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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.

Jenny Bloomfield

A workable Lobbying Bill?

See what Jenny thinks about the Stage 2 committee session on the Lobbying (Scotland) Bill – which held some surprisingly good news for the...  Read more

Scottish budget highlights for the third sector

Let me take you on a tour of some of the main points of interest for the third sector in the Scottish Government’s draft budget for 2016/17  Read more

Podcast with David McColgan, SCVO policy committee member

Racism, lobbying and Holyrood 2016 with David McColgan, SCVO policy committee member In the latest SCVO Policy Podcast, Policy Officer...  Read more

Five things I learnt from #SNP15

After three days of busy conferencing in Aberdeen, Jenny's in reflective mood  Read more

Government to favour bidders who pay the Living Wage

Today the Scottish Government launched its new public procurement guidance to promote fair work. Not the most exciting topic perhaps, but...  Read more

Finance Committee Inquiry into Scottish Rate of Income Tax

Our response SCVO welcomes the opportunity to respond to this consultation and would like to contribute the following, based on...  Read more

Work, wages and wellbeing in the Scottish labour market

Our response SCVO has, over the past few years, been having a conversation with the third sector about how we can better ‘do’ our economy...  Read more

Podcast with Stephen Boyd, STUC

Politics, the new budget and the 'National Living Wage' with Stephen Boyd, STUC In the latest SCVO Policy Podcast, Policy Officer Jenny...  Read more

Whose job is it anyway?

If politicians want greater transparency on lobbying, then they need to make the first move  Read more