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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

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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Radical change is needed to limit global warming

Rosie Watson warns that immediate, drastic action is required to successfully limit warming to 1.5 degrees

https://tfn.scot/opinion/radical-change-is-needed-to-limit-global-warming

Climbing fundraising hills

Charlotte Bray believes her fellow travellers make the struggle of fundraising so worthwhile

https://tfn.scot/opinion/climbing-fundraising-hills

The third sector is third rate. Discuss

Third sector leaders debate whether Scottish charities are serving the public well enough

https://tfn.scot/news/the-third-sector-is-third-rate.-discuss

SCVO response to the Finance and Public Administration Committee's National Performance Framework inquiry

mechanisms The Scottish Government, Parliament, COSLA and scrutiny organisations should indicate the next steps,Policy coherence is about joined-up thinking, but we are not seeing consistent links between strategy,In announcing the inquiry to the Scottish Parliament on 1 March, the Convenor mentioned that in his blog,services start with the NPF and, if other frameworks are also needed, link them to the NPF to join things up,We champion the sector, provide services, and debate big issues.

https://scvo.scot/p/49998/2022/04/14/scvo-response-to-the-finance-committee-inquiry-national-performance-framework-ambitions-into-action

SCVO's policy and influencing progress in 2023

SCVO's policy and public affairs team braced ourselves for a busy start to the year – you may recall my blog,Here's a glimpse into what we've been up to in the past six months. https://www.youtube.com/watch?,scheduled discussions with the Scottish Government to discuss expectations, timelines, and the next steps,We're also teaming up with UK-wide organisations to address banking issues.,In conclusion As we gear up for the rest of 2023, we're excited to continue our work.

https://scvo.scot/p/60640/2023/07/07/scvos-policy-and-influencing-progress-in-2023

SCVO response to the Finance & Public Administration Committee: Scotland's public finances in 2023-24,- the impact of the cost of living and public service reform

We champion our sector’s social and economic contribution, provide essential services, and debate big,sector representative on the National Strategy for Economic Transformation Advisory Board as a positive step,SCVO’s thought-leadership blog series highlights the economic return on investment generated from public,Small charities (income of under £100k) make up 78% of the charity sector in Scotland.,The same applies to the forecast increases to this budget line up to £27.2 million in 2027.

https://scvo.scot/p/52616/2022/08/19/scvo-response-to-the-finance-public-administration-committee-scotlands-public-finances-in-2023-24-the-impact-of-the-cost-of-living-and-public-service-reform

SCVO response to the inquiry into Public Administration – Effective Scottish Government decision-making

Many voluntary organisations struggle to attract funding for core costs, and freeing up staff time to,As Sheghley Ogilvie from SCVO explained in a blog post last year: ‘I’ve often heard the Programme for,experiences felt by voluntary organisations is far superior in some areas compared with others and take steps,It is integral to their purpose to speak up and act to draw attention to the challenges those people,We celebrate the sector working with – while also being prepared to challenge, debate, persuade and influence

https://scvo.scot/p/57213/2023/02/16/scvo-response-to-the-inquiry-into-public-administration-effective-scottish-government-decision-making

The war on the Commonweal: taking a stand in 2014

Knowing who the real enemies are, who is really responsible for this misery, is the first step in seriously,It is the alternative social media sites who are bringing the debate to life.,We can’t be a passive audience in this debate- waiting for “them” to convince us.,We need to construct the debate ourselves, argue about issues, listen to each other.,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

Third sector visions for a Scotland of the future

[viii] We need to step back and consider how areas of policy which are not always associated with wellbeing,but it would allow us to create flexibilities in the current system which would act as an important stepping,Here we bring some of these ideas together for consideration and discussion in relation to the debate,This applies to the debate about the future of welfare in Scotland.,More Excuses – Danson and Trebeck (Jimmy Reid Foundation, 2013) [iv] http://www.oxfam.org.uk/scotland/blog

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

Parliament consults on Scotland’s revised National Outcomes

SDGs) have been with us for well over two years, and now in our third year of action, my most recent blog,since the First Minister pledged that Scotland would be one of the first countries in the world to sign up,It’s been a slow start, but we are now seeing big steps by businesses, third sector organisations, schools,The report will be signed off by 9 May and there will be a debate in the Scottish Parliament w/c 21 May,resilient and safe We tackle poverty by sharing opportunities, wealth and power more equally We grow up

https://scvo.scot/p/25038/2018/04/06/parliament-consults-on-scotlands-revised-national-outcomes