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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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Staff

There are around 138,000 paid staff in the third sector in Scotland.

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/staff-volunteers/staff

Monitoring, evaluation & review

Monitoring, evaluation and review are not isolated actions, they are parts of the same process...

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/business-planning/monitoring-evaluation-review

You're a charity! What next?

waiting to hear the outcome of your application, there's lots that you can do to think about your next steps,At SCVO, we’re here to support you, promote the contribution your organisation makes and work towards,the best chance of success, and ideas of lots of kinds of fundraising: Guide to finding funding Funding,Scotland is SCVO's funding database, giving you high quality information on available funds and making,We keep it up-to-date to make it as easy as possible for you to find great opportunities.

https://scvo.scot/support/setting-up/next-steps

Response to Finance and Public Administration Committee Pre-budget Scrutiny: Managing Scotland’s Public Finances – A Strategic Approach

Council for Voluntary organisations (SCVO), supports the priorities set out by the First Minister to guide,SCVO continues to call on the Scottish Government to make progress on Fair Funding, ensuring that the,SCVO’s Fair Funding asks align with the questions being asked by the Committee.,to grant-making processes, what the Scottish Government’s commitment to Fairer Funding includes is unclear,This commitment falls short of SCVO’s ask of longer-term funding of three-years or more.

https://scvo.scot/p/93290/2024/08/12/response-to-finance-and-public-administration-committee-pre-budget-scrutiny-managing-scotlands-public-finances-a-strategic-approach

Good Governance: Future proofing for trustees conference

diversity and inclusion across all aspects of their organisation to be more effective and informed, and to make,This session explored what the changes might mean for your organisation and gave you an opportunity to ask,All of this involves organisational and personal resilience and the board being prepared to make some,wrap-upWe summed up the day with the Governance Forum, reflecting on our highlights and looking to next steps,As part of her work with THRE, Alice has produced a guide on applying human rights and equalities to

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/governance/future-proofing-for-trustees

10 steps for charities and the independence referendum

Carnegie UK Trust have created a step-by-step guide to ensuring your board understands what it needs,to do in relation to the independence referendum

https://tfn.scot/features/10-steps-for-charities-and-the-independence-referendum

Fair funding: It's time to abandon the spin

Find out more about the evidence we have collected from voluntary organisations to develop our call for,a fairer deal on funding.  

https://scvo.scot/p/55084/2022/11/02/fair-funding-its-time-to-abandon-the-spin

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

Last year SCVO and the TSI Scotland Network published a guide introducing the voluntary sector to MSPs,ten years since the Christie Report was published, Audit Scotland said: “But it’s also important to ask,out Policy Network session where our members could meet the Programme for Government Unit Team Lead, ask,We could even have more standardised information that is easy to access by all – such as videos, guides,experiences felt by voluntary organisations is far superior in some areas compared with others and take steps

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

Ignore safeguarding at your peril, trustees warned

Report suggests international charities must find better balance between fundraising and risk management.

https://tfn.scot/news/ignore-safeguarding-at-your-peril-trustees-warned

Pioneering charity app helps young disabled people transition to adulthood

Compass is now freely available to young people, as well as their carers and the professionals who support

https://tfn.scot/news/pioneering-charity-app-helps-young-disabled-people-transition-to-adulthood