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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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The charity (de)banking landscape

organisations to rely on trustees’ personal accounts in the interim period, which raises serious concerns about,Community Banking project, and SCVO joined a wide range of voluntary sector organisations, including our,sister councils NCVO, WCVA, NICVA, as the Scottish partner to ensure the needs of our sector were represented,upon banks to: simplify the process for setting up a charity bank account; recognise that it is in all our,You can also file a complaint with the FCA for wider monitoring purposes.

https://scvo.scot/p/89511/2024/04/23/the-charity-debanking-landscape

Organisational purpose

A well-run board is clear about the purpose and values of the organisation and how it will achieve its,purpose and values, and committing to them to make sure our organisation delivers what it was set up,Making sure our governing documents are fit for purpose and set out the details of how our organisation,Overseeing the use of assets and resources to make sure they are used to achieve our organisation’s purpose,Assessing whether other organisations are fulfilling similar purposes to ours more effectively and, if

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/governance/code/organisational-purpose

The future of SCVO: consulting on a new strategic approach

What struck us most was the need for clarity around our purpose, our role as a membership organisation,Our proposed purpose statement is: SCVO’s purpose is to support, promote and develop a confident voluntary,And the proposed principles describe how we will achieve our purpose: The approach we take to developing,cost We have a clear rationale for how SCVO’s activities deliver our purpose and belief statement We,What do you think of this approach and of how we have described our purpose, beliefs and principles?

https://scvo.scot/about/work/the-future-of-scvo-consulting-on-a-new-strategic-approach

Leadership

A well-run board is clear about its role and responsibilities and provides strategic direction in line,with the organisation’s purpose, vision and values.,for our decisions.,We need to make sure our organisation has a clear strategy to achieve our purpose.,Communicating with our staff, volunteers and members about our vision for our organisation and the decisions

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/governance/code/leadership

SCVO training & events privacy notice

Photography and filming may occasionally take place at our events.,This is used for publicity purposes by SCVO.,We also use it to send reminder emails and information about the event.,SCVO uses zoom for our online events with encryption.,Your information will also be anonymised for reporting purposes.

https://scvo.scot/privacy/training-and-events

Trading

What about social enterprise?,trading ancillary trading non-primary purpose trading.,Non primary purpose ‘small-scale’ trading is trading which cannot be justified as primary purpose or,Watch a recording of our webinar on trading, with our partners Azets and Gillespie Macandrew https://,Trustees trading and tax: how charities may lawfully trade A guide to voluntary sector trading from our

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/finance-business-management/trading

Community & Third Sector Recovery Programme

We collect information about your organisation and the name, address, phone, and email details of the,We also record details of our interactions with you – for example, when asking for additional information,How we use your information We use your data for the following purposes: Processing your application.,Data may be used for statistical purposes and by the Scottish Government and/or partnership members for,Your right to complain If you have a complaint about our use of your information, you can contact the

https://scvo.scot/privacy/community-third-sector-recovery-programme

SCVO digital delivery privacy notice

Our registered office is Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6BB.,We also record details of our interactions with you – for example feedback on training delivery and notes,of discussions about checkup responses.,We will also use it for reporting purposes - to monitor the impact and outcomes of the services we provide,Your information will be stored for a reasonable amount of time in order to perform the purposes listed

https://scvo.scot/privacy/digital

Cookies policy

You can find more detailed information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which,We store information about: the pages you visit and how long you spend on each page how you got to our,Find out more about security and privacy in Google Analytics.,This allows the efficacy of Facebook ads to be evaluated for statistical and market research purposes,Meta Products for the purposes of providing advertising and site analytics services.SessionooThis cookie

https://scvo.scot/cookies

CCTV privacy notice

Our registered office is Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6BB.,and leaving our premises.,The use of CCTV monitoring is for the purposes of security and crime prevention and detection.,Your rights over your information By law, you can ask us what information we hold about you, and you,phone at: dataprotection@scvo.scot or 0800 169 0022 Your right to complain If you have a complaint about

https://scvo.scot/privacy/cctv