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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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Fair Funding: Collaborate, Challenge, Change - The Gathering 2022

Context The Fair Funding – Collaborate, Challenge, Change event at this year’s Gathering was organised by SCVO,With regards to sustainable funding, attendees highlighted a need for a long-term vision from funders,building those relationships with funders can we really move forward in achieving fair funding for Scotland,medium-sized organisations meant finding themselves ineligible to apply for both smaller and larger funding posts,For others, it was primarily about having a “long-term vision for funding” and access to funds to allow

https://scvo.scot/p/54973/2022/10/17/fair-funding-collaborate-challenge-change-the-gathering-2022

Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants

TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-2021-what-the-voluntary-sector-wants

SCVO response to the Finance and Public Administration Committee's National Performance Framework inquiry

Download the PDF version of SCVO's submission Download About our submission SCVO welcomes the opportunity,SCVO has been a long-time supporter of the National Performance Framework since its inception in 2007,This muddles the strategic vision set by the NPF and contributes to a confusing landscape.,We agree with Evaluation Support Scotland (ESS) that “it would be helpful if all of us involved in public,in Scotland to take complete account of their decisions' short and long-term impact by assessing the

https://scvo.scot/p/49998/2022/04/14/scvo-response-to-the-finance-committee-inquiry-national-performance-framework-ambitions-into-action

Scottish anti-abortion group denies links to religious extremists

Questions have been asked about links between Compassion Scotland and American hate groups.

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-anti-abortion-group-denies-links-to-religious-extremists

Third Sector Forecast 2019

Despite the challenging environment, we are still seeing energy and vision in the sector.,open from 21 November 2018 to 9 January 2019, and distributed through a range of channels including SCVO,see cuts as a key challenge and 27% as a secondary challenge 88% of respondents currently access some form,and no signs of improvement” “Recruitment and retention as the rise in the Living Wage devalues our posts,We need better collaboration to make it all work.

https://scvo.scot/p/30032/2019/02/20/third-sector-forecast-2019

Key promises show the sector can deliver the change Scotland needs

Shelter Scotland clearly feel more can be done in terms of looking at housing as a cross-cutting policy,On top of this is a commitments to extend Freedom of Information legislation to cover all organisations,And, in the next year, a National Volunteering Outcomes Framework will be published, setting out a vision,SCVO welcomes these announcements and the Government’s willingness to look at the long term future of,Female Genital Mutilation Bill to strengthen the protection of women and girls from this form of gender

https://scvo.scot/p/25962/2018/09/05/key-promises-show-the-sector-can-deliver-the-change-scotland-needs

What are the Scottish Government and Parliament’s Tax and Spending Options?

, members felt that much more can be done to link that vision to tax and spend decisions.,After all, why campaign for more powers and then keep them all locked away?,However, whilst the Group’s call for improved scrutiny both pre- and post-budget is welcome, they focussed,has discussed previously – see, for example, http://www.scvo.scot/long-form-posts/an-economy-for-all-report-economyforall,creation of a United Kingdom Shared Prosperity Fund, which will ‘replace’ EU funding, quite what the form

https://scvo.scot/p/22923/2017/12/13/what-are-the-scottish-government-and-parliaments-tax-and-spending-options

Charity fundraising in Scotland to be improved with stronger self-regulation

SCVO media release 30 June 2016 An enhanced model for charity fundraising regulation in Scotland will,The Working Group’s vision was to create a fundraising regulatory system for Scotland which commands,fundraisers, OSCR and the Scottish Government, will be convened to develop a robust set of standards for all,The Regulator's vision is for charities you can trust and that provide public benefit.,In Scotland, the Scottish Fundraising Working Group was convened by SCVO to perform this task, with membership

https://scvo.scot/p/12784/2016/06/30/charity-fundraising-in-scotland-to-be-improved-with-stronger-self-regulation

What exactly do we mean by fairness?

We must work together to make sure that the word ‘fair’ has a strong, practical definition

https://scvo.scot/p/12781/2016/06/29/what-exactly-do-we-mean-by-fairness

Scottish Government: Taking Scotland Forward – Scotland’s Economy, Short Term Resilience and Long Term

SCVO considers that ensuring the well-being and human rights of people across Scotland should be the,guiding principle behind any vision for Scotland.,The simple, clear and strong message from our SCVO’s Economy for All paper published earlier this year,SCVO works in partnership with the third sector in Scotland to advance our shared values and interests,As the only inclusive representative umbrella organisation for the sector SCVO: has the largest Scotland-wide

https://scvo.scot/p/12649/2016/06/22/scottish-government-taking-scotland-forward-scotlands-economy-short-term-resilience-and-long-term-opportunities