From others, there was a more muted response.,SCVO welcomes these announcements and the Government’s willingness to look at the long term future of,Justice Reforms to be introduced to protect victims and support services to help families bereaved by,Community Land The Community Land fund will continue to support community land purchases through a £10,million per year Scottish Land Fund.

satisfy internal stakeholders, have a modern design, and be highly flexible for future changes in requirements,SCVO has a long history with an online presence - over 19 years.,Political animals Focus on current affairs activity – welfare cuts, public service reform, referendum,We also required the design to be responsive - that is to say, it should be readable and navigable on,Bringing it all together We set about designing landing pages for each of the key areas that have a top-level

reforming our economic and tax systems, we would be in a good place to face the next twenty years of,Christie commission concluded its work 6 years ago, and yet we are still far from public service reform,Finally, in our response to the Scottish Government’s budget proposals for 2017-18, John Downie suggested,Therefore, we need to tax land and property as well as income.,has discussed previously – see, for example, http://www.scvo.scot/long-form-posts/an-economy-for-all-report-economyforall

of volunteering and caring responsibilities.,The introduction of secondary legislation to enhance the Land Reform Bill.,Reform Bill and to support community ownership of land.,SCVO works in partnership with the third sector in Scotland to advance our shared values and interests,As the only inclusive representative umbrella organisation for the sector SCVO: has the largest Scotland-wide

2016 Our vision A fairer Scotland is our vision for the future.,Scottish Campaign on Welfare Reform: Promote a positive approach to social security.,Community Land Scotland: Support the progressive realisation of the right to adequate housing, employment,The ALLIANCE: To enable individuals with long-term conditions to determine their own future the principles,: Employability Support – SCVO Response Employability, social justice and contribution discussion paper

Introduction SCVO welcomes the Scottish Government’s commitment to land reform and increased community,As housing is one on the key forms of land use in Scotland as well as an important factor in addressing,of a Land Rights and Responsibilities statement and the creation of a Land Reform Commission.,2015/05/cls15-speeches/ [iii] http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/06/4845 [iv] http://www.scvo.scot/long-form-posts,/scvo-response-the-future-of-land-reform-in-scotland/ [v] http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S4_Bills/

Introduction SCVO welcomes the Committee’s call for views on its future work programme and how the Committee,response to the Smith Commission and SCVO's work priorities: Social Security & Employability Social,and across the UK in the future.,Land Reform We appreciate that this is an issue that the Committee has previously examined in some detail,However, it remains a current issue for our sector, especially with the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill currently

SCVO was a member of the High Level Reference Group chaired by the Secretary of State for Scotland that,The Crown Estate The prospect of devolution of the Crown Estate has long been on the agenda in Scotland,[v] The devolution of the Crown Estate to the Scottish Parliament was advocated by SCVO in its 2011 response,Community Land Scotland and other third sector organisations also gave evidence to the Committee seeking,References [i] https://storage.googleapis.com/scvo-cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/welfare-reform-mapping-report2