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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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SCVO Impact Report 2021/22

Governments and local government, other intermediary bodies and the third sector interface network.,Milo Third Sector Interfaces (TSIs) across Scotland were able to continue matching volunteers to volunteering,Our policy team were dedicated to building important relationships with key policy-makers to make sure,SCVO policy-driven interactions 20 SCVO policy briefings and consultation responses 7 committee appearances,. 1,000 articles published 1 million page views Research to shape the future SCVO’s Third Sector Tracker

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

Scottish Government in row over National Care Service contracts

Ministers are under pressure to end the involvement of multinational consultants in setting up the public

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-government-in-row-over-national-care-service-contracts

Voluntary sector resilience in the wake of Covid-19

SCVO briefing to the Scottish Parliament's Social Justice and Social Security Committee ahead of appearing,to the Scottish Government's consultation on becoming a Fair Work Nation by 2025.,All staff's physical and mental health is critical to the sector's resilience, from those working on,health and social care to education and housing, means that its funding relationship with the public,from local authorities (£1bn), the Scottish Government (£500m), NHS & Health and Social Care (£200m)

https://scvo.scot/p/47280/2021/12/01/voluntary-sector-resilience-in-the-wake-of-covid-19

Briefing: Scottish Government debate on human rights

and the wider third sector about how social care is developing.,be a key element of health and social care integration.”,for carers – looking beyond health and social care to employment, education and other policy portfolios,/briefings-consultation-responses/independent-review-of-jobseekers-allowance-sanctions/ [vii] http://,[xiv] E.g. - Integration of Adult Health and Social Care in Scotland: Consultation, A Shared Statement

https://scvo.scot/p/6695/2014/11/10/briefing-scottish-government-debate-on-human-rights

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

It would be a mistake to repeat this approach with the new Health and Social Care partnerships.,Public authorities should work with third sector organisations to catalogue these groups and analyse,Flagship national initiatives, such as community planning and the integration of social and health care,SCVO works in partnership with the third sector in Scotland to advance our shared values and interests,/research/scvo-scottish-third-sector-statistics/

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

Parliamentary Debate: The Impact of Welfare Reform

The third sector is dealing with this reality day in and day out.,, social care and other services.,The third sector stands ready to work with all interested parties, to look at how we continue to mitigate,, caring roles etc. xi Lack of access to social care xii, to affordable childcare, to tailored help to,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

SCVO briefing: Scottish Government Debate on Welfare – 13 August 2014

Context Across Scotland, the third sector has been dealing with the impact of welfare cuts and wider,Other political parties must also begin to lay out their own responses and policy commitments.,SCVO works in partnership with the third sector in Scotland to advance our shared values and interests,membership from the sector – our 1300 members include charities, community groups, social enterprises,uk-scotland-28331544 [ix] http://autismcampaigners.blogspot.co.uk/ [x] http://thirdforcenews.org.uk/health-and-social-care

https://scvo.scot/p/5524/2014/08/12/scvo-briefing-scottish-government-debate-on-welfare-13-august-2014

SCVO response: The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act, 2014 - Draft Regulations, Set 2 of 2

In addition, working with the wider third sector is necessary[vi] to ensure that those who may not use,Health and social care interventions must give people choice and control.,Health and Social Care Alliance, August 2014 [iii] SCVO response- Public Bodies (Scotland) Act, 2014,Note of event on 1 July, Health and Social Care Alliance, July 2014 [viii] SCVO response- Public Bodies,Note of event on 1 July, Health and Social Care Alliance, July 2014 [xi] DRAFT: Consultation Response

https://scvo.scot/p/5540/2014/08/14/scvo-response-the-public-bodies-joint-working-scotland-act-2014-draft-regulations-set-2-of-2

SCVO Workforce Survey 2015

1 Methodology 1.1 Primary research This research briefing is based on a survey of the third sector workforce,in analysis: 889 responses were from people who currently work in the third sector 11 responses were,- ie; health practitioners, teachers, social workers...,For the professionals (Health & Social Care) to take the 3rd sector seriously and treat us properly as,Top three areas of work for respondents: Social care Health third sector support Respondents worked

https://scvo.scot/p/7977/2015/02/25/scvo-workforce-survey-2015

SCVO response to Local Government and Communities Committee call for views on the Scottish Government

care, there is integration with health and the slow march to self-directed support.,Many third sector organisations receive money from local authorities to carry out work in their communities,Other funding such as whether the £250 million provided for health and social care integration (which,As perhaps is not surprising from our comments above, we believe that much of the third sector, working,SCVO works in partnership with the third sector in Scotland to advance our shared values and interests

https://scvo.scot/p/13867/2016/10/27/scvo-response-local-government-and-communities-committee-call-for-views-on-the-scottish-governments-draft-budget-for-2017-18

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