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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.

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

SCVO news blog

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Call for Scottish third sector to show value and support for EU nationals
Press release
24 October 2017
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The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is calling for third sector organisations across the country to put supports in place to encourage EU nationals on their staff to remain in Scotland. According to the Office for National Statistics, 117,000 EU nationals left... Read more

Greater collaboration needed to improve funding process
Jenny Bloomfield
17 October 2017
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I recently attended the Corra Foundation’s conference on funding (Corra being the relaunched Lloyds TSB Foundation and a large funder here in Scotland). The day – entitled ‘Change convention: a space to explore how to create positive change in uncertain times’ – kicked off with... Read more

Three launches Discovery to help tackle digital exclusion in Scotland
Press release
11 October 2017
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Earlier this week Three announced a nationwide rollout and further investment in its pioneering digital skills initiative - 'Discovery' - as part of its ongoing commitment to empower and educate local communities by teaching them essential online skills. David McNeill, Director... Read more

SCVO response to CAF report
Press release
5 October 2017
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Following the publication of the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) first annual report on generosity earlier today, SCVO Chief Executive Martin Sime said: "The people of Scotland make an enormous contribution to our communities through supporting and working for good causes which... Read more

An Unfair Start
Martin Sime
4 October 2017
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The campaign to devolve employability services to Scotland lasted more than a decade. It was based on the simple proposition that local control would be better, complementary work could be aligned to deliver a better service and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), which... Read more

Third sector cut out of new employability landscape
Press release
4 October 2017
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SCVO strongly disappointed that near replication of Work Programme means third sector regulated to role of sub-contractors The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) has expressed its strong disappointment at the lack of successful third sector organisations who have... Read more

Applications open for 2018 One Digital: Senior Leaders Programme
Press release
2 October 2017
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In November 2016, charity and third sector leaders from across Scotland came together with a rallying call to action, urging charity trustees, chief executives and other third sector leaders to embrace the digital agenda and commit to seizing the opportunities presented by the... Read more

SCVO Chief Martin Sime to retire
Press release
28 September 2017
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The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) has today announced that its Chief Executive, Martin Sime, is to retire following more than 25 successful years. Mr. Sime, who joined the charity umbrella body in 1991, has been credited with transforming the role of third... Read more

Five tips to help you prepare for GDPR
Tracey Bird
26 September 2017
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Never mind the countdown to Christmas, there’s only 241 days left to get ready for Data Protection D-Day! Last Thursday saw me at the SCVO Data Protection conference in Edinburgh. The event sold out remarkably quickly - evidence that the third sector has concerns about GDPR – the... Read more

SCVO's response to Prime Minister's Brexit speech in Florence
Press release
22 September 2017
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Scotland’s third sector have made clear the grave concerns we hold around the potential loss of human rights protections we all enjoy as part of the EU, the rights of EU citizens living here and the future of EU funding – which so many charities rely on to undertake the great... Read more