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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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Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants

TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-2021-what-the-voluntary-sector-wants

Right Approach Campaign: July - December 2016

The most widely shared blog described how human rights based approaches are helping people with dementia,evaluation The success of the campaign can be attributed to a range of factors, in particular being low-cost,Rights Core Group meeting Aug-16 Scottish Campaign on Welfare Reform (SCOWR) held roundtable on social,Officer’s Network Sep-16 Discussed human rights campaign with Electoral Reform Society Sep-16 Met Human,launched, SCVO blog on human rights implications Oct-16 Attended Scottish Government’s Universal Periodic

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

The UN Special Rapporteur is clear - let's just hope government is listening

a political choice, this was the key message from the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human,for adopting a range of policies that failed the most vulnerable citizens and were incompatible with human,SCVO’s full response to the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights can be found here,An experiment that has failed at a huge costs to people, families, and communities across the UK.,While we can all agree that the UK Government’s approach to welfare reform has been callous, the digital

https://scvo.scot/p/27837/2018/11/27/the-un-special-rapporteur-is-clear-lets-just-hope-government-is-listening

Engender’s call for evidence on CEDAW - SCVO response

We have been encouraging our members to also respond – through a blog that Engender’s Jill Wood wrote,With childcare, nursery provision is weak – at a high cost, often with unhelpful hours and insufficient,In the last five years, are you aware of any legislative initiatives and/or policy reforms put in place,Scottish Legislation: Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 The Human Trafficking,bfi-filmography-complete-story-uk-film. https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/cumulative-impact-tax-and-welfare-reforms

https://scvo.scot/p/25001/2018/04/03/engenders-call-for-evidence-on-cedaw-scvo-response

Smith Commission - SCVO interim response

Welfare The devolution of powers and associated budgets that affect welfare support, either wholly or,UK welfare policies and cuts also increase failure demand costs on other public services which fall within,Equality and human rights Devolution of equality law will be supported by many voluntary organisations,References [i] https://storage.googleapis.com/scvo-cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/welfare-reform-mapping-report2,.pdf [ii] http://thirdforcenews.org.uk/tfn-blogs/tfn-blogs/equality-law-should-be-devolved [iii] http

https://scvo.scot/p/6295/2014/10/10/smith-commission-scvo-interim-response

Third sector visions for a Scotland of the future

about the costs of welfare and the need to cut spending in this area.,We need to consider the medium to longer term costs to our society and to the economy of welfare cuts,More Excuses – Danson and Trebeck (Jimmy Reid Foundation, 2013) [iv] http://www.oxfam.org.uk/scotland/blog,Campaign for a Fair Society/Centre for Welfare Reform 2013 [xv] http://www.cpag.org.uk/content/cpag-publishes-cost-child-poverty-every-local-authority-and-constituency,for Welfare Reform) [lix] http://www.lead.org.uk/article.asp?

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

The war on the Commonweal: taking a stand in 2014

huge public debt; it’s our unbalanced population with too many old people; immigration; it’s the high costs,in institutions and services, it affirms on a daily basis, our collective commitment and our common humanity,Research on Socio-Cultural Change After the Great Complacence: Financial Crisis and the Politics of Reform,15 (1). [14] The Bubbling up of subterranean Politics in Europe Mary Kaldoret al Civil Society and Human,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