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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Charity battles to curb indyref fallout

​Cyrenians host an online session this Friday to help people reconcile with friends and colleagues following the referendum

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-battles-to-curb-indyref-fallout

How to avoid family arguments at Christmas

Third sector leaders on how to have a peaceful Christmas

https://tfn.scot/news/how-to-avoid-family-arguments-at-christmas

Daily coronavirus roundup for third sector, Monday 20 April

News on how Scotland's voluntary sector is responding to the pandemic

https://tfn.scot/features/daily-coronavirus-roundup-for-third-sector-monday-20-april

SCVO response to the Finance & Public Administration Committee: Scotland's public finances in 2023-24 - the impact of the cost of living and public service reform

We champion our sector’s social and economic contribution, provide essential services, and debate big,SCVO’s support services have also secured expert advice for our members in partnership with Utility Aid,SCVO’s thought-leadership blog series highlights the economic return on investment generated from public,The Scottish Government recognised the need for information, advice, and support and committed to working,organisations, they will have to make difficult decisions, such as redundancies, reducing the number of days

https://scvo.scot/p/52616/2022/08/19/scvo-response-to-the-finance-public-administration-committee-scotlands-public-finances-in-2023-24-the-impact-of-the-cost-of-living-and-public-service-reform

How to become a data-driven charity

Top tips • Find the goldilocks issueStart with something that is big enough that people care about it,; but not a big enough problem that everyone cares• Make a startGive yourself 30 days to do some research,Culture change The culture of your organisation is set by your people, by what they do every day with,blog about how they are using their data to transform.,This blog shows a student placement can have a huge impact on how your charity uses it’s data.Data Lab

https://scvo.scot/p/39244/2020/06/25/become-a-data-driven-charity

Renewing Scotland’s full potential in a digital world

We champion the sector, provide services, and debate big issues.,implemented new ways of working and simple digital services was very rapid – in many cases, a matter of days,organisations did not have time or capacity to conduct their own digital research, but valued receiving advice,digital rather than following tightly specified ‘road map’;Tailored and proportionate cyber resilience advice,and support which is focused around accessible, actionable advice for end users and senior managementTraining

https://scvo.scot/p/42425/2020/12/24/renewing-scotlands-full-potential-in-a-digital-world

Digital Participation: it's still for everyone

“My advice is – what is their interest, what do they miss?,web searches on points of interest which come up in conversation.”Craig Wilson, General Manager at Big,My colleague John Fitzgerald recently published this blog on safeguarding and privacy which is a useful,My family texted me and phoned me and that was it, and they laugh to this day that I still do not know,Completing the Checklist was a big step for ‘M’ on many levels.

https://scvo.scot/p/37449/2020/04/14/digital-participation-its-still-for-everyone

Five tips to help you prepare for GDPR

Never mind the countdown to Christmas, there’s only 241 days left to get ready for Data Protection D-Day,organisations, the threat of financial penalties is scary, but the issue of reputational damage is just as big,start off with: 1.Make the Information Commissioner’s website your first port of call Here you’ll find blogs,Also all qualifying SCVO member organisations can access up to two hours of free legal advice which could,There’s just 90 days to Christmas, and 241 to GDPR. What are you waiting for?

https://scvo.scot/p/16213/2017/09/26/five-tips-to-help-you-prepare-for-gdpr