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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 Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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Data ethics, risk, and privacy

Informed consent: If you use people’s data, need a ‘lawful basis’ to do this.,If you are asking someone to share some of their details, it should be clear why you are doing this.,Data and statistics can be powerful when they are established as facts, so take care when you present,Here are a few key steps to take: Educate and support team members who are working with data on how to

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/data/data-ethics-risk-and-privacy

25 questions charities are asking about AI in 2025

We received around 40 questions during the live session, and have grouped and de-duplicated them into,questions We’ve covered audience questions about the Caddy tool from Citizen’s Advice in a separate blog

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/ai/25-questions-charities-are-asking-about-ai-in-2025

Real people’s stories can transform health care

Audrey Birt's own blog reveals the challenges of facing cancer and through it she has also has discovered

https://tfn.scot/opinion/real-peoples-stories-can-transform-health-care

DigiNext event content and speaker videos

Whether it’s improving a service, rethinking a process or doing user-testing.,“I don’t buy Nestle but I use Google and I need to do something about it” Dare to rethink how we engage,And you can check out this blog post for more of our thinking on what you need in a good digital strategy,Julie Wilson-Dodd Julie is a transformation consultant who works with charities to help them modernise,and creating connections.Most recently Sabrina has been working in NEoN Digital's Radical Digital Care

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/diginext-event-information

Sector's role in the economy

We bring innovative solutions, uphold human rights, support the most vulnerable, engage in prevention,We need to be considered equally alongside the private and public sectors. Why?,seem so enthusiastic about the prospects of a wellbeing economy, any hope of solving the challenges we,We are all interdependent.,://youtu.be/eG0s1cRtr1k Latest news & opinion The latest sector's role in the economy news and blogs.

https://scvo.scot/policy/transforming-the-economy/economy

Elections

What can and can’t charities do in the run-up to an election?,There are rules that apply around charities doing political campaigning that apply at any time.,In practice, this means that care should be taken when making announcements or taking decisions that,parties for the details of how to engage in their manifesto development processes, and will share them as we,communities to take part in the general election In your work with communities, particularly those who

https://scvo.scot/policy/elections

Do we need 1,000 social care bodies for 5.3m people?

Theresa Shearer says the foundations the social care sector in Scotland are built on are cracking and the sector must start talking about change

https://tfn.scot/opinion/a-thousand-social-care-bodies-for-5.3m-people-is-a-lot

The size and shape of the voluntary sector workforce

In the sections below we look at the size and shape of the sector’s workforce, staff recruitment and,We are currently exploring these aspects in our survey of voluntary sector staff.,Sector growth: The sector’s workforce has shown long-term growth, particularly in health and social care

https://scvo.scot/the-size-and-shape-of-the-voluntary-sector-workforce

SCVO response to Scottish Labour's Policy Forum

The Committee concluded that the existing procurement landscape “is causing a barrier to those who may,Collaborative Commissioning and Commissioning for Outcomes: the Coalition of Care and Support Providers,Over half of all voluntary organisations are involved in Social Care, Culture and Sport, or Community,Information Centre (SPICe) published a blog on the economic contribution of the sector.,Public Service Reform in Scotland: how do we turn rhetoric into reality?

https://scvo.scot/p/96677/2025/01/23/scvo-response-to-scottish-labours-policy-forum

The door is open - now we need to push it a bit further 

disappointments and successes of the 4 Steps to Fair Work campaign – and what its emerging movement can do

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-door-is-open-now-we-need-to-push-it-a-bit-further