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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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How to maximise your grant success

OPINION 14 March 2019 Guest post
Funding & Finance
1 comment
How to maximise your grant success

https://tfn.scot/opinion/how-to-maximise-your-grant-success

New year, new immigration rules: What organisations need to know

OPINION 8 December 2020 by Rebecca Zahn
Management
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Dr Rebecca Zahn details the new issues organisations may face with immigration post-Brexit

https://tfn.scot/opinion/new-year-new-immigration-rules-what-organisations-need-to-know

Toonspeak is Scottish Charity of the Year 2014!

NEWS 5 June 2014 by Paul Cardwell
Management
Young people’s theatre group wins top title at Scottish Charity Awards

https://tfn.scot/news/toonspeak-is-scottish-charity-of-the-year-2014

News in brief: what’s been going on across Scotland’s third sector 7 December 2018

LIST 7 December 2018 by Gareth Jones
Funding & Finance
A selection of stories from communities and voluntary organisations across Scotland

https://tfn.scot/lists/news-in-brief-whats-been-going-on-across-scotlands-third-sector-7-december

#ChristiePlus10: Radical Scotland? Not yet, but we can be if we choose.

OPINION 28 July 2021 by Adam Lang
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
#NeverMoreNeeded
1 comment
#ChristiePlus10: a series of expert blogs reflecting on ten years since the publication of the Christie Commission.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/christieplus10-radical-scotland-not-yet-but-we-can-be-if-we-choose

Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants

NEWS 4 May 2021 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#NeverMoreNeeded
1 comment
TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

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

SCVO Workforce Survey 2015

Julia Morrison
25 February 2015
Posted in
Reasons given for increased workloads fell into 4 main categories: Staff who have left, were made redundant,The pay is certainly much lower than similar posts in the private or public sector (I have worked in,Uncertainty of funding. Every year we wait to find out if we've got the funding to keep my post.,Job security in Third Sector, it's funding funding funding - 12 to 18 months contracts, should be like,: short-term funding, and delays in hearing about funding decisions 103 respondents mentioned funding

https://scvo.scot/p/7977/2015/02/25/scvo-workforce-survey-2015

Reference briefing: Scotland’s Labour Market Strategy

Ruth Boyle
24 July 2016
Posted in
Engender have recently called for a £50m Women’s Employment and Enterprise Challenge Fund to help reduce,the space to realise how they can best contribute to society outside the traditional Beveridge-era categories,The social contract which has governed our welfare state in the post-war era appears out-dated in the,cannot be solved by one-size-fits all approaches, but rather require explicit attention and subsequent funding

https://scvo.scot/p/13428/2016/07/24/reference-briefing-scotlands-labour-market-strategy-july-2016

SCVO Response to Devolution Committee call for written evidence on the Scotland Bill

Kate Wane
14 August 2015
Posted in
These fall broadly into three categories: the need for Gift Aid to be considered alongside the devolution,concerns of the third sector about the exclusion of families under pressure from the face of the Welfare Funds,Government to support people who have had their benefit cut/withdrawn through the Scottish Welfare Fund,This makes sense given the recent devolution of the Independent Living Fund and the ongoing development

https://scvo.scot/p/9890/2015/08/14/scvo-response-to-devolution-committee-call-for-written-evidence-on-the-scotland-bill

Welfare Funds (Scotland) Bill Stage 3 Briefing

Kate Wane
2 March 2015
Posted in
Those arguments focussed primarily on administrative convenience rather than the way in which the Fund,in order to protect their budgets or increase the share of community care grants available to other categories,[vi] Furthermore, excluding this category of applicant works against the strong Government focus on tackling,References [i]http://www.scvo.scot/long-form-posts/welfare-funds-scotland-bill-stage-1-debate/ [ii]http,(Scotland) Bill [v]http://www.scvo.scot/long-form-posts/welfare-funds-scotland-bill-stage-1-debate/#

https://scvo.scot/p/8050/2015/03/02/welfare-funds-scotland-bill-stage-3-briefing