There's more information about the work of our support services in the ‘Support Services’ section on,Our digital team has hosted 40 free #DigiShift webinars and six Cyber Scotland Week events for hundreds,This meant that overall, by March 2021, we'd created over 9,800 CJS jobs.,We also delivered five events in Trustees Week and launching a new Trustees Network sponsored by Aberdeen,benefits package for launch in April 2021.

Read all about our winners: Campaign of the Year- "Hare to stay" Leuchie House Leuchie House provides,The trail brought colour, excitement and enthusiasm to North Berwick in the summer of 2021, and visitors,Coatbridge Citizens Advice Bureau For the past 20 years, Nan Fotheringham has dedicated two days a week,I accept it on behalf of my fellow volunteers in Coatbridge CAB and the CABx network.,Trustee of the Year- Ian Monteague, FARE Scotland Ian Monteague, FARE’s chairperson, has been involved

This is a theme we explored during Trustees Week 2021 when SCVO ran a number of webinars on board recruitment,It’s a great way to get the conversation started about good governance at board meetings.,We’ll cover what you need to know about charity law and good governance and what trustees can and can,’t do, so your new and existing trustees can play a full part in decision making.,trustees and our sample Trustee induction checklist which you can use to prepare your own induction

SCVO is focussing on board recruitment and diversity during Trustees’ Week 2021.,The Good Governance webinar on Wednesday 3 November will explore the benefits of having trustees on your,Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), and we’ve done some work pulling together a range of resources about,Thinking is in its infancy, so I am keen to hear ideas that people have about challenges, different approaches,You can be part of a network of people interested in trailblazing and learning together.

As part of our ongoing commitment to good governance, the SCVO board met last week to continue to explore,for the sector is important, not only to support the reputation of SCVO, but also to influence and network,Of course good leadership is about more than knowing your role and responsibilities as a trustee, it’,s also about setting the tone through behaviour, culture and overall performance.,And why not also join the SCVO Trustee Network to get information and news on relevant topics, and hear

three quarters (72%) of Scottish charities are run entirely by volunteers, including over 250,000 trustees,of Scotland’s political parties supported multi-year funding for the sector in the lead up to the 2021,voluntary sector for many years, most recently in our response to the Economy Committee in January 2021,40 hours or more per week, sometimes at short notice, to fulfil contracts.,support this, SCVO will continue to promote Fair Work through our events, working and advisory groups, networks

Voluntary organisations’ work is essential to the green economy, through supporting local energy networks,SCVO welcomed cross-party support for multi-year funding in the run up to the 2021 Scottish Parliament,contained a commitment to develop longer term funding models for the sector and, in Parliament in December 2021,the legal need to issue redundancy notices whilst awaiting funding decisions and the legal duty of Trustees,consultations and frontline organisations still stretched extremely thin due to the pandemic, the extra two weeks