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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 response to Scottish Parliament Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee

For future funding, replacement of Structural Funds post-Brexit must advance on and not regress on the,This is common throughout all categories of delivery with expenditure achieved to date in the Transition,It is critical that these policy areas are not left bereft of investment post the end of this programme,SCVO would strongly disagree that this is necessary.,Further details about SCVO can be found at scvo.scot.

https://scvo.scot/p/25068/2018/04/13/scvo-response-to-scottish-parliament-economy-jobs-and-fair-work-committee

Coronavirus, next steps & communities

SCVO briefing to the Scottish Parliament - Debate: COVID-19 Next Steps (Communities) SCVO briefing -,coronavirus, next steps & communities - June 2020Download About SCVO The Scottish Council for Voluntary,Organisations (SCVO) is the national membership organisation for the voluntary sector.,activities.Increased demand: There is a need for funding to meet the expected increased demand on the sector post-lockdown,We have divided our initial priorities for changes to the system into national and sector-specific categories

https://scvo.scot/p/38971/2020/06/08/coronavirus-next-steps-communities

It's time to spring clean your charity's constitution

In the SCVO Information Service we see a lot of constitutions.,They fall into three main categories - the good, the bad, and the ugly.,The SCVO Information Service offers up to two hours free legal advice to SCVO members with an income

https://scvo.scot/p/14279/2017/01/09/its-time-to-spring-clean-your-charitys-constitution

Developing this website

SCVO has a long history with an online presence - over 19 years.,This gave the impression that SCVO was lacking in coherence and focus.,Examples: As a non-member of SCVO I expect to find out about what SCVO is doing and see a snapshot of,interesting relevant older posts to be shown alongside newer posts.,The facility to show blog posts, press releases, authors, related posts, and post categories was pulled

https://scvo.scot/p/24481/2018/01/31/developing-this-website

Right Approach Campaign: July - December 2016

universal application of human rights-based approaches and the sector can be divided up into three broad categories,in the first category, and, in doing so, encourage those in positions two and three to follow a human,On August 29, SCVO launched the Right Approach campaign with two SCVO blogs, alongside a podcast featuring,We used photographs of blog writers in social media posts in order to personalise the content and to,In order to communicate a simple and engaging message, we posted a quote from the blog writer next to

https://scvo.scot/p/14613/2017/02/28/right-approach-campaign-july-december-2016

SCVO Briefing – Creating a Fairer Scotland

Human Rights-Based Approach SCVO has concerns that there remains a human rights deficit in Scotland –,As such, SCVO supports efforts to reduce smoking rates, including the introduction of plain packaging,In terms of reducing poverty and improving diet, SCVO welcomes the introduction of free school meals,Households in this category are also more likely to consume higher levels of sugars than more affluent,SCVO and our members believe that many key indicators of fairness are intrinsically linked.

https://scvo.scot/p/12643/2016/06/22/scvo-briefing-creating-a-fairer-scotland

Meet David!

I was delighted to join SCVO as Digital Director on 21st March, taking over the reins from Chris Yiu.,, I know not everyone is confident in using new technology, and I am excited to be part the team at SCVO,It’s been a busy couple of weeks since starting at SCVO, with a short intermission to overindulge in,SCVO which are widely used by the sector, including Goodmoves, Funding Scotland and the main SCVO website,Last year we also established SCVO Labs, a space for us to prototype and develop new digital services

https://scvo.scot/p/12032/2016/04/06/meet-david

Scottish Charity Awards 2021 winners announced!

Run annually by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), the Scottish Charity Awards,category winner decided by the public, with over 12,000 votes cast.,medication and launched a unique national Click and Deliver service, providing training and free Naloxone by post,A special commendation was given in the Charity of the Year category to Scran Academy SCIO.,Anna Fowlie, Chief Executive of SCVO, said: “At SCVO we know that fantastic work is going on all the

https://scvo.scot/p/45252/2021/10/01/scottish-charity-awards-2021-winners-announced

Digi aye?

With the tips & advice I received at SCVO Digital’s Storytelling Success: Describing your Digital Journey,received 82 surveys. 46 of these have indicated they are not in a position to learn new skills from the 5 categories,Staff and volunteers have also had the opportunity to attend SCVO’s Digital Champion Training in our

https://scvo.scot/p/30240/2019/03/19/digi-aye

Digital checkup learning – does size matter?

in our digital checkup. 54 is a reasonable sample size, but it’s worth noting that two of the income categories,In the checkup, we just use the broader category of ‘under £100,000’.,[It’s worth flagging that SCVO have partnered with Microsoft to provide free online training sessions,We’ve drilled into Tools & equipment in an earlier blog post, so we won’t say more here.

https://scvo.scot/p/44851/2021/08/27/digital-checkup-learning-does-size-matter