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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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Right now, trustees are #NeverMoreNeeded

So as our sector begins to think about adjusting to the ‘new normal’, and planning for an uncertain future

https://scvo.scot/p/38725/2020/06/01/right-now-trustees-are-nevermoreneeded

Digital Champions team up to provide that ‘extra mile’ service

We advertised using our social media page and website, issued a press release, featured an article in,Included on our posters is information about our computer stations in our Aberdeen office reception.,Philip is not always able to get out and about so his PlayStation is a means of escape and contact with,CHRISTINE One step leads to another When speaking to Christine about sharing their story as an example

https://scvo.scot/p/35872/2020/03/09/digital-champions-team-up-to-provide-that-extra-mile-service

Dance Like Everyone’s Watching!

Pasna’s eyes shines when she talks about the beautiful intergenerational relationships that have been,Within a week, Pasna was being featured by STV News about its huge success.,The first step was getting clients to press the video button to move from text chat to video chat. ,They will offer language quizzes and discussions about past travel to other countries.,She is enthusiastic about the service and humble about how she has made this all happen. 

https://scvo.scot/p/37323/2020/04/09/dance-like-everyones-watching

How to write a good press release - by a journalist

People like to read about people, and hence making sure you include case studies or comments from members,Even if you release is about a relatively dry issue, you can make it interesting by presenting the information,these days of ‘Fake News’, any slight discrepancies are likely to be highlighted swiftly on social media,As with stories, pictures are also about people.,few different faces, and a caption with the full names of those featured will win you friends in the media

https://scvo.scot/p/25944/2018/08/29/how-to-write-a-good-press-release-by-a-journalist

Developing this website

More positively; it was well-used - by people sharing posts by our policy team, reading pages about how,to set up and run a charity by our information service, and finding out about the employability programmes,organisational website - should be to promote what the organisation does, provide a platform to allow press,Relevant to the sector, media, MSPs and activists - campaigning, news, policy.,The facility to show blog posts, press releases, authors, related posts, and post categories was pulled

https://scvo.scot/p/24481/2018/01/31/developing-this-website

Alcohol pricing - no silver bullet

while the victory in the Supreme Court is to be welcomed, we should immediately temper expectations about,third sector organisations to not only welcome the admission that this isn’t a silver bullet, but to press,None of this is news – the NHS and Scottish Government routinely flood the media with stats and studies,To their credit, every Scottish Government has tried to do something about it.,What about the people who actually struggle with alcohol?

https://scvo.scot/p/22847/2017/11/18/alcohol-pricing-no-silver-bullet

Independent experts to oversee charity fundraising in Scotland

SCVO media release 8 December 2016 The Scottish Fundraising Implementation Group has announced the members,Adjudication Panel for Scotland, which will oversee fundraising standards and fundraising complaints about,will play an important role in this by overseeing fundraising standards and fundraising complaints about,To request an interview or for more information, please contact Charlotte McNeill, Communications & Press

https://scvo.scot/p/14153/2016/12/08/independent-experts-to-oversee-charity-fundraising-in-scotlan

Who Cares? We do

Nothing About Us, Without Us, Is For Us I learned the true meaning of this phrase during my four years,As Harry in his blog about life in care tells us, the fundamental hurdle faced by him and others was

https://scvo.scot/p/13862/2016/10/26/who-cares-we-do

Millennial misery

suspected, the findings make for grim reading: Millennials – those born between 1980 and the mid-90s – are about

https://scvo.scot/p/13888/2016/11/01/millennial-misery-gap-old-young

Data Protection: too big, too scary, too complicated?

But a lack of knowledge of what it’s really all about can make people wary to the point where they’d,It’s all about Personal Information What kind of information does your organisation use?,basic gut feeling about what’s right and wrong.,The following examples are actual cases reported in the press.,Moreover, we are talking about a pair of pyjamas – not personal information!

https://scvo.scot/p/13790/2016/10/11/data-protection-too-big-too-scary-too-complicated