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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 Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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Best practice for funders

Collaboration Take a look at our briefing paper on funding, the voluntary sector and coronavirus for more information,about our work with funders to share information around the development and deployment of funds to support,Intelligence Many funders are gathering intelligence and carrying out reviews to help inform strategic,We're asking funders to submit their reports for inclusion in SCVO’s public Evidence Library.,Openness Where possible, it is helpful for funders to provide information that assists us in analysing

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/never-more-needed/best-practice-for-funders

The five challenges

Evidence from the Digital Participation Charter Fund and other projects to build foundation and essential,people learn best from: Short bursts of repeated activity Over a prolonged period of time In an informal,Face-to-face digital skills support based in local communities (for example, in libraries) should be

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/roadmap/the-five-challenges-4

Finances proving biggest challenge to charities as rising costs bite 

Third Sector Tracker’s First Phase of research can be found here:https://scvo.scot/policy/research/evidence-library,direct result of its first phase, which ran from summer 2021 to spring 2023, SCVO was able to make informed,For more information, contact: Niall Christie, SCVO Communications Officer, niall.christie@scvo.scot,

https://scvo.scot/p/87687/2024/01/04/finances-proving-biggest-challenge-to-charities-as-rising-costs-bite

Charities face staff and volunteer crisis 

Scottish Third Sector Tracker’s First Phase of research can be found here: https://scvo.scot/research/evidence-library,direct result of its first phase, which ran from summer 2021 to spring 2023, SCVO was able to make informed,Testing-our-Resilience-The-impact-of-the-cost-of-living-crisis-on-volunteering-and-volunteers.pdf For more information

https://scvo.scot/p/87690/2024/01/04/charities-face-staff-and-volunteer-crisis

Review of Charity Regulation: Scottish Government consultation

In this response, we draw on evidence from: The legislative process that resulted in the Charities (Regulation,This has never been more evident than over the course of the last few years, but we can’t forget that,For example, we have recently engaged with proposals to update freedom of information legislation that,for a comprehensive, holistic, independent review of charity regulation, with an extensive scope informed,See the latest Scottish Third Sector Tracker, published in February of this year, for evidence of this

https://scvo.scot/p/92967/2024/07/23/review-of-charity-regulation-scottish-government-consultation

Project outlines for different size websites 

It’s typically a single-page site that gives people basic information about your organisation.,brochure site, where users can perform one or two basic tasks, or where you can share a bit more information,secure and branded donation form for individual supporters, an archive of blog posts, a resource library,, an upcoming events page, and in-depth organisational information for funders, job applicants and other

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/website/different-size-websites

SCVO response to Scottish Labour's Policy Forum

The policy changes advocated in this submission have been informed by extensive engagement with the voluntary,The evidence we have collected, through bespoke engagement and backed up by the findings of the Scottish,SCVO’s written evidence to the committee is also available here.,SCVO’s written evidence to the Committee is available here.,Supporting collaboration between the third and public sectors: evidence review: the research review conducted

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

Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 – accredited body fees and proposals for discounting: PVG scheme consultation

submission We have undertaken initial scoping work and engagement with voluntary organisations to inform,What information do you think we need to consider when proposing moving to a fee discount for volunteers,What information do we need to consider for the Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment?,What information do we need to consider for the Equality Impact Assessment?,What information do we need to consider for the Island Communities Impact Assessment?

https://scvo.scot/p/91692/2024/05/27/disclosure-scotland-act-2020-accredited-body-fees-and-proposals-for-discounting-pvg-scheme-consultation

Impact Report 2023/24

It means we have strong evidence to support our assertions, and it means we can identify emerging issues,services team 40 tax and VAT referrals by our information services team 3,500 members 821 new members,We also introduced new information and guidance for the lifecycle of a charity via our online guides,,Watch Jason Henderson, SCVO’s Policy and Public Affairs Officer, giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament,Over 6,100 people have been estimated to benefit from these new funds: Device lending libraries - we

https://scvo.scot/about/work/impact