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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

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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Useful Links & Resources

Programme of Government proposal – Delivering Fair Funding by 2026: SCVO’s Fair Funding proposal for,the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government 2023-24.,Why Fair Funding for the voluntary sector is needed to achieve government’s ambitions: SCVO blog looking,cannot be successfully alleviated in Scotland without a sustainable voluntary sector, and how Fair Funding,The Scottish Third Sector Tracker: A growing research community made up of representatives from organisations

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/fair-funding/useful-links-resources

Support & learning

Includes governance, finance and managing people Village & community halls handbook Everything you need,your HR and employee relations including recruitment, benefits, culture and development Training Our programme,out more Upcoming events Infrastructure support As part of the work that SCVO does on behalf of the third,sector in Scotland, we provide a data management and reporting platform known as Milo that is used by,Scotland’s Third Sector Interfaces (TSIs) Networks Make the most of professional connections and peer

https://scvo.scot/support

Covid recovery strategy pledges a fairer, more inclusive approach

OPINION 19 October 2021 by Duncan Thorp

https://tfn.scot/opinion/covid-recovery-strategy-pledges-a-fairer-more-inclusive-approach

UK government set to raid Scotland’s Big Lottery Fund cash by 40%

NEWS 16 November 2015 by Robert Armour

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Fears UK government will seize £320m of Big Lottery Fund cash across the UK

https://tfn.scot/news/uk-government-set-to-raid-scotlands-lottery-cash-by-40

Sport and recreation trusts have every right to be charities

OPINION 23 July 2018 Guest post

Management

Kirsty Cumming defends sport and recreation trusts against suggestions that they don't deserve charitable status

https://tfn.scot/opinion/sporta-blog

First impressions of the third kind – the power of partnerships

OPINION 26 April 2016 Guest post

Families & Young People

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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

What Brexit means for the third sector

FEATURE 30 June 2016 by Susan Smith

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A week after the shock EU referendum result, Susan Smith examines how the third sector has responded

https://tfn.scot/features/what-brexit-means-for-the-third-sector

FM’s Brexit negotiations must recognise value of third sector

OPINION 26 July 2016 Guest post

Environment & International

Declaration of EU Principles gives a shout out to agriculture but it could mean Cold Comfort Farm for the third,sector

https://tfn.scot/opinion/fms-brexit-negotiations-must-recognise-value-of-third-sector

Brexit could break Scotland say charities

NEWS 7 February 2017 by Susan Smith

Social Justice & Poverty

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Charities have expressed overwhelming fears that leaving the EU will be bad for the economy and bad for society

https://tfn.scot/news/brexit-could-break-scotland-says-charities

Third sector organisations face race against time to access employment fund

NEWS 7 September 2017 by Gareth Jones

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Concerns have been raised about the new Flexible Workforce Development Fund

https://tfn.scot/news/third-sector-organisations-face-race-against-time-to-access-employment-fund