SCVO news blog

SCVO media release 25 November 2015 Following George Osborne’s autumn statement today, John Downie, Director of Public Affairs, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), said: “The third sector in Scotland can claim two huge wins from the Chancellor’s autumn statement... Read more

Exciting news: we've just deployed the official alpha release of Good HQ, a new feedback platform for charities and good causes in Scotland.It's here to do three things: To help charities and good causes gather feedback about what they're doing well and how they could improve To... Read more

This is something of a milestone update: our alpha product is close to feature complete, and we are now accepting signups from anyone who is interested in taking the product for a spin. Head over to the Good HQ homepage, hit sign up to get started, and then let us know how you... Read more

The individuals named below have been appointed to the SCVO Policy Committee, which works to reflect the best interests of the third sector in Scotland. It is the job of SCVO to take these policies and represent the shared interests of the third sector to government, local... Read more

Annual Review 2014 -15 Our Annual Review celebrates our achievements of the past year. https://readymag.com/439677 Annual Report 2014 -15 Our Annual Report is presented by our Directors, together with the audited financial statement for the year ended 31 March 2015. It is... Read more

Here's the latest roundup of progress over the last fortnight. There's been a brief hiatus since the last post, as we've also moved across Edinburgh to a new home at Hayweight House on Lauriston Street. This gives us more room for whiteboards and problem-solving, and as an added... Read more

SCVO media release 23 September We need to do more to maintain public trust in fundraising Trustees and senior managers of charities must take more ownership of fundraising activity Need to do more to prevent vulnerable people being inundated with fundraising requests Sub... Read more

Here's the latest roundup of progress over the last fortnight. We deployed a new, stable pre-release build of the platform and have begun gathering user feedback. The user-generated content on the platform is still test data at this stage; in a couple of week's time we will reset... Read more

SCVO media release 14 September 2015 The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations has received funding of £1.3m from the Scottish Government to create more jobs for young unemployed people in charities and third sector organisations through Community Jobs Scotland. The... Read more