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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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First impressions of the third kind – the power of partnerships

Colin McKerchar has worked in the voluntary sector for four months now and is feeling liberated from

https://tfn.scot/opinion/first-impressions-of-the-third-kind-the-power-of-partnerships

Song of the Clyde: saving Scotland’s greatest river

How the community and voluntary sector is reviving Scotland's greatest river

https://tfn.scot/features/song-of-the-clyde-saving-scotlands-greatest-river

Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants

TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-2021-what-the-voluntary-sector-wants

Third sector visions for a Scotland of the future

The sector welcomes recent moves to consider lessons which can be learned from abroad in relation to,It becomes focussed on how communities and public services can work together collectively to achieve,Many of these principles mirror how the third sector operates – our focus on people, their assets and,are being diverted by local authorities and the third sector to deal with this situation.,The third sector is ambitious for the people of Scotland and wants to contribute to shaping a new vision

https://scvo.scot/p/1364/2013/11/25/third-sector-visions-for-a-scotland-of-the-future

Make tackling inequality our national purpose

Lynn blogs in advance of the Tackling Inequality event at this week’s SCVO Third Sector summit on the

https://scvo.scot/p/6803/2014/11/19/make-tackling-inequality-are-national-purpose

SCVO Response - European and External Relations Committee's Human Rights Inquiry

Within Scotland’s third sector there is strong support for the Human Rights Act.,a roundtable with third sector colleagues to discuss the potential repeal of the HRA.,HRA and how we can take a rights-based approach to services in Scotland.,How Scotland’s third sector can contribute to this is something SCVO is reflecting upon.,social security powers.

https://scvo.scot/p/10617/2015/11/12/scvo-response-european-and-external-relations-committees-human-rights-inquiry

Harnessing the power of digital

This blog pulls together ten great examples of organisations delivering digital services that you can,Using an agile, iterative approach, the charity turned around a new service incredibly quickly.,While kids can’t go to school or access face-to-face clubs the third sector is stepping up to provide,Here is a great how-to video from CoderDojo on how to run online sessions.,is an open-source document, so feel free to add your own examples of best practice in harnessing the power

https://scvo.scot/p/38107/2020/05/13/harnessing-the-power-of-digital

What’s in store for 2017?

Casting an eye on the big policy issues for Scotland's third sector

https://scvo.scot/p/14318/2017/01/17/whats-in-store-for-2017

SCVO response to Scottish Government Enterprise and Skills consultation

Opportunities Third Sector as an employer There is also potential for greater engagement with the third,The Scottish third sector has a total income of £4.9bn and the sector employs 138,000 people – as many,third sector three times.,The private sector, and indeed the third sector, must play its part.,There are many sectoral and organisational strategies that can be adopted, including workforce planning

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