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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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Ethnic diversity and inequality: ethical and scientific rigour in social research

This research addresses the increasing need for research to inform policy and practice development that,describes the research, consultation and piloting processes; ?,investigates the requirement for and desirability of guidance on ethnicity and where responsibility should,assesses the feasibility of developing these and their likely impact on research practice; and ?,draws conclusions about the prospects for enhancing the quantity of UK social research that appropriately

https://scvo.scot/research/evidence-library/ethnic-diversity-and-inequality-ethical-and-scientific-rigour-in-social-research

Organised Interests in Scottish Public Policy: Questionnaire Survey Results

It builds on previous research conducted at RGU during 2006 entitled The mobilisation of interests in,policy making: access, activity and bias in the ?,It provides a basic outline of responses to a questionnaire sent to a sample of 1,459 non-governmental,organisations identified as having responded to at least one Scottish Executive consultation exercise,It examines organisational survival strategies and explores issues relating to Scottish Executive consultation

https://scvo.scot/research/evidence-library/organised-interests-in-scottish-public-policy-questionnaire-survey-results

Fracking ban hailed as victory by campaigners

Friends of the Earth Scotland has said the move ends any hopes of fracking across the country

https://tfn.scot/news/fracking-ban-hailed-as-victory-by-campaigners

Yes to a Scottish lobbying bill

The influence that some industries seem to have over public policy should be of concern to us all.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/yes-to-a-scottish-lobbying-bill

Major organisations unite to find solutions to child poverty in Scotland

Scotland has committed to statutory targets to reduce child poverty

https://tfn.scot/news/major-organisations-unite-to-find-solutions-to-child-poverty-in-scotland

Volunteers as human rights defenders? 

Sarah Latto on Volunteer Scotland's response to the Human Rights Bill

https://tfn.scot/opinion/volunteers-as-human-rights-defenders

Goodmovers | Who is going where in the voluntary sector | 20 October 2015

Find out who has been appointed to fill some of the biggest roles in the third sector in our latest Goodmovers round-up

https://tfn.scot/features/goodmovers-who-is-going-where-in-the-voluntary-sector-20-october-2015

People power forces backtrack on pylon plans

The John Muir Trust has welcomed Scottish Power’s rethink of its plan to construct a chain of 50-metre pylons from the Ayrshire to Carlisle

https://tfn.scot/news/people-power-forces-backtrack-on-pylon-plans

Who’s the fairest of them all? The power of interdependence in our society 

We must reframe how the voluntary sector is characterised to reflect its social and economic contributions more accurately

https://tfn.scot/opinion/whos-the-fairest-of-them-all-the-power-of-interdependence-in-our-society

Government told to improve families reuniting with children in care

New research has outlined the financial and emotional impact of poverty on a family when a child enters

https://tfn.scot/news/government-told-to-improve-families-reuniting-with-children-in-care

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