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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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Information for new trustees

your organisation’s purpose It’s vital as a trustee that you know about what your organisation was set,up to do, how it’s trying to achieve its aims and who it’s trying to help.,A good induction will help you understand your role and responsibilities, what the legal structure of,There may also be other regulators that you need to report to, and you should ensure you’re up to date

https://scvo.scot/about/networks/trustee/information-for-new-charity-trustees

Open day improves links with local community

Dan Mushens examines the importance of charities working closely with the wider community

https://tfn.scot/opinion/open-day-improves-links-with-local-community

SCVO response to the inquiry into Public Administration – Effective Scottish Government decision-making (Finance & Public Administration Committee)

others, to respond to consultations.,I cast my mind back to the concordat, which was decided very quickly, and that released us into a place,and skills of civil servants, data indicate that good relationships rely on individuals remaining in post,As Sheghley Ogilvie from SCVO explained in a blog post last year: ‘I’ve often heard the Programme for,Case study of voluntary sector intermediaries, page 25 Funding transparency would support SCVO and other

https://scvo.scot/p/57213/2023/02/16/scvo-response-to-the-inquiry-into-public-administration-effective-scottish-government-decision-making

Implications for Scotland and the third sector on leaving the EU

Assurances set out by the Treasury include: All structural and investment fund projects, including agri-environment,Leaving the EU: A Possible Timetable The Council of the European Union immediately set up a special taskforce,This process will begin when the UK decides to activate Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty which signals,organisations have expressed concern that the third sector is not being engaged actively enough in post,Such a shock would likely lead to significant increased demand for support from third sector organisations

https://scvo.scot/p/13459/2016/08/26/implications-for-scotland-and-the-third-sector-on-leaving-the-eu

Right Approach Campaign: July - December 2016

Following on from SCVO’s interim report produced in June 2016, this document sets out the developing,SCVO realised the dangers and decided a positive human rights campaign was necessary to energise the,Scottish third sector to stand up for hard-won rights and freedoms.,Campaign content The core group decided to start with a two week intensive splash period, followed by,social enterprises and voluntary organisations of all shapes and sizes our governance and membership structures

https://scvo.scot/p/14613/2017/02/28/right-approach-campaign-july-december-2016

Inquiry into Scotland’s Economic Future Post-2014

First we must decide what the aim of economic policy in Scotland should be.,Employment policy must also recognise changing demographics, and the Scottish Government and other public,We also recommend that much more is done to help other carers remain in the workplace whenever possible,Rather, we wish to see a clear precedent set following the key principles outlined above.,monitoring-poverty-and-social-exclusion-2013 [viii] KPMG (October 2012) Current Trends in Household Finance and Structural

https://scvo.scot/p/3399/2014/02/03/inquiry-into-scotlands-economic-future-post-2014

The war on the Commonweal: taking a stand in 2014

The imposition of this business model not only changed structures and relationships but more insidiously,Nye Bevan, the Welsh post-war Minister, described the NHS “an act of collective goodwill” - a phrase,The forming of opinions is as important as expressing them through debate in public settings.,Secondly, a Truth Commission had been set up to investigate the banking scandal and an hour after its,He had the confidence to let it be decided by EFTA -the European Free Trade Association court, which

https://scvo.scot/p/2963/2014/01/08/the-war-on-the-commonweal-taking-a-stand-in-2014

Commission on Local Government Tax Reform

, that others campaign for changes in land distribution and ownership, and that yet others are concerned,Deciding on those principles and then marrying them with the practicalities is the Commission's challenge,others, and that this is what supports and nurtures our society, and, indeed, is what often enables,However, we have set out what we hope the Commission will find some useful guiding principles for them,reidfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/The-Silent-Crisis1.pdf [v] http://www.scvo.scot/long-form-posts

https://scvo.scot/p/9312/2015/06/10/commission-on-local-government-tax-reform

Call for Evidence, Welfare Reform Committee - The Future of Social Security

For some, that journey will take longer and so the new employment powers must support outcomes other,change, it is not difficult to alter what they have set up.,Deciding on a delivery mechanism can then follow on from this.,Joined up Clearly linked with other policies/services (e.g. health, social care, transport); clearer,social enterprises and voluntary organisations of all shapes and sizes our governance and membership structures

https://scvo.scot/p/10048/2015/08/31/call-for-evidence-welfare-reform-committee-the-future-of-social-security

Funding of EU Structural Fund Priorities in Scotland, post-Brexit

Our positions Scottish Parliament should be the ultimate accountable body for any post-Brexit Structural,While EU funding makes up only a small percentage of the third sector’s overall funding, for those organisations,However, it depends on how much the UK Government decides to allocate to departmental spending, rather,Other methods of distribution are also not without flaws.,It’s clear that Scottish Parliament must be the ultimate authority for any post-Brexit structural funds

https://scvo.scot/p/30911/2019/05/03/%ef%bb%bffunding-of-eu-structural-fund-priorities-in-scotland-post-brexit