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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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Staff

There are around 138,000 paid staff in the third sector in Scotland.

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/staff-volunteers/staff

Tailoring communications for the digital age

The secret of success is to make use of statistics, experts told Robert Armour at Comms Rewired

https://tfn.scot/features/tailoring-communications-for-the-digital-age

Annual Review 2015-16 Text Only

People in Scotland tell us they love charity!,Some key stats: 82% agreed most charities can be trusted. 37% of those gave them top marks. 73% feel,in 2015. 77% donated money, 58% donated goods, 62% bought goods, 48% sponsored, 38% campaigned and 30%,I love staying in this community and I love charity for making it better.,in communities across Scotland set up innovative projects to mitigate the effects of welfare reform

https://scvo.scot/p/14130/2016/12/07/annual-review-2015-16-text-only

Getting the most out of the new charity data hub

Our new interactive data hub pulls together all the basic data on the third sector such as how many organisations,is that you can now filter data yourself to find out things like – how many people work in the third sector,How much money do third sector social care organisations bring in and spend every year?,a local authority area in a map will filter other graphs and tables Say you are interested in third sector,It’s the first time we have presented the sector stats in this way, so we’re keen to hear what you think

https://scvo.scot/p/27793/2018/11/26/getting-the-most-out-of-the-new-charity-data-hub

Charity sector growth in 2017

interactive data hub has pulled together the latest financial data available on the Scottish third sector,In 2017 the total income of the Scottish third sector continued to grow, albeit at a slower rate than,Not only does this make life difficult for us poor researchers, it also means that the sector’s growth,Some organisations have flourished thanks to large-scale investments in build projects, with new charities,tackling loneliness (including men’s sheds), groups challenging poverty (including food banks and food projects

https://scvo.scot/p/27845/2018/11/28/charity-sector-growth-in-2017

#ILoveCharity – campaign update

SCVO launched the I Love Charity campaign in February 2018 to inspire trust in charities.,– to help the general public understand our sector better Launched a new interactive charity data hub,and share better sector stats Run a Storytelling Conference to support and inspire organisations to,I’m biased, so I would obviously say that everything we have done has had real value for the sector.,For more info and updates, keep an eye on the I Love Charity campaign page on our website and Twitter

https://scvo.scot/p/27945/2018/12/04/ilovecharity-campaign-update

Third Sector Forecast 2019

’s financial situation would improve.79% of large charities and 78% of medium sized charities think the,Stats https://scvo.scot/projects-campaigns/i-love-charity/sector-stats Our recent analysis of charity,However, while the sector did grow overall and many charities fared reasonably well, the average charity,Young homeless people deserve to be loved and have fun, we’re funded to house them and not much more.,understanding of the voluntary/charity sector, the scale of the organisations or the range of work carried

https://scvo.scot/p/30032/2019/02/20/third-sector-forecast-2019

SCVO submission to UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

May2019Download The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), our members, and the wider third sector,Our response has been developed openly with input from the Scottish third sector in the SCVO wiki .,SCVO welcomes this approach and recognises that it addresses the failures of many previous major IT projects,View the latest sector stats SCVO’s policy works to ensure that the needs and concerns of the third sector,By acting as an authoritative and trusted voice for the sector, SCVO’s policy and research output is

https://scvo.scot/p/31067/2019/05/22/scvo-submission-to-un-special-rapporteur-on-extreme-poverty-and-human-rights

Latest figures show giving has fallen – should we be worrying?

For the third year in a row, the number of people in Scotland giving money to charities dropped.,Another reason to celebrate is that engagement with charities remains high in Scotland.,Given the importance of ensuring new volunteers keep coming into our sector, we can maybe take heart,In response, the Scottish Government and voluntary and community sector partners have come together to,SCVO researchers are currently in the middle of analysing charity accounts for our State of the Sector

https://scvo.scot/p/31492/2019/06/11/latest-figures-show-giving-has-fallen-should-we-be-worrying

Public Health Scotland - SCVO response to Scottish Government

It should therefore take into account the significance of the role of the voluntary sector in delivering,a third sector representative, or a third sector committee, to engage the voluntary sector.,Public Health Reform third sector stakeholder group on 18th June.,View the latest sector stats SCVO’s policy works to ensure that the needs and concerns of the voluntary,sector in Scotland are represented in the Scottish, United Kingdom and European Parliaments.

https://scvo.scot/p/31667/2019/07/02/public-health-scotland-scvo-response-to-scottish-government