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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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Team walking challenge aims to bring workmates together

NEWS 23 April 2021 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
Environment & International
Paths for All's popular Step Count Challenge is returning

https://tfn.scot/news/team-walking-challenge-aims-to-bring-workmates-together

Let’s Talk Pensions

FEATURE 28 April 2017 by Alex Turnbull
Management
1 comment
TFN takes a look at the state of pension deficits in the third sector by asking three experts to answer some basic questions.

https://tfn.scot/features/lets-talk-pensions

Quarter of Scots do not trust charities, survey reveals

NEWS 21 February 2018 by Gareth Jones
Management
1 comment
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

Economic disruption is essential for social change

Professor Iain Black
28 March 2022
Posted in
In this guest blog, I have been asked to set out some answers to how we can contribute to changing the,It is the number governments worry about above all else and the one most regularly reported and scrutinised,there are paths for all, then Paths for All’s role will change.,We have to find stories that work and repeat them, we need to stand up in meetings and gently, yet firmly,More strategies and more money, more initiatives, more regulations, however well thought out and well-meaning

https://scvo.scot/p/49645/2022/03/28/economic-disruption-is-essential-for-social-disruption

Right Approach Campaign: July - December 2016

Allan Young
28 February 2017
Posted in
In the run-up to the launch date, SCVO sourced material from the sector to learn more about how human,being launched Jul-16 Human Rights Core Group meeting Aug-16 Scottish Campaign on Welfare Reform (SCOWR,Government’s Universal Periodic Review event Oct-16 Attended SHRC meeting reviewing the Scottish National,Inclusive communication and human rights are everyone’s business: let’s make Scotland and Inclusive Communication,Let’s all own them now.”

https://scvo.scot/p/14613/2017/02/28/right-approach-campaign-july-december-2016

The war on the Commonweal: taking a stand in 2014

Natasha Hallett
8 January 2014
Posted in
The reality, according to Government figures is 0.7%. [8] Let us not be infected with this type of language,And Open Democracy are contributing information and new perspectives from across the world.,People turn up to a meeting and shout their piece, or answer a survey and then think - right that’s it,Let’s join with others in making a stand.,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

Have your say on Scotland’s Open Government Action Plan

Paul Bradley
30 May 2018
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Whether you would like more opportunities to be involved in public service decision making; to see more,This progress on participatory budgeting demonstrates the impact it has had on opening up public budgets,If so, we need your help to make open government the new normal in Scotland. What’s in store?,Once the crowdsourcing of ideas has finished the team will analyse all the input ahead of a meeting of,up Scotland’s second Open Government Action Plan, which must be ready by the end of July 2018.

https://scvo.scot/p/25394/2018/05/30/have-your-say-on-scotlands-open-government-action-plan

What are the Scottish Government and Parliament’s Tax and Spending Options?

Jenny Bloomfield
13 December 2017
Posted in
But with the Scottish Government now set to open up the debate, the question is: what would the third,Spending allocation options, open budgeting, tax options and Brexit are all discussed.,After all, why campaign for more powers and then keep them all locked away?,Spending allocations As a starter for ten, let’s consider four areas the third sector could focus Government,Open and transparent budget-setting process Some in our sector are keen to open-up the budget-setting

https://scvo.scot/p/22923/2017/12/13/what-are-the-scottish-government-and-parliaments-tax-and-spending-options