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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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Organisational purpose

A well-run board is clear about the purpose and values of the organisation and how it will achieve its,purpose and values, and committing to them to make sure our organisation delivers what it was set up,Making sure our governing documents are fit for purpose and set out the details of how our organisation,Overseeing the use of assets and resources to make sure they are used to achieve our organisation’s purpose,Assessing whether other organisations are fulfilling similar purposes to ours more effectively and, if

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/governance/code/organisational-purpose

The future of SCVO: consulting on a new strategic approach

What struck us most was the need for clarity around our purpose, our role as a membership organisation,Our proposed purpose statement is: SCVO’s purpose is to support, promote and develop a confident voluntary,And the proposed principles describe how we will achieve our purpose: The approach we take to developing,cost We have a clear rationale for how SCVO’s activities deliver our purpose and belief statement We,What do you think of this approach and of how we have described our purpose, beliefs and principles?

https://scvo.scot/about/work/the-future-of-scvo-consulting-on-a-new-strategic-approach

Leadership

A well-run board is clear about its role and responsibilities and provides strategic direction in line,with the organisation’s purpose, vision and values.,for our decisions.,We need to make sure our organisation has a clear strategy to achieve our purpose.,Communicating with our staff, volunteers and members about our vision for our organisation and the decisions

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/governance/code/leadership

SCVO training & events privacy notice

Photography and filming may occasionally take place at our events.,This is used for publicity purposes by SCVO.,We also use it to send reminder emails and information about the event.,SCVO uses zoom for our online events with encryption.,Your information will also be anonymised for reporting purposes.

https://scvo.scot/privacy/training-and-events

Trading

What about social enterprise?,trading ancillary trading non-primary purpose trading.,Non primary purpose ‘small-scale’ trading is trading which cannot be justified as primary purpose or,Watch a recording of our webinar on trading, with our partners Azets and Gillespie Macandrew https://,Trustees trading and tax: how charities may lawfully trade A guide to voluntary sector trading from our

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/finance-business-management/trading

Cookies policy

You can find more detailed information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which,We store information about: the pages you visit and how long you spend on each page how you got to our,Find out more about security and privacy in Google Analytics.,This allows the efficacy of Facebook ads to be evaluated for statistical and market research purposes,Meta Products for the purposes of providing advertising and site analytics services.SessionooThis cookie

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CCTV privacy notice

Our registered office is Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.,and leaving our premises.,The use of CCTV monitoring is for the purposes of security and crime prevention and detection.,Your rights over your information By law, you can ask us what information we hold about you, and you,phone at: dataprotection@scvo.scot or 0800 169 0022 Your right to complain If you have a complaint about

https://scvo.scot/privacy/cctv

Before you start

We’re passionate about what the voluntary sector can achieve.,And along with our community of members, we believe that charities, social enterprises and voluntary,Our information will talk you through the steps you need to take to set up a charity.,Being a charity might be the right choice for you if you: will have one, or more, clear charitable purposes,Do you have a clear idea of the purpose of your organisation?

https://scvo.scot/support/setting-up/before-you-start

SCVO digital delivery privacy notice

Our registered office is Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.,We also record details of our interactions with you – for example feedback on training delivery and notes,of discussions about checkup responses.,We will also use it for reporting purposes - to monitor the impact and outcomes of the services we provide,Your information will be stored for a reasonable amount of time in order to perform the purposes listed

https://scvo.scot/privacy/digital

How to write your constitution

Before you start there are a few common issues that you need to think about, whatever legal structure,The key parts of a constitution will include details about - name, purposes, powers, membership, meetings,Purpose of your organisation Your constitution should outline the purpose of your organisation, what,Your charitable purpose must also meet one of the 16 categories listed in legislation.,Our information on what your charity will do will guide you through what you need to do.

https://scvo.scot/support/setting-up/writing-constitution