SCVO's policy and public affairs team braced ourselves for a busy start to the year – you may recall ,my blog from December.,We've needed to continue to raise the profile of immediate issues affecting voluntary organisations,,The sector needs to be at the heart of economic development.,Finally, we've held a number of events with SCVO's Policy Network, including with the Scotland Office
https://scvo.scot/p/60640/2023/07/07/scvos-policy-and-influencing-progress-in-2023
on all MPs to vote with their conscience – please get as animated about this flawed legislation as you,are about other policies.,committee from the sector, we are managed by the sector, for the sector brings together organisations,Our policy is determined by a policy committee elected by our members.[1] Further details about SCVO,f=asc&rid=1078 [1] SCVO’s Policy Committee has 24 members elected by SCVO’s member organisations who
https://scvo.scot/p/9634/2015/07/15/scvo-briefing-welfare-reform-and-work-bill
No I didn’t run off and get married while none of you were looking.,who put out a call for evidence and SCVO duly responded.,stages or indeed in Link to Kate Wane's previous blogs.,However, in case you need a recap of our thinking, here are the main points from our evidence to the,amendments to the clauses relating to welfare, employability and equalities could allow for genuine policy
https://scvo.scot/p/9951/2015/08/24/9951
Eleanor Roosevelt, who chaired the document’s drafting committee, famously said:
“Where, after all, do,Saturday will also be the end of SCVOs Right Approach campaign and, in our small way, we have tried to,With blogs, podcasts, quotes and a resource bank, the campaign has shown how many in our sector are using,Whilst it is good to hear this, you cannot look past the flipside of the looming threats the increasing,at the core of the welfare changes, seems to be coming more prominent, stretching into immigration policy
https://scvo.scot/p/14172/2016/12/09/making-human-rights-local-in-scotlands-third-sector
SCVO response to Scottish Parliament Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee Download the PDF version of,Based on this experience, we provide the following answers to the Committee’s inquiry.,A blog entitled Future of the Funds was set up by the Managing Authority (MA) to inform people but it,SCVO are fortunate to sit on the JPMC and only through this mechanism would you sometimes know what was,We need to be more ambitious in Scotland and learn from others.
https://scvo.scot/p/25068/2018/04/13/scvo-response-to-scottish-parliament-economy-jobs-and-fair-work-committee
We have been encouraging our members to also respond – through a blog that Engender’s Jill Wood wrote,However, this response pulls together the idea of four female members of SCVO’s Policy and Research team,; we respond both as SCVO employees – with our policy and political and research knowledge – and as women,In the last five years, are you aware of any legislative initiatives and/or policy reforms put in place,Is there anything else you would like to share with the UN CEDAW Committee in respect of women’s rights
https://scvo.scot/p/25001/2018/04/03/engenders-call-for-evidence-on-cedaw-scvo-response
We have spoken to a mix of chief executives, policy leads, and heads of Scotland; our elected Policy,Committee and our Third Sector Forum; and they have shared their thoughts with us.,How do you balance the tensions between competitiveness and productivity?,behind any taxation system – which we have often repeated (see, for example, here: http://www.scvo.scot/blog,See HoC Select Committee on Work and Pensions: Note of Committee Visit to Belfast, 22 Jan 2004. [10]
https://scvo.scot/p/22923/2017/12/13/what-are-the-scottish-government-and-parliaments-tax-and-spending-options
