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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.

Changing work, changing society

Scotland and the world around it are changing. From demography to technology, environment to economy, faith to fiscal policy, nothing about our society is standing still. For the third sector, how Scotland changes in the next two to three years matters less than how it changes in the next five to ten. It is that timescale that this Futures paper endeavours to address. This is SCVO’s second Futures paper of 2014 and it is best read in conjunction with the first paper from March The best way to predict the future is to change it. Like the first, this paper draws heavily on the ideas of Tom Cheesewright, who describes himself as an applied futurist. PDF icon Read the full report [PDF]
Last modified on 22 January 2020