Posts tagged Policy briefing

Lobbying (Scotland) Bill – Stage 1 SCVO Briefing 5 January 2016 Key points: To ensure diverse views are still encouraged at Parliament and the voice of smaller third sector organisations is not lost, we urge MSPs to ensure that the Lobbying Bill remains light touch If the... Read more

2 January 2016 'The pressure on budgets is intense and public spending is not expected to return to 2010 levels in real terms for 16 years.' Christie Commission Key findings Cuts to public sector budgets have started to have a real impact on third sector finances, with public... Read more

Introduction As it stands the Scotland Bill is not a coherent piece of legislation and, along with many in our sector, SCVO questions its effectiveness. We consider that this Bill ought to give the Scottish Parliament full policy autonomy over devolved areas, allowing for the... Read more

Taxation With the prospect of new powers over income tax through the Scotland Act 2012 and Scotland Bill 2015-16, SCVO has been reflecting on what a future Scottish tax system may look like. For SCVO there are two key questions to be answered before we began to consider what we... Read more

Introduction Our starting point is that our economy needs to change. In our discussion paper ‘An Economy for All’ we suggest four guiding principles which should underpin an urgently needed rethinking of our economy: The well-being and collective prosperity of people across... Read more

The effectiveness of the self-regulation of fundraising in Scotland: an informal review August 2015 Contents Foreword 1.0 Executive summary 2.0 Introduction 3.0 Fundraising in Scotland 3.1 Who fundraises? 3.2 How is money raised? 3.3 How much are charities raising in Scotland?... Read more

SCVO fundraising review, August 2015: report on survey findings This report forms a part of the wider review report The effectiveness of the self-regulation of fundraising in Scotland: an informal review 1 Context This report presents an analysis of a survey carried out by SCVO... Read more

SCVO is delighted to support this motion and the work of Amnesty International in its campaign. As we watch the plight of many thousands of refugees across Europe, never has the debate about maintaining the Human Rights Act been so current or so important. Scotland has once again... Read more

Our response Introduction SCVO has maintained a clear position on extension of FOI to the third sector. We support the extension of Freedom of Information to include the provision of all public services, irrespective of whether those services are provided by public, private or... Read more

Introduction SCVO welcomes the opportunity to respond to this timely and important inquiry by the Welfare Reform Committee. The Committee has been one of the most effective in the Scottish Parliament, scrutinizing and challenging both UK and Scottish policy. Such tenacity is... Read more