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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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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

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

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

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

AI and the third sector

To my mind, these fall into three broad categories: new ways for charities to achieve their mission changing,to many jobs becoming obsolete in the near future, large numbers of people will have to adapt to a post-work,Dr Kendra Briken (University of Strathclyde), Tom Cheesewright (https://bookofthefuture.co.uk) and SCVO,Hosted by SCVO Digital Director David McNeill, you can book your place here.

https://scvo.scot/p/23628/2018/01/19/ai-and-the-third-sector

SCVO Workforce Survey 2015

The survey was circulated through many channels to ensure a wide range of respondents: SCVO members bulletin,Cascaded to intermediaries, and included in a number of e-bulletins, eg VHS Shared by SCVO staff to,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,Every year we wait to find out if we've got the funding to keep my post.

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

Welfare Funds (Scotland) Bill Stage 3 Briefing

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 and others – Stage 2 Briefing Welfare Fund (Scotland) Bill [v]http://www.scvo.scot/long-form-posts,Further details about SCVO can be found at www.scvo.scot.

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

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

Introduction As there have been no substantive changes made to the clauses from draft to Bill, the concerns SCVO,These fall broadly into three categories: the need for Gift Aid to be considered alongside the devolution,SCVO does not support any mandatory activity or conditionality within the Bill, including the notion,We believe the current conditionality regime should be devolved, at which point SCVO would then call,Further details about SCVO can be found at www.scvo.scot.

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

What matters to the third sector in #GE2015?

Over the past month or so, SCVO has been running a survey asking what your top priorities are for the,Unsurprisingly, in both categories the top concern was the voluntary sector!,Well, as I hinted in my original post that accompanied this survey, we’re keeping that to ourselves.

https://scvo.scot/p/8483/2015/04/07/what-matters-to-the-third-sector-in-ge2015

A week in the life of a digital champion

SCVO are therefore working with charities from across Scotland to turn frontline staff and volunteers,Between Jan 2018- April 2019 SCVO partnered with 41 organisations, to train 257 Digital Champions.,SCVO use estimates for these figures, provided by DCs at the end of their training.,Examples of support provided Note- these categories have been applied by SCVO to the examples given by,Showed customer how to find post codes. Helped customer fill out a Housing Benefit form online.”

https://scvo.scot/p/30972/2019/05/09/a-week-in-the-life-of-a-digital-champion