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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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Membership

The resources, training and opportunities available to members, together with the wealth of news and,Due to the detrimental impact Covid-19 had on people’s mental health and not being able to access face,counselling, Zoom Coping with Change workshops, befriending calls and a suite of digital self-help resources,minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer, due to these alarming figures and more significantly Covid,-19 there were increased rates of anxiety, depression and complex trauma.

https://scvo.scot/membership

NTSF Apex Scotland

They support them to remove any barriers or perceived barriers to access services.,Stage 1 activity is about supporting people into regular activity and positive routines.,Covid As a result of the measures taken following the covid 19 outbreak some APEX services were disrupted,This encourages participants to reconnect to local resources that will be sustainable.,These venues were inaccessible during the COVID 19 Lockdown period and alternative methods of delivery

https://scvo.scot/about/work/european-projects/ntsf/delivery-partners/apex-scotland

Messenger services

Charities using this tool CHAYN is running a telegram group to provide trauma support to survivors of,domestic and sexual abuseParentzone’s crisis messenger services use SMS to provide a mental health support,serviceWHO’s COVID-19 Health Alert chatbot delivers health advice via WhatsAppBarnardo's pilot of WhatsApp

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/research-and-resources/tools-functionality/messenger-services

Voluntary sector organisations

Tips for fundraisers The Chartered Institute of Fundraising has created online resources to offer practical,suggestions on how to keep the supporter experience at the forefront of your fundraising despite the

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/never-more-needed/stories/voluntary-sector-organisations

#NeverMoreNeeded resources

Best practice for funders SCVO is working with funders to support a collaborative, aligned response to,Tips for fundraisers The Chartered Institute of Fundraising has created an online resource - 'Fundraising,in the time of COVID-19' - which aims to offer practical suggestions on how to keep the supporter experience,How businesses can support charities Scottish society needs a thriving voluntary sector to support people,Find out how members of the public can help support the sector.

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/never-more-needed/resources

2021

campaign over 79,000 people visited the team’s website and 185 people accessed specialist self-help resources,Resources she produced for professionals and young carers on the topic of supporting carers through a,19 pandemic.,Charity of the year AND People’s Choice Award – Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity (ECHC) Covid-19,Through the tightest Covid restrictions and a hospital move; ECHC was privileged to stand alongside those

https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards/previous-winners/winners-2021

New service delivery models

channels, see our How To Guide: Digital Services SCVO in collaboration with Third Sector Lab are also supporting,Youth Link Scotland have good resources on digital youth work. Be ready to test, learn and iterate.,voluntary sector organisations basing their work on face-to-face contact, social distancing during the Covid,-19 pandemic is presenting real challenges.,link More information See SCVO events calendar for details of upcoming DigiShift zoom calls, and this resource

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/service-delivery

Case Studies

for programmes with outcomes that are a strong priority of funders, there is a huge drain of time and resources,with local organisations and communities, and faced with uncertainties around the length of financial support,plans to develop a new service to assist with the mental health pandemic that has followed on from COVID,-19, the ability to recruit and retain staff on adequate salaries has been vital.,organisation’s services has resulted in growth year on year, as young people benefit hugely from the support

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/fair-funding/example-case-studies

Accounts & reporting

reporting implications that may arise from the measures being put in place to contain the impact of the COVID,-19 virus.,The SoFA brings together all the resources available to the charity and shows how these have been used

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/finance-business-management/charity-accounts-financial-reporting

Cost of living & the #RunningCostsCrisis

We're here to provide practical support and help fight your corner.,please keep checking to make sure that you're up to speed with all of our latest #RunningCostsCrisis resources,wanted to share our past webinars that might be useful - some of them were created in response to the covid,Young Scot have created a resource for young people on Coping with the cost crisis with information,,The NPC resource hub has been developed to advise funders how the needs of charities and the communities

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/running-costs-crisis