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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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Membership

Please sign up for one of our upcoming events.,directory Our latest members Leuchie House We talked to Colin Leslie, communications and marketing manager,The biggest challenges we’re facing at the moment are recruitment, and the financial crises around cost-of-living,Cancer Support Scotland We talked to Stephanie Quigley, service manager with Cancer Support Scotland,therapy volunteer team lead by our national award-winning therapist have created a bespoke treatment plan

https://scvo.scot/membership

SCVO Impact Report 2021/22

tackling the climate emergency, how to improve equality, diversity and inclusion, how to mitigate our own financial,voluntary organisations using Goodmoves https://youtu.be/7iJex6xtnd4 Community Jobs Scotland We celebrated 10,SCVO Scottish Parliament event Hosted by Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP, we organised this well-attended event,380 380 community and voluntary organisations engaged with SCVO’s role was to manage communications,,our team through initiatives including: Gaining our Gold Investors in People status Becoming a top 10

https://scvo.scot/about/work/impact-2021-22

Coronavirus advice for volunteers

George Thomson gives practical guidance on the health and wellbeing of volunteers

https://tfn.scot/opinion/coronavirus-advice-for-volunteers

We are beyond the eleventh hour

Here we ask four experts in the fight against climate catastrophe what they think has been achieved since Cop26 in Glasgow.

https://tfn.scot/features/we-are-beyond-the-eleventh-hour

20 inspiring Scottish social entrepreneurs

Some of them have been around for decades, others are barely out of school, but TFN believes all 20 of these social entrepreneurs are truly inspiring

https://tfn.scot/lists/20-inspiring-social-entrepreneurs

SCVO response to pre-budget scrutiny 2023/24: the impact of human rights budgeting

The Scottish voluntary sector manages an annual income of over £8.5 billion, employs around 135,000 paid,Combined, these events have left the sector wrestling with a running costs crisis while the cost-of-living,its Fiscal Transparency Programme – including a Fiscal Portal and its development of the Procurement Management,for a clear roadmap for businesses, particularly smaller businesses, backed by practical support and non-loan-based,Many organisations have reported no increases in local or national government funding for over 10 years

https://scvo.scot/p/53617/2022/09/09/scvo-response-to-pre-budget-scrutiny-2023-24-the-impact-of-human-rights-budgeting

SCVO response to the inquiry into Public Administration – Effective Scottish Government decision-making (Finance & Public Administration Committee)

, and we still managed to do it quickly and efficiently.,It is important that more events and activities of this nature are organised to explain how to engage,Case study of voluntary sector intermediaries, page 10-11 What role should ‘critical challenge’ have,Organisational Profiles, page 10 What is considered the most appropriate way of taking account of risk,The benefits of delivering any public policy result in financial and other costs elsewhere.

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

A new democracy for Scotland: Discussion paper by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

This closed-door decision-making process prevents politicians from active engagement in wider, non-partisan,to engage in planning.,There needs to be serious financial investment from Government to back up the verbal support of such,that much of Scotland’s land is owned by people or institutions for whom it is purely of speculative financial,The sector manages an income of £5 billion.

https://scvo.scot/p/6723/2014/11/14/a-new-democracy-for-scotland-discussion-paper-by-the-scottish-council-for-voluntary-organisations

Third sector funding and spending in 2013

£185m in cash terms Government funding plunged from £1.87billion in 2010 to £1.68billion in 2013 – a 10%,The rest is made up from Non-Departmental Public Bodies, NHS and UK Government.,has been a shift from straightforward voluntary donations to more income from fundraising activities, events,publicity, fundraising, the costs of trading subsidiaries, any related staff costs and the investment management,To tackle this squeeze on resources, 71% planned to develop new projects and 71% planned to look at new

https://scvo.scot/p/6779/2014/11/19/third-sector-funding-and-spending-in-2013

Coronavirus and its impact on the Scottish Voluntary Sector: a review of literature

To date the top parent themes are people management, financial challenges, and the future of the voluntary,and flexibility in filing or reporting deadlines (45%) were thought to be the most helpful kind of non-funding,sector has fallen from +4 in April 2020 to -3 in August, and that 28% of voluntary sector respondents plan,For those aged 55 and above, only 1 in 10 say they have volunteered in the last three months.,SenScot published a report, Social Enterprise Reset Week: Impact Report, that captured the outcomes from events

https://scvo.scot/p/40369/2020/09/17/coronavirus-and-its-impact-on-the-scottish-voluntary-sector-a-review-of-literature