive, SURF. Dear Deputy... Read more

This letter was sent to Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance & Local Government on the 17th of December 2025 from Anna Fowlie, Chief Executive, SCVO and Alan Stevenson, Chief Executive, Volunteer Scotland. Dear Cabinet Secretary We write to you as the leaders of... Read more

Summary The Spending Review can recognise, resource, and support the voluntary sector and our essential services by aligning the Scottish Government’s “Fairer Funding” principles with SCVO’s definition of Fair Funding including: Multi-year funding: funding that provides a minimum... Read more

SCVO has just published an analysis of Pay in the voluntary sector. Our analysis found that voluntary sector pay is managing to keep up with inflation and with the private sector, but it is lagging well behind public sector pay. The voluntary sector is also lagging the public... Read more

Summary Amongst many other valuable contributions to society, Scotland’s voluntary sector plays an essential role in supporting people and communities across Scotland experiencing poverty and inequality and is central to the Scottish Government’s plans to eradicate child poverty... Read more

Summary SCVO and colleagues across the voluntary sector welcomed the Scottish Government’s commitment to deliver Fairer Funding for the sector by 2026, including exploring options to implement multi-year funding deals. Years of underfunding and poor funding practices, and crises... Read more

Voluntary sector costs are climbing, funding is falling, and demand for services continues to increase. Similarly, years of underfunding and poor funding practices, and crises such as the pandemic, and the cost-of-living crisis have put the voluntary sector under increasing... Read more