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Cross Party Group on Volunteering

Volunteer Scotland is secretariat of the Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group on Volunteering. The CPG membership includes MSPs from all parties along with representatives from the wider volunteering sector.

A cross-party group (CPG) provides opportunities for relevant organisations or individuals to influence MSPs on a key theme. The aims of this CPG include:

  • to raise awareness of volunteering across sectors and to increase participation rates in all its forms
  • to ensure volunteering has a high profile in the Scottish Parliament and influences Scottish Government Policy
  • to ensure opportunities for volunteering are recognised across all Scottish Government directorates
  • to examine, and share research from Scotland, the UK and beyond
  • to liaise and work with other CPGs to promote volunteering

Ewan Macleod

VS Policy Officer and Cross Party Group on Volunteering Secretariat

Email Ewan here

MSPs who are members of the CPG include:

  • Foysol Choudhury MSP: Co-Convener, Scottish Labour
  • Jeremy Balfour MSP: Co-Convener, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Fulton MacGregor MSP: Deputy Convener, Scottish National Party
  • Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP: Member, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Miles Briggs MSP: Member, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Paul O’Kane MSP: Member, Scottish Labour

Open Letter: Disclosure Consultation

The co-convenors of the CPG on Volunteering wrote this letter to the Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise on the 3rd February 2025 expressing their relief at the recent decision to retain the PVG fee waiver for volunteers in Qualifying Voluntary Organisations (QVOs). They also urge the Minister to ensure that the PVG fee waiver for volunteers in QVOs is protected for the foreseeable future given the vital contribution of volunteers in regulated roles.
Read our Open Letter here

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To view the minutes of previous CPG on Volunteering meetings, please visit the CPG on volunteering webpage on the Scottish Parliament website where an accurate record is maintained. 

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