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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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Go digital or die, charities told

Call to action issued as charties told to embrace digital future

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-must-embrace-digital-or-they-will-die

See what your charity can learn from these digital champions

Rebecca Curtis-Moss, in her role as a digital communications trainer, offers up her favourite examples of charities doing a good job of using digital technology

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-charities-doing-great-digital-work-we-could-all-learn-from

SCVO response to the Finance & Public Administration Committee: Scotland's public finances in 2023-24

(sometimes referred to as the third sector).,The Scottish Third Sector Tracker SCVO’s State of the Sector statistics 2022.,SCVO welcomes the engagement of the Scottish Government’s Third Sector Unit in this work.,SCVO’s thought-leadership blog series highlights the economic return on investment generated from public,In response to the Committee’s call for views, we have shared clear actions that the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/52616/2022/08/19/scvo-response-to-the-finance-public-administration-committee-scotlands-public-finances-in-2023-24-the-impact-of-the-cost-of-living-and-public-service-reform

SCVO response to Scottish Government Enterprise and Skills consultation

Scotland’s skills and enterprise agencies engage with the third sector as a key partner, rather than,third sector three times.,The private sector, and indeed the third sector, must play its part.,SCVO works in partnership with the third sector in Scotland to advance our shared values and interests,across the whole of Scotland SCVO works to support people to take voluntary action to help themselves

https://scvo.scot/p/13860/2016/08/15/scvo-response-to-scottish-government-enterprise-and-skills-consultation

A Call to Action: Agenda 2018

Last year SCVO supported a group of senior leaders from a wide range of organisations to launch a Call,to Action for a Digitally Confident Third Sector in Scotland.,Much progress has been made – and to celebrate the anniversary of the Call to Action launch we’re inviting,plan to continue developing a digitally confident third sector in Scotland and guide our work on digital,Those with a strong interest in shaping the digital agenda in Scotland’s third sector are also welcome

https://scvo.scot/p/16323/2017/10/18/a-call-to-action-unconference-agenda-2018

The war on the Commonweal: taking a stand in 2014

Many of you in the Third Sector are quite aware of this and have battled against it for years.,I call this legal thieving. And what has this market fundamentalism brought us?,Control of Information First of all we have a digital communication revolution that has changed our whole,And this brings me to the third significant stream that is running at the moment..,Research Unit London School of Economics and Political Science June 2012 [15] http://www.democracynow.org/blog

https://scvo.scot/p/2963/2014/01/08/the-war-on-the-commonweal-taking-a-stand-in-2014

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

I’m proud that the third sector is home to much of this welcome rise in campaigning and activism.,SCVO’s survey, primarily of those in or close to the third sector, showed levels of trust in fundraising,It is accepted, however, that due to the survey being publicised primarily through third-sector routes,is required from the third sector to ensure that complaints, whether about fundraising or other charity,and experience of the third sector to the issues surrounding fundraising and the remit of the inquiry

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

The continued journey of a Cyber Resilience Co-ordinator, now aged 3.5 months…

In my last blog I described how I had spent a large amount of my first few weeks trying to get to grips,with the cyber support landscape here in Scotland.,sector organisations on 4th November 2019.,This round of funding will be the fifth call of grants worth £1000 each, provided to the third sector,with compliance for future contract bids Encourage staff toward updating record-keeping practices to digital

https://scvo.scot/p/33079/2019/10/18/the-continued-journey-of-a-cyber-resilience-co-ordinator-now-aged-3-months

Cyber guidance this June

where the third sector put on some tremendous education events (many available on the SCVO YouTube channel,Third sector organisations are in no way immune and this guidance is a really helpful introduction to,It’s a valuable certification – increasingly third sector organisations are asked to have this in place,Based on the same framework as the SCVO Digital Health Check (also excellent!),As ever, I am here to help all third sector organisations along their journey to improved cyber resilience

https://scvo.scot/p/43978/2021/06/07/cyber-guidance-this-june