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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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A manifesto for people and planet

Scotland's leading green groups have challenged the parties in the general election, imploring them to,put the planet at the heart of their policies

https://tfn.scot/news/a-manifesto-for-people-and-planet

Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants

TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-2021-what-the-voluntary-sector-wants

Urgent plea to save nature now

Conservation charities have set out a series of demands they say are essential to halt the dramatic decline

https://tfn.scot/news/urgent-plea-to-save-nature-now

Economic Transformation Strategy - SCVO response to the Scottish Government

Just before the coronavirus crisis hit Scotland, SCVO's Policy Forum published a Manifesto for the Future,We encourage the Advisory Council to consider the three key themes raised by the sector in the Manifesto,The advisory council and policymakers should engage with the Third Sector Employability Forum (TSEF),Volunteering for all As part of the Scottish Volunteering Forum, it is our view that society and the,The advisory council and policymakers should engage with the Scottish Volunteering Forum.

https://scvo.scot/p/44886/2021/08/27/economic-transformation-strategy-scvo-response-to-the-scottish-government

A long term approach to recovery

It has now been eight months since The Gathering 2020, where SCVO launched its Manifesto for the Future,By way of a short reminder, the Manifesto was developed by SCVO’s Policy Forum, a group comprised of,The Forum collected evidence from innovative thinkers and key opinion leaders in Scotland who shared,The end result was SCVO’s Manifesto for the Future which outlined an aspirational but achievable long-term,Pushing forward the Manifesto’s vision for Scotland’s future was a key priority for SCVO pre-pandemic

https://scvo.scot/p/40834/2020/10/14/a-long-term-approach-to-recovery

A blueprint for recovery and renewal

The SCVO Policy Forum was an SCVO initiative, which ran throughout 2019 and 2020, to strengthen the voice,In February 2020 at The Gathering, SCVO’s Policy Forum published its Manifesto for the Future.,These opinions we fed directly into the Manifesto.,The Manifesto for the Future did not take into account the possibility of a global health pandemic and,The ideas contained within the SCVO Policy Forum’s Manifesto for the Future can act as the basis for

https://scvo.scot/p/39759/2020/07/24/a-blueprint-for-recovery-and-renewal

SCVO response to Scottish Parliament Finance and Constitution Committee

Subsequent to this work, SCVO engaged our Policy Forum to produce SCVO Policy ForumManifesto for the,Future [2] which outlines a number of future-focused recommendations that aim to address some of the,and who believe their core causes could be damaged by new and unknown policy directions.,uploads/2017/02/Scotland%E2%80%99s-Place-in-Europe-third-sector-concerns-1.pdf [2] https://scvo.scot/policy,/forum/manifesto-for-the-future#:~:text=Introduction,environmental%20changes%20in%20living%20memory.

https://scvo.scot/p/39883/2020/08/07/scvo-response-to-scottish-parliament-finance-and-constitution-committee

Manifesto for the Future

The Manifesto for the Future, produced by the SCVO Policy Forum, outlines a number of future-focused,voluntary sector is already carrying out important work which is beginning to influence the country’s future

https://scvo.scot/p/35628/2020/02/20/manifesto-for-the-future

SCVO response to the Advisory Group on Economic Recovery

Before the coronavirus crisis hit Scotland, SCVO’s Policy Forum published a Manifesto for the Future.,pandemic will exacerbate the imminent environmental, political, and social challenges reflected in this manifesto,It should be present throughout the policy cycle.,It has also drawn on the Manifesto for the Future developed by SCVO’s Policy Forum and our engagement,Contact Paul Bradley, Policy Team – paul.bradley@scvo.scot

https://scvo.scot/p/38613/2020/05/29/scvo-response-to-the-advisory-group-on-economic-recovery

Empowering communities to meet the challenges of the future

The SCVO Policy Forum has begun the task of developing a manifesto for Scotland’s voluntary sector that,Earlier this year, the Policy Forum held evidence sessions considering the future of society, economy,The Policy Forum has now started drafting a manifesto that will be a rallying cry from Scotland’s voluntary,Find out more about the SCVO Policy Forum and the development of a manifesto for Scotland’s voluntary,Forum

https://scvo.scot/p/32409/2019/09/04/empowering-communities-to-meet-the-challenges-of-the-future

Get involved

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