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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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Trustees' Week 2021

Trustees' Week (1-5 November 2021) is an annual event to showcase the great work trustees do, celebrate,How good is your organisation's governance?,Use our Good Governance tool now Events With the support of CCLA Investment Management SCVO is hosting,lots of great free events throughout the week: 1 NOV - Rise & Shine with our Scottish Charity Awards,v=oMa7HYm1v0U 2 NOV – Digital Good Governance Checkup Launch This webinar will explore how SCVO's new

https://scvo.scot/trustees-week-2021

Trustee's Week 2023

This year at SCVO we’ve organised some great events for trustees at the Gathering the UK’s largest free,of the other great events taking place.,and resources on good governance The Good Governance Checkup which will help you understand how well,Good governance check-up How good is your organisation's governance?,Take the good governance check-up SCVO trustees' network in partnership with If you’re a trustee looking

https://scvo.scot/about/networks/trustee/trustees-week-2023

SCVO Trustee Network

quarterly Trustee News Bulletin which will keep you updated with practical information and useful event,Sign up now: Good Governance Webinars Our regular Good Governance Webinars look at common issues and,The Scottish Governance Code for the Third Sector Good governance is vital to the success and sustainability,The Scottish Governance Code for the Third Sector sets out the five core principles of good governance,It has some great hints and tips.

https://scvo.scot/about/networks/trustee

2017

You can watch the livestream of the event below to get inspiration for this year's awards: The winners,Terrific Trustee: Bobath Scotland James Campbell was Chairman of Bobath Scotland from 2009 until 2016,, turning a loss of £192k into a surplus financial position, transitioning into a SCIO and ensuring good,governance.,I would like to take this opportunity to thank the rest of the trustees and all those involved for their

https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards/previous-winners/winners-2017

The Gathering 2023: a round-up

On 29 November 2023 (and available online until 2 January 2024), we hosted the Gathering Extra.,at this year's Gathering Jonathan Christie, SCVO Trustee hosts a session on "Building a wellbeing economy,The Scottish Government published a new Climate Change Plan in September, and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland,I thought the size gave a good range of topics to choose from for the talks"“Great opportunity to catch,, focussed amount of time and the event overall attracts so many people in the sector, offering a great

https://scvo.scot/the-gathering/round-up-2023

Funding for village halls

There are many forms of income available, from grants and loans, to rental fees, events, or membership,An overreliance on any one income source should be avoided and Trustees/Committees need to identify the,Think two or three years in advance and having a good mixture of income streams to avoid reliance on,Once you have identified a potential fund, it’s time to find out more and decide if you’re a good fit,Some also run funding events which are a great place to network with other groups and speak directly

https://scvo.scot/support/village-community-halls/funding

SCVO Impact Report 2022/23

469 organisations Over 87,500 payslips processed Around £126m paid via SCVO’s BACS Approved Bureau Good,governance work Over the past year, we've been dedicated to providing best practice support on governance,allowing us to identify where the sector is succeeding, and where it needs to do better. 10 good governance,webinars 800+ subscribers to our trustee bulletin 161 Good Governance Checkups completed HR In December,workspaces in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness have continued to provide voluntary sector teams with great

https://scvo.scot/about/work/impact

Top tips for a tip-top charity campaign

Some expert advice on a winning charity strategy

https://tfn.scot/news/top-tips-for-a-tip-top-charity-campaign

Sector can lead the way in taking action on climate change

Susan Smith explains why SCVO is launching a new climate change project to help support voluntary organisations make the transition to a greener future

https://tfn.scot/features/sector-can-lead-the-way-in-taking-action-on-climate-change

Sneak preview of our next Building Better Governance session

I closed our Building Better Governance six seminar series in last November with an evening seminar on,the importance of and the need to invest in the Top Team (both trustees and senior staff), and a breakfast,course we have a standard set of things we like to talk about, mostly connected with our research into good,governance practice, and our findings from the range of governance reviews we carry out with diverse,Just to give you a flavour of some of the great ideas generated by the group, here are some of their

https://scvo.scot/p/14310/2017/01/16/sneak-preview-of-our-next-building-better-governance-session