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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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Wave Three Findings — Spring 2022

The findings from the third wave of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker are available here. Key findings Scotland’s third sector organisations continued to face challenges in spring 2022, particularly in regard to staffing, volunteer recruitment and management, and finances. Spring...

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/wave-three

SCVO's work to become an anti-racist organisation

All our HR policies have been reviewed through an EDI lens, with expert help from CEMVO, and our People,Including a question about board/leadership diversity in the Third Sector Tracker research.

https://scvo.scot/p/89475/2024/03/25/scvos-work-to-become-an-anti-racist-organisation

Background

Research and engagement underpin these efforts.,SCVO is carrying out a range of engagement and research initiatives connected to funding.,such as income and location, and our partnership work with stakeholders to build a Scotland-focused research,and to extract learning and solutions that might be applied elsewhere or support findings of other research,Combined, these intermediaries covered eight distinct policy areas.

https://scvo.scot/scottish-government-funding-of-voluntary-organisations/background

Useful Links & Resources

Fair Funding for the Voluntary Sector: SCVO’s policy paper setting out Fair Funding, what it entails,,Fair Funding & Fair Work: Written in partnership with the TSI Network, this policy paper sets out why,The Scottish Third Sector Tracker: A growing research community made up of representatives from organisations,Policy Briefing 1: A Scotland where we value our communities: Poverty Alliance briefing as part of Challenge

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/fair-funding/useful-links-resources

The ISBE Research and Knowledge Exchange (RAKE) Fund provides financial support to new research activities,surrounding entrepreneurial activities and small firm performance and to encourage and promote cutting-edge research

https://funding.scot/funds/a0Rb0000007ZjiOEAS/research-and-knowledge-exchange-fund

AI organisational policies

a policy on employee use.,A policy should cover both opportunities and risks.,Internal policies for procuring generative AI products It is important to think about having a policy,Some recent research from the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation tells us that most people are open,If you have seen or done any other research like this, even anecdotally, let Civic AI know: hello@civicai.uk

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/ai/ai-policies

social policy, especially in education, welfare and justice.They prioritise rigorous and impartial research

https://funding.scot/funds/a0Rb0000000Ng9JEAS/the-nuffield-foundation-research-development-and-analysis-fund

Asthma and Allergy Foundation

We also deliver educational workshops to schools, universities and Advocacy: The AAF advocates for policies,They work to increase funding for asthma research, improve access to care, and promote policies that

https://scvo.scot/the-gathering/exhibitors/asthma-and-allergy-foundation

Improvement Service

programmes for Local Government and partners and support councils to improve at a local levelProvide research,, data and intelligence to inform policy-making and decision-making and to drive improvementDeliver national

https://scvo.scot/the-gathering/exhibitors/improvement-service

Transforming the economy

Related briefings & policy papers The latest transforming the economy briefings and policy papers from,the policy team.,Latest consultation responses The latest transforming the economy consultation responses from the policy,New research to be published this autumn on the sector’s workforce and its role as an employer.

https://scvo.scot/policy/transforming-the-economy

Get involved

Collaborate with us and our members to develop and promote voluntary sector policy perspectives for Scotland