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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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Policies, procedures and terms & conditions

How to book Before booking, please ensure the event hosting package, exhibition space or posterboard,space, please ensure you and/or staff are available to staff your space for the duration of both days: 7,How to pay On booking your event, exhibition space or posterboard you will be asked to submit your invoice,NB: All cancellations must be received in writing.,at the Gathering and you will not obtain any rights whatsoever to such content or materials.

https://scvo.scot/the-gathering/terms

Remembrance festival returns

To Absent Friends allows Scots to celebrate loved ones who are no longer with us

https://tfn.scot/news/remembrance-festival-returns

To give up hope is to give up fighting for progress

Emma Hutton says that support for human rights is stronger than ever in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/to-give-up-hope-is-to-give-up-fighting-for-progress

Beatson Cancer Charity hits milestone for cancer patients seeking employment advice

It comes as Walk the Walk has donated £20,000 to the service

https://tfn.scot/news/beatson-cancer-charity-hits-milestone-for-cancer-patients-seeking-employment-advice

SCVO response to the inquiry into Public Administration – Effective Scottish Government decision-making

by regularly sharing key contacts available to voluntary organisations and providing information in writing,To hit the right spot, there must be more conversations between communities, national government and,A partnership agreement in writing—a document—is not the end goal.,Supporting Collaboration, page 7 A lack of understanding of the role and remit of voluntary organisations,It is important that more events and activities of this nature are organised to explain how to engage

https://scvo.scot/p/57213/2023/02/16/scvo-response-to-the-inquiry-into-public-administration-effective-scottish-government-decision-making

SCVO response to the Scottish Government’s Social Security Consultation

Direction of travel In July 2015 SCVO held a Fairer Scotland event, attended by many of our members and,The key principles outlined at that event formed the backbone of the Fairer Scotland strategy and it,When a decision is made they should have it clearly outlined in writing, as well as communicated through,They should have a full explanation of how they can challenge an adverse decision and their rights to,However, this must always be squared with the right of individuals to meaningfully choose how and where

https://scvo.scot/p/14097/2016/11/29/scvo-response-to-the-scottish-governments-social-security-consultation

SCVO briefing to Scottish Parliament on Employment Support

At the time of writing, it is fair to say that many questions remain unanswered in terms of employment,programmes mentioned above, it is yet far from clear what the exact role of the sector will be and how,The ethos behind No One Left Behind (NOLB), the Scottish Government’s employability strategy, is right,The launch of the Kickstart programme[7] and the announcement of the Young Person Guarantee by Scottish,the importance of strong ongoing relationships between local government and the voluntary sector, and how

https://scvo.scot/p/40345/2020/09/16/scvo-briefing-to-scottish-parliament-on-employment-support

Brexit and the Great Beyond - can Holyrood ‘keep pace’ with the EU on key issues?

Instead, the vote set in train a whole series of events and grand moments: government defeats, a handful,legislation should become the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament (e.g. the environment and human rights,While it might be easy to write this off as more political pantomime and simply a new battlefield on,The Scottish Parliament is currently seeking views on how Scotland can ‘keep pace’ with EU law – where,The call for views will be open until Friday 7 August 2020.

https://scvo.scot/p/39596/2020/07/14/brexit-and-the-great-beyond-can-holyrood-keep-pace-with-the-eu-on-key-issues

The effectiveness of the self-regulation of fundraising in Scotland: an informal review

or door to door Events (33,206): Either run directly by the charity, or with places in events purchased,The availability of records held by professional fundraisers and commercial participators (Section 7),are having to contact more people, more times, to ensure they maintain or grow their income levels[7],, and development) and Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) who write and maintain the UK Advertising,It is necessary to look instead at a ‘rights-based’ approach, where the rights of the public and donors

https://scvo.scot/p/10161/2015/09/23/the-effectiveness-of-the-self-regulation-of-fundraising-in-scotland-an-informal-review

Small actions can have a big impact

Microvolunteering can have a big impact on your organisation if you do it right.,Find out how you can sign up and how to write a good access review on the Euan’s Guide website. 3.,Over 420,000 people across the UK took part in the event this year, collectively spotting over 6 million,Is Microvolunteering right for your organisation?,Microvolunteering isn’t right for every organisation.

https://scvo.scot/p/25078/2018/04/18/small-actions-can-have-a-big-impact