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Membership
Please sign up for one of our upcoming events.,directory Our latest members Leuchie House We talked to Colin Leslie, communications and marketing manager,The biggest challenges we’re facing at the moment are recruitment, and the financial crises around cost-of-living,Cancer Support Scotland We talked to Stephanie Quigley, service manager with Cancer Support Scotland,therapy volunteer team lead by our national award-winning therapist have created a bespoke treatment plan
SCVO Impact Report 2021/22
tackling the climate emergency, how to improve equality, diversity and inclusion, how to mitigate our own financial,voluntary organisations using Goodmoves https://youtu.be/7iJex6xtnd4 Community Jobs Scotland We celebrated 10,SCVO Scottish Parliament event Hosted by Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP, we organised this well-attended event,380 380 community and voluntary organisations engaged with SCVO’s role was to manage communications,,our team through initiatives including: Gaining our Gold Investors in People status Becoming a top 10
SCVO response to Building Community Wealth consultation (Scottish Government)
15 May 2023
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Participating in Volunteer Scotland’s Community Wealth Building consultation event and in Social Enterprise,Action Plans Action plans were identified as an area in which more work could be done.,are concerns around the stress and undue responsibility of volunteers taking over assets previously managed,The Charter sets out the 10 key principles for assuring legitimacy and preventing exploitation of workers,Government to improve the sector’s access to banking and financial services.
Cost of living crisis: SCVO and Volunteer Scotland briefing for MPs
29 November 2022
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organisations in Scotland reporting rising costs have seen their services affected in some way, and 1 in 10,SCVO has called for the Energy Bills Relief Scheme for voluntary sector non-domestic customers to be,It is vital that we are able to realise the ambitions set out in the Volunteering Action Plan, published,Whilst this plan was published by the Scottish Government, it reaches far wider than devolved issues,anyone looking for volunteer opportunitiessupport organisations to advertise volunteer opportunities and events
SCVO policy and public affairs: A busy three months to kick off 2022
28 April 2022
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A rundown of what the team has been up to and what’s ahead in each area of interest for SCVO.
SCVO response to pre-budget scrutiny 2023/24: the impact of human rights budgeting
9 September 2022
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The Scottish voluntary sector manages an annual income of over £8.5 billion, employs around 135,000 paid,Combined, these events have left the sector wrestling with a running costs crisis while the cost-of-living,its Fiscal Transparency Programme – including a Fiscal Portal and its development of the Procurement Management,for a clear roadmap for businesses, particularly smaller businesses, backed by practical support and non-loan-based,Many organisations have reported no increases in local or national government funding for over 10 years
Coronavirus advice for volunteers
OPINION
18 March 2020
Guest post
Health & Social Care
George Thomson gives practical guidance on the health and wellbeing of volunteers
SCVO response to the inquiry into Public Administration – Effective Scottish Government decision-making (Finance & Public Administration Committee)
16 February 2023
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, and we still managed to do it quickly and efficiently.,It is important that more events and activities of this nature are organised to explain how to engage,Case study of voluntary sector intermediaries, page 10-11 What role should ‘critical challenge’ have,Organisational Profiles, page 10 What is considered the most appropriate way of taking account of risk,The benefits of delivering any public policy result in financial and other costs elsewhere.
SCVO response to Becoming a Fair Work Nation consultation
23 December 2021
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who plan, decide, and communicate changes.,Similarly, non-committal frameworks create uncertainty for voluntary organisations, resulting in precarious,Non-committal frameworks should no longer be included in procurement contracts, as the Fair Work Convention,Managers and HR staff require tailored support in championing and executing Fair Work.,To support this, SCVO will continue to promote Fair Work through our events, working and advisory groups
https://scvo.scot/p/48075/2021/12/23/becoming-a-fair-work-nation-consultation
We are beyond the eleventh hour
FEATURE
1 November 2022
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Environment & International
Here we ask four experts in the fight against climate catastrophe what they think has been achieved since Cop26 in Glasgow.