poor procurement approaches risk our sector’s contribution and ability to deliver vital services for people,Our sector urgently needs Fair Funding and streamlined procurement processes to support the essential,sustainable, and accessible approach to funding and procurement calling for consistent approaches and processes,, Running costs crisis Contact Latest news & opinion The latest Fair Funding & procurement news and blogs,Progress & latest developments We work with colleagues across the voluntary sector, in government and

We have used the generic terms of governing body, members of a governing body and governing document,Read our blog on how your charity can avoid conflicts of interest.,Governance: the systems and processes concerned with ensuring the overall direction, supervision and,Induction: A formal process of introduction to a new job or position within an organisation.,These will include people, equipment, money and services.

In this blog, I’ll highlight some of the areas you should cover.

Includes governance, finance and managing people Village & community halls handbook Everything you need,winding up) an organisation, or thinking of it as an option, our guide is here to help you with the process

decision-making process.,To support an effective decision-making process within the Scottish Government, SCVO advises the committee,process in Government?,As Sheghley Ogilvie from SCVO explained in a blog post last year: ‘I’ve often heard the Programme for,Reviewing current decision-making processes might give more people opportunities to act as ‘critical

SCVO's policy and public affairs team braced ourselves for a busy start to the year – you may recall my blog,Since then, we have welcomed the Scottish Government's pledge to 'Fairer Funding' by 2026.,However, we remain eagle-eyed in ensuring the government fulfils these promises.,Following the UK Government's Spring Statement in March, SCVO saw the Scottish Government reject our,, and others throughout the process.

Last week, in the process of making ‘new’ slides and session plans for some up and coming training, I,realised that through the process of collating resources, finding examples of our own work at SCVO,,I re-use other people’s and my own slides, other people’s blogs, other people’s videos, and other people,The Scottish Government has a whole department of uber qualified and incredibly experienced service designers,I realised this week that I used to waste so much time re-thinking and re-inventing other people’s work

issues related to the five pillars or fulfil the role of an anchor organisation by employing local people,People want to know what it looks like, what are the benefits, what difference it has made, and what,Scotland’s voluntary sector employs over 135,000 paid staff who support people and communities across,A significant number of people employed in the sector are funded by public sector grants and contracts,This equates to approximately 370,000 people investing their time in communities, which will often, in