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Win for charities on lobbying law
NEWS
5 February 2016
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Management
Scottish charities have secured a significant victory in the fight to curb the worst excesses of legislation
Charities: Programme for Government a “missed opportunity”
NEWS
4 September 2018
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Management
The Scottish Government has missed an opportunity to tackle food poverty and its attendant problems,
https://tfn.scot/news/charities-programme-for-government-a-missed-opportunity
SCVO response to Building Community Wealth consultation (Scottish Government)
15 May 2023
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Accountability and Transparency To ensure accountability for implementation, we need transparency through,held to account with their CWB commitments, when large business interests can often differ or directly oppose,Greater transparency would enable voluntary sector organisations to consider areas where the Scottish,Provide more accessible application processes and transparent approaches to monitoring and reporting.,SCVO support Social Enterprise Scotland’s recommendation that public bodies must insist on transparent
The effectiveness of the self-regulation of fundraising in Scotland: an informal review
23 September 2015
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5.4.3 Devolved policy 6.0 Conclusions 6.1 A change of culture is needed within fundraising 6.2 Greater transparency,part of the solution to society’s many ills, charities need to walk the talk about our own legitimacy, transparency,The review has highlighted that: A change of culture is needed within fundraising Greater transparency,New reporting processes are required that deliver greater openness and transparency about the operation,(blog) [8] From OSCR’s Scottish Charity Surveys 2014 [9] As above [10] Rapidata (2015) Rapidata announces
SCVO response to Scottish Parliament Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee
13 April 2018
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Based on this experience: We note a lack of transparency in the approval and prioritisation process for,There was a lack of transparency.,A blog entitled Future of the Funds was set up by the Managing Authority (MA) to inform people but it,between the amounts of money that has been committed to Lead Partners in the more developed areas as opposed,Programme evaluation is not transparent.
What are the Scottish Government and Parliament’s Tax and Spending Options?
13 December 2017
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engage fully with the debate around what money goes where and which taxes to alter, and that is around transparency,Open and transparent budget-setting process Some in our sector are keen to open-up the budget-setting,behind any taxation system – which we have often repeated (see, for example, here: http://www.scvo.scot/blog,Government could certainly look to see what it can do to promote greater transparency in this area Limitations,encourage more third sector investment, or direct, ring-fenced spend into third sector services as opposed
Smith Commission - SCVO interim response
10 October 2014
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Transparency will be necessary going forward from here if this process is going to enjoy the support,The currently diametrically opposed policies of the UK and Scottish governments on approaches to welfare,SCVO was a member of the High Level Reference Group chaired by the Secretary of State for Scotland that,SCVO hopes that this initial submission gives the Smith Commission an insight into some of the issues,.pdf [ii] http://thirdforcenews.org.uk/tfn-blogs/tfn-blogs/equality-law-should-be-devolved [iii] http
https://scvo.scot/p/6295/2014/10/10/smith-commission-scvo-interim-response