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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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Parliamentary debate: Scotland's Outlook campaign

during recent parliamentary debates.,In the debate on welfare reform last week, SCVO asked the Scottish Government to work with the third,://www.centreforwelfarereform.org/uploads/attachment/403/counting-the-cuts.pdf http://www.scvo.scot/news-campaigns-and-policy,/briefings-consultation-responses/parliamentary-debate-responding-to-welfare-reform/ http://www.cpag.org.uk,/briefings-consultation-responses/parliamentary-debate-the-impact-of-welfare-reform/

https://scvo.scot/p/3958/2014/03/24/parliamentary-debate-scotlands-outlook-campaign

Parliamentary Debate: The Impact of Welfare Reform

Summary SCVO welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the impact of welfare reform.,Unable to Afford the Basics As we outlined in our briefing on the last welfare reform debate, the picture,SCVO responded to the Scottish Government consultation on the planned legislation for the Scottish Welfare,The focus on welfare reform may act to deflect attention from the need for a much wider debate about,xiii http://www.scvo.scot/news-campaigns-and-policy/briefings-consultation-responses/independent-review-of-jobseekers-allowance-sanctions

https://scvo.scot/p/3797/2014/03/13/parliamentary-debate-the-impact-of-welfare-reform

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

And even when voters are approached directly (e.g. during door-to-door campaigning), the policies on,to react and even change policy mid-campaign.,Shouldn’t political parties create policies and processeswhich respond directly to the needs and aspirations,This is a very different model to conventional consultation on a pre-determined range of policy choices,an opportunity quickly and at scale. [22] SCVO State of the Sector report 2014 http://www.scvo.scot/news-campaigns-and-policy

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