This website uses cookies for anonymised analytics and for account authentication. See our privacy and cookies policies for more information.

SCVO
Funding Scotland
TFN
 




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.

Error 404

The requested page could not be found, it may have been moved or deleted

Perhaps you were trying to find one of the pages below:

Insights on better endings

put plans in place, which may be a result of inexperience or too many pressures on trustees’ time. 6.,And what about funders?,Presently, only a few funders are receptive, but there's a promising growing trend where some funders,are thinking ‘upstream’ and evaluating how their grant cycles impact project endings and wider lifecycles,This will make it straightforward for organisations needing support to find it and demonstrate the value

https://scvo.scot/p/89466/2024/03/25/insights-on-better-endings

SCVO submission to the Finance Committee on Scotland's public finances

economy extends well beyond the 100,000 plus people our sector employs and an annual turnover of over £6,Despite this, the voluntary sector’s economic contribution is often unnoticed, and its value to the economy,Q2: How should the Scottish Government’s Budget address the different impacts of the pandemic across,Connecting Scotland demonstrates public investment sense.,Scottish Government can respond to the varied impact of external events.

https://scvo.scot/p/44755/2021/08/12/scvo-submission-to-the-finance-committee-on-scotlands-public-finances

SCVO response to Becoming a Fair Work Nation consultation

by 2025, they must do more to understand the environment the voluntary sector operates in, and the impact,While this compares favourably to the private sector (26%), in the public sector only 6% of workers earn,Please explain how you think these opportunities can be maximised in your sector?,To support this, SCVO will continue to promote Fair Work through our events, working and advisory groups,We will work with organisations to ensure their stories are shared and develop case studies that demonstrate

https://scvo.scot/p/48075/2021/12/23/becoming-a-fair-work-nation-consultation

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

sample of 100 consultation found that fewer than 1 in 5 adhered to this standard: less than 30 days – 6,We often hear how the pandemic impacted on the relationships between public and voluntary sectors.,It is important that more events and activities of this nature are organised to explain how to engage,feeling that this is a fine line to tread: ‘They need to be able to provide evidence of need/and also demonstrate,involved, or to make all the decisions around a policy or a project’ Supporting Collaboration, page 6

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

Community Capacity and Resilience Fund guidance notes

This section is where you must demonstrate that your project will be helping to mitigate the impact of,This could be a short, sharp piece of work that is time bound e.g. 6-9 months or a longer project, up,Tell us how you will measure your outcomes and outputsDemonstrate clearly the impact your project/activities,Funders want to know there is value for money in the projects/activities they are investing in.,You would have to demonstrate that the project making the application is completely independent from

https://scvo.scot/p/26005/2018/09/06/community-capacity-and-resilience-fund-guidance-notes

The effectiveness of the self-regulation of fundraising in Scotland: an informal review

or door to door Events (33,206): Either run directly by the charity, or with places in events purchased,It enables such organisations to demonstrate ‘their commitment to best practice, increasing public trust,An alternative perspective was that FRSB membership demonstrated to donors that charities were serious,deliver greater openness and transparency about the operation of charities The public, as one of the main funders,done on their behalf the leadership of charities and how their values are reflected in their actions

https://scvo.scot/p/10161/2015/09/23/the-effectiveness-of-the-self-regulation-of-fundraising-in-scotland-an-informal-review

Scotland’s Future Survey

As SCVO will be holding an event on referendum issues at our November AGM, we also asked for organisations,Worries about alienating funders, service users/members, and concerns over staff costs were the top three,Worries about alienating funders was a concern for over four in ten respondents, with one respondent,This demonstrates that for the vast majority of organisations responding to the survey, the Referendum,take the opportunity to design and develop a completely new social security system which fits with values

https://scvo.scot/p/1347/2013/11/25/scotlands-future-survey