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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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Funding

finding funding More support Our Information Service can answer your questions on all elements of setting up,Information Service Search for funding Funding Scotland gives access to up to date, high-quality information,grant At SCVO we manage funding programmes of our own and for other funders, including Scottish Government,Visit our grantmaking website to see what funds we currently have open for applications or to manage

https://scvo.scot/funding

25 questions charities are asking about AI in 2025

questions We’ve covered audience questions about the Caddy tool from Citizen’s Advice in a separate blog

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/ai/25-questions-charities-are-asking-about-ai-in-2025

SCVO’s response to DSIT’s Digital Inclusion Action Plan 

Jason Railton
28 April 2025
Posted in
Recently, we submitted our response to the UK Government’s Call for Evidence on the Digital Inclusion,We also feel it’s important to be open and transparent about how we represent the sector.,In our response, we spoke about our disappointment in the lack of leadership Scottish Government has,We urged that the Fund was open to resourcing the essential infrastructure for digital inclusion – people,It is now up to DSIT and the UK Government to work with us to bring the Action Plan to life.

https://scvo.scot/p/98398/2025/04/28/scvos-response-to-dsits-digital-inclusion-action-plan

AI organisational policies

Some recent research from the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation tells us that most people are open

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/ai/ai-policies

Time and trust: key learning from the Covenant process

Kirsten Hogg
25 July 2025
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hard work needed to change relationships and ways of working (read more about that in Anna Fowlie's blog,A key decision for government is which part of government takes lead responsibility for the work – if,Give yourselves more time than you think you need – building up initial trust takes time, and if you,are up against a tight political deadline at the end of the work, it’s harder to make sure everyone has,They are only my thoughts, of course, and in the spirit of collaboration and partnership remain open

https://scvo.scot/p/99536/2025/07/25/time-and-trust-key-learning-from-the-covenant-process

Policy

Our policy pages set out our work with the Scottish and UK governments, and other public bodies.,The network is open to anyone in an SCVO member organisation either working in or with an interest in,Fair Funding Contact Rachel Le Noan Leads our work on the economy and has responsibility for Levelling Up

https://scvo.scot/policy

Campaign launched to save city’s adult entertainment venues

NEWS 17 June 2019 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Petition is in reaction to Scottish Government

https://tfn.scot/news/campaign-launched-to-save-citys-adult-entertainment-venues

SCVO response to Scottish Labour's Policy Forum

David Livey
23 January 2025
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Keep up to date with election developments here.,The evidence we have collected, through bespoke engagement and backed up by the findings of the Scottish,360Giving data standard: the 360Giving Data Standard is a uniform and consistent way for funders to share open,Small charities (under £100,000 and new charities) make up 80% of the charity sector, but account for,contribution to Scotland’s economy: in 2024 the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) published a blog

https://scvo.scot/p/96677/2025/01/23/scvo-response-to-scottish-labours-policy-forum

The door is open - now we need to push it a bit further 

OPINION 13 October 2023 by Rachel Cackett
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
CCPS CEO Rachel Cackett reflects on the disappointments and successes of the 4 Steps to Fair Work campaign – and what its emerging movement can do next in its fight for social justice

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-door-is-open-now-we-need-to-push-it-a-bit-further

Government must stop trying to gag charities

OPINION 19 June 2014 Guest post
Management
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) says civil society has the right to criticise bad government

https://tfn.scot/opinion/government-must-stop-trying-to-gag-charities

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2026. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.