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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
SCVO Impact Report 2021/22
tackling the climate emergency, how to improve equality, diversity and inclusion, how to mitigate our own financial,2021/22, we created and filled a further 491 CJS jobs, bringing the total number of jobs created over 11,SCVO Scottish Parliament event Hosted by Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP, we organised this well-attended event,Community navigators supported people to develop wellbeing plans, connecting them to activities in their,380 380 community and voluntary organisations engaged with SCVO’s role was to manage communications,
20 inspiring Scottish social entrepreneurs
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16 May 2017
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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
A new democracy for Scotland: Discussion paper by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
14 November 2014
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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.
Third sector funding and spending in 2013
following graphs show, public sector income dropped from 42% to 34%, while voluntary income increased from 11%,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
SCVO response to Building Community Wealth consultation (Scottish Government)
15 May 2023
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Participating in Volunteer Scotland’s Community Wealth Building consultation event and in Social Enterprise,Action Plans Action plans were identified as an area in which more work could be done.,are concerns around the stress and undue responsibility of volunteers taking over assets previously managed,fact that over half of Scotland’s bank branches have closed since 2015, and there are no branches in 11,Government to improve the sector’s access to banking and financial services.
SCVO response to Becoming a Fair Work Nation consultation
23 December 2021
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An estimated 20% of this workforce are not on permanent contracts, while 11% are on zero-hour contracts,who plan, decide, and communicate changes.,Similarly, non-committal frameworks create uncertainty for voluntary organisations, resulting in precarious,Managers and HR staff require tailored support in championing and executing Fair Work.,To support this, SCVO will continue to promote Fair Work through our events, working and advisory groups
https://scvo.scot/p/48075/2021/12/23/becoming-a-fair-work-nation-consultation
SCVO Response to Devolution Committee call for written evidence on the Scotland Bill
14 August 2015
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Given the significant financial contribution Gift Aid makes to Scotland's third sector, SCVO firmly believes,The inclusion of terms such as “exceptional events” and “exceptional circumstances” has the potential,We note that similar wording relating to sanction and non-payment appears in clauses 21 and 22.,We call on the Devolution Committee to question both UK and Scottish Ministers on engagement plans to,The sector manages an income of £4.9 billion.
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,to make job cuts, a significant increase of 11 percentage points from April, see figure 9.,SenScot published a report, Social Enterprise Reset Week: Impact Report, that captured the outcomes from events
Submission to UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
14 September 2018
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The 11 entitlements devolved to Scotland are, however, largely claimed by older people and disabled people,Automatic split-payments would encourage the financial independence of women.,During engagement events and in our ‘State of the Sector’ survey, the threat to human rights protections,organisations, states that signatories support human rights and equality and that principles of transparency, non-regression,The sector manages an income of £5.3 billion.