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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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Black History Month and beyond

FEATURE 1 November 2020 by Kirsty McNeill
Black History Month 2020 has ended, but as we leave October behind, there is a need to keep up the same levels of energy for learning, discussion and reflection

https://tfn.scot/features/black-history-month-and-beyond-2

Black History Month and beyond

FEATURE 11 November 2020 Guest post
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
The Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER’s) Kirsty McNeill looks back at the events of BHM2020

https://tfn.scot/features/black-history-month-and-beyond

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

Loneliness: tackling the last taboo

FEATURE 30 October 2015 by Robert Armour
Health & Social Care
​A Holyrood committee wants to end loneliness in Scotland. No other country has ever tackled such a wide ranging issue. Can it really be cured?

https://tfn.scot/features/loneliness-tackling-the-last-taboo

Scottish anti-abortion group denies links to religious extremists

NEWS 25 May 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Questions have been asked about links between Compassion Scotland and American hate groups.

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-anti-abortion-group-denies-links-to-religious-extremists

Third sector visions for a Scotland of the future

John Downie
25 November 2013
Posted in
With these values at its heart, Scotland can better support carers to care, but also to have the same,In looking at community care in particular, the Health and Social Care Alliance’s “The Twelve Propositions,[xxxix] http://www.alliance-scotland.org.uk/what-we-do/policy-and-campaigns/current-work/social-care/,[xli] Personalisation and Participation: The Future of Social Care in Scotland, Final Report, Leadbetter,, 2005 (Commissioned by Care 21 for the Social Work Review.

https://scvo.scot/p/1364/2013/11/25/third-sector-visions-for-a-scotland-of-the-future

Briefing: Scottish Government debate on human rights

Julia Morrison
10 November 2014
Posted in
Consider, for example, the challenges within social care and concerns within independent living movement,and the wider third sector about how social care is developing.,principle identified by the Expert Working Group on Welfare[xxiii] ; this must be reflected in how future,http://scottishhumanrights.com/actionplan [xii] For example - http://www.ilis.co.uk/cgblog/26/Abolish-Social-Care-Charges,Care in Scotland: Consultation, A Shared Statement from Third Sector Organisations [xv] http://www.lawscot.org.uk

https://scvo.scot/p/6695/2014/11/10/briefing-scottish-government-debate-on-human-rights

SCVO response: The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act, 2014 - Draft Regulations, Set 2 of 2

Norette Ferns
14 August 2014
Posted in
[i] This clear and compelling vision for public services must be our starting point in relation to these,Act across health and social care.,range of services are available working with providers to develop the services people will need in future,wellbeing outcomes – they are an essential part of the health and social care landscape e.g. peer support,Health and social care interventions must give people choice and control.

https://scvo.scot/p/5540/2014/08/14/scvo-response-the-public-bodies-joint-working-scotland-act-2014-draft-regulations-set-2-of-2

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

Jordan Ogg
23 September 2015
Posted in
The very future of our sector depends on keeping the public onside.,as organisations increase in size, the total amounts donated also increase, but form a far smaller share,It seems that a considerable proportion of the public has a vision of charities that does not bear any,whether the system is UK-wide as now, a hybrid operated from Scotland (with some but not all elements shared,(blog) [8] From OSCR’s Scottish Charity Surveys 2014 [9] As above [10] Rapidata (2015) Rapidata announces

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

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

Jenny Bloomfield
13 December 2017
Posted in
just Scotland, members felt that much more can be done to link that vision to tax and spend decisions,Health & Social Care: Whilst protection of health services and efforts to protect workforce numbers and,submission, we suggested that the Group use their review opportunity to make certain that Scotland’s future,behind any taxation system – which we have often repeated (see, for example, here: http://www.scvo.scot/blog,Perhaps more prosaically, any future changes to VAT could also have a significant impact on the sector

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