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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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Measuring impact

This blog from Citizen’s Online explains the process they have developed.,This blog from SCVO highlights how we’ve adopted this approach and what we learnt from it.,Digital Champions keep a tally or how many learners they’ve supported, and at the end of the week they,How you use this is up to you (providing you’ve secured the appropriate consent).,a webpage with a range of different media showcasing our learning and impact from a project in the social

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-motivators/measuring-impact

Careful now! Your emerging AI strategy 

In this blog, I’ll highlight some of the areas you should cover.,We’ll expand on this in our AI guide for the voluntary sector. 

https://scvo.scot/p/84589/2023/10/19/careful-now-your-emerging-ai-strategy

SCVO's policy and influencing progress in 2023

SCVO's policy and public affairs team braced ourselves for a busy start to the year – you may recall my blog,regular communication with the Scottish Government over implementing new Fair Work First criteria, securing,Pushing for better regulation June ended with the passing of the Charities (Regulation and Administration,In doing so, we have secured widespread support for and the Scottish Government's commitment to a broader

https://scvo.scot/p/60640/2023/07/07/scvos-policy-and-influencing-progress-in-2023

Surplus food or the right to food?

Graham Riches warns the UK is treading a dangerous path following in the footsteps of the North American

https://tfn.scot/opinion/surplus-food-or-the-right-to-food

Cost of living crisis: SCVO and Volunteer Scotland briefing for MPs

MPs for constituencies in Scotland can help us to secure the essential services our sector provides right,voluntary organisations to pay their energy bills beyond when the current Energy Bills Relief Scheme ends,made to charities across the UK in the first six months of 2022 will be worth £500 million less by the end,The sector’s role as a major provider of public services, ranging from health and social care to education,Along with our community of 3,200+ members, we believe that charities, social enterprises, and community

https://scvo.scot/p/55743/2022/11/29/cost-of-living-crisis-scvo-and-volunteer-scotland-briefing-for-mps

The UK Growth Plan 2022 and the Energy Bill Relief Scheme

Visit SCVO’s Running Costs Crisis hub to find more information, news and updates from us on the cost,of living and running costs crisis.  

https://scvo.scot/p/54109/2022/09/28/the-uk-growth-plan-2022-and-the-energy-bill-relief-scheme

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,Government must provide more support to households understandably rethinking their outgoings to make ends,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,We focus our submission on securing and enhancing that contribution.

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

Scrap the benefit cap, UK Government told by campaigners

Poverty Alliance, Scotland’s anti-poverty network, has now made fresh calls for the cap to go. 

https://tfn.scot/news/scrap-the-benefit-cap-uk-government-told-by-campaigners

Ebola: the economic effect

Lisa Seymour-Doughty on the devastating impact of ebola

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-ebola-effect

Charities provide “whopping subsidy” to Scottish Government wages policy

Social care charities say local authorities are not paying the full price of social care and expect charities

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-provide-whopping-subsidy-to-scottish-government-wages-policy