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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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The 4 Rs of good trusteeship – relationships, responsibilities, reminders and rewards

OPINION 8 November 2016 Guest post
Management
Sandy Macdonald ponders what it takes to be a good board member during Trustee's Week, and comes up with

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-4-rs-of-good-trusteeship-relationships-responsibilities-reminders-and-r

Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants

NEWS 4 May 2021 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#NeverMoreNeeded
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TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

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

SCVO response to the inquiry into Public Administration – Effective Scottish Government decision-making

Rachel Le Noan
16 February 2023
Posted in
A partnership agreement in writing—a document—is not the end goal.,all the time, [you can] talk honestly with people, agree to disagree on certain things, but work together,When you have tiers, you then have the whole issue around power and who has power and influence.”Supporting,Scotland said: “But it’s also important to ask why that happened.,Reviewing current decision-making processes might give more people opportunities to act as ‘critical

https://scvo.scot/p/57213/2023/02/16/scvo-response-to-the-inquiry-into-public-administration-effective-scottish-government-decision-making

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

Jordan Ogg
23 September 2015
Posted in
5.2 What do we know about how the public is feeling?,being asked for money Unreasonable persistent approaches to people to donate money Undue pressure on,What issues or concerns, if any, do you have about how charities are run?,Charities were not asked directly for complaint data during the review since this should be the same,asked SCVO to undertake an informal review of public charity fundraising in Scotland to assess whether

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

Small actions can have a big impact

Lauren Pluss
18 April 2018
Posted in
Microvolunteering can have a big impact on your organisation if you do it right.,What can you do to empower people to be digital activists? 2.,Write an online review This is an easy way to ask people to get involved in your cause; asking them to,Add your organisation and ask your service users and supporters to write a review.,Find out how you can sign up and how to write a good access review on the Euan’s Guide website. 3.

https://scvo.scot/p/25078/2018/04/18/small-actions-can-have-a-big-impact

How do you ask people to write reviews?

Lauren Pluss
9 November 2017
Posted in
As Community Manager at Good HQ, one of the first questions I’m asked is “how do I encourage people to,But how do you ensure you get regular feedback?,According to research, 70% of people when asked to write a review, will.,So if it’s as easy as just asking, how and when do you ask?,You might also want to consider doing a regular blog post, sharing reviews from Good HQ as well as other

https://scvo.scot/p/21688/2017/11/09/how-do-you-ask-people-to-write-reviews

The war on the Commonweal: taking a stand in 2014

Natasha Hallett
8 January 2014
Posted in
to Martin Sime for asking me to give this lecture.,So how do they get so rich? The key thing is to move quickly.,I’m sure something we would all like to do -perhaps tenants could ask this about the bedroom tax ?,No - we give them knighthoods, or ask them to review spending cuts.,We need to know what these people are doing, what is really going on and we need to hear many different

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