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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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Where do charities sit within social enterprises?

OPINION 28 August 2018 by Gareth Jones
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Robin Fallas looks at where charities fit into the social enterprise picture, and how links are increasing

https://tfn.scot/opinion/where-do-charities-sit-within-social-enterprises

Quarter of Scots do not trust charities, survey reveals

NEWS 21 February 2018 by Gareth Jones
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New research, conducted before the Oxfam scandal unravelled, has revealed that only 73% of people feel that they trust charities

https://tfn.scot/news/quarter-of-scots-do-not-trust-charities-survey-reveals

SCVO's policy and influencing progress in 2023

Paul Bradley
7 July 2023
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SCVO's policy and public affairs team braced ourselves for a busy start to the year – you may recall ,my blog from December.,We understand that progress depends on systemic changes tied to public service reform and improved Scottish,Many organisations felt disappointed with the narrow changes proposed in 2019.,We have briefed the Scottish Parliament and worked closely with the government, OSCR, the Law Society

https://scvo.scot/p/60640/2023/07/07/scvos-policy-and-influencing-progress-in-2023

SCVO response to Building Community Wealth consultation (Scottish Government)

Kyrstie Brown
15 May 2023
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There is concern over how non-statutory anchor organisations, such as large businesses, will be held,to account with their CWB commitments, when large business interests can often differ or directly oppose,As an example, one organisation told SCVO that businesses which are required to invest a certain amount,Many local statutory organisations or businesses will include community benefits as part of the tendering,OSCR revealed in 2021 that banking issues were a key impact of Covid on the sector in Scotland.

https://scvo.scot/p/59630/2023/05/15/scvo-response-to-building-community-wealth-consultation-scottish-government

The effectiveness of the self-regulation of fundraising in Scotland: an informal review

Jordan Ogg
23 September 2015
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The aim is to provide corporate supporters ‘with an excellent business opportunity and (Institute) charity,As of 19 August 2015, the organisation changed its name to exclude the ‘Regulatory’ element.,OSCR was the second choice.,A more significant change is therefore required.,(blog) [8] From OSCR’s Scottish Charity Surveys 2014 [9] As above [10] Rapidata (2015) Rapidata announces

https://scvo.scot/p/10161/2015/09/23/the-effectiveness-of-the-self-regulation-of-fundraising-in-scotland-an-informal-review

Trustees Week 2019 – And a Happy Birthday to the Scottish Governance Code for the Third Sector!

Tracey Bird
4 November 2019
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, there’s been a lot of other developments for charity and voluntary sector governance in Scotland: OSCR,Charities SORP is governed has been published And during the summer, Scottish Government consulted on OSCR,decided that more policy development work and stakeholder engagement is required before any legislative changes,With all that going on, we’ve also been busy at SCVO too… We’ve created a Good Governance Checkup to,We’ll be blogging on our progress, so watch this space for more details… Happy Trustees Week!

https://scvo.scot/p/33198/2019/11/04/trustees-week-2019-and-a-happy-birthday-to-the-scottish-governance-code-for-the-third-sector