The Scottish SPCA has confirmed it will open a voluntary severance scheme for colleagues from Tuesday 2nd December. This forms part of a wider review of how the charity operates to ensure it can continue protecting Scotland’s animals and supporting communities for generations to come.
As Scotland’s national animal welfare charity, we are proud to be here for every kind of animal, in every part of the country — rescuing, rehoming, rehabilitating, and leading the way in creating lasting change for animal welfare.
We are completely reliant on public donations and, like many organisations across the charity sector, we are facing considerable financial pressures. Rising costs to deliver services and maintain facilities, coupled with a challenging fundraising climate, have placed increasing strain on resources. The charity has been managing a planned deficit, and action is needed to secure its long-term sustainability. Difficult decisions must be made to protect the organisation’s future – animals across Scotland depend on it.
Chief Executive Mark Bishop said: “The Scottish SPCA has been here for 186 years – not just rescuing and rehoming animals, but supporting communities, developing pioneering programmes, and securing lasting change to improve animal welfare.
Like many others across the charity sector, our costs have increased significantly, from running our centres and keeping our vans on the road, to feeding and caring for the rising number of animals who need our help. Our priority remains the welfare of animals across Scotland, and every decision we take is guided by that.”
The Scottish SPCA remains committed to transparency and compassion throughout this process, to supporting every colleague involved that will hopefully avoid the potential need for redundancies, and to continuing boldly in our mission to make Scotland the best place for an animal to call home.
