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Unwrapping a year of digital support

John Fitzgerald

12 December 2024

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Support & learning
Digital

In this blog we’re wrapping up and reflecting on a year of work helping charities of all sizes to boost,final training sessions and offering more 1-to-1 digital support sessions What have we noticed or learned,with events on digital change, building your cyber incident response plan, and putting people at the heart,awareness-raising activity to help organisations keep cyber security on their radar at all levels from boards

https://scvo.scot/p/95957/2024/12/12/unwrapping-a-year-of-digital-support

New chair for leading third sector arts group

NEWS 10 September 2019 by Graham Martin

Management

One of Scotland’s leading community arts groups has appointed a senior third sector figure as its new

https://tfn.scot/news/new-chair-for-leading-third-sector-arts-group

Triple hit as charities and third sector projects announce closure

NEWS 18 December 2023 by Niall Christie

Families & Young People

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Environment & International

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

Regeneration & Housing

#RunningCostsCrisis

Funding challenges have contributed to the closures, which will come into effect next year.

https://tfn.scot/news/triple-hit-as-charities-and-third-sector-projects-announce-closure

Covid recovery strategy pledges a fairer, more inclusive approach

OPINION 19 October 2021 by Duncan Thorp

https://tfn.scot/opinion/covid-recovery-strategy-pledges-a-fairer-more-inclusive-approach

Response to Social Justice and Social Security Committee Pre-budget Scrutiny: Third sector funding principles

Sheghley Ogilvie

13 August 2024

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Consultation responses

Ultimately, this creates needless inefficiency at the heart of public policy and public services.,prescriptive on how the work is carried out rather than allowing the organisation to apply ongoing learning,organisation “Rising costs are not matched by increases in contract funding leading to loss making across the board

https://scvo.scot/p/93311/2024/08/13/response-to-social-justice-and-social-security-committee-pre-budget-scrutiny-third-sector-funding-principles

#ChristiePlus10: Radical Scotland? Not yet, but we can be if we choose.

OPINION 28 July 2021 by Adam Lang

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

#NeverMoreNeeded

1 comment

#ChristiePlus10: a series of expert blogs reflecting on ten years since the publication of the Christie

https://tfn.scot/opinion/christieplus10-radical-scotland-not-yet-but-we-can-be-if-we-choose

SCVO response to the Finance and Public Administration Committee's National Performance Framework inquiry

Paul Bradley

14 April 2022

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Consultation responses

Economy

committee that the 2023 review is an opportunity to ‘reposition the National Performance Framework at the heart,tools should not be viewed as an exercise in form-filling but rather to help policymakers think and learn,In announcing the inquiry to the Scottish Parliament on 1 March, the Convenor mentioned that in his blog,The Social Renewal Advisory Board's report – "If not now, when?",The committee should consider this key call to action from the Social Renewal Advisory Board.

https://scvo.scot/p/49998/2022/04/14/scvo-response-to-the-finance-committee-inquiry-national-performance-framework-ambitions-into-action