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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.

Craig Wilson

Former Policy Officer at SCVO

You can keep your olive branch

For the first time since her humbling General Election result, Theresa May has broken cover to deliver a major address – billed by some as a...  Read more

Final Report: Commission on Parliamentary Reform

Final Report: Commission on Parliamentary Reform 20 June 2017 View PDF version here - Final Report Commission on Parliamentary...  Read more

Election 2017: Who’s Smiling?

When the unthinkable happens, we need a blog… don’t we? There’s no doubt that “Jez We Can” resonated. As a result, we find ourselves in the...  Read more

SCVO: Le voyage à Bruxelles

Having learned most of my French from ‘Allo ‘Allo, I’m afraid the title above will be the beginning and the end of the use of the language...  Read more

Local Election Tea Leaves

Well, as is customary following an election (or any contest for that matter), let's chew over the results. Firstly (due to continued...  Read more

Snap General Election ‘17

Once more unto the breach  Read more

Brexit and Scottish independence: a third sector perspective

Our position SCVO has always advocated the position that devolution remains a work in progress and that there is always a discussion to be...  Read more

Indyref and Brexit: do charities have a duty to pick a side?

A burden of responsibility for Scotland’s third sector  Read more

What kind of United Kingdom is emerging?

The future looks far from clear, but Scotland’s third sector may be uniquely placed to influence post-Brexit direction  Read more