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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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Policy

A voice for the voluntary sector At SCVO we work to ensure that policies and decision-making at a national,Read more Latest briefings & policy papers The latest briefings, consultation responses and policy positions,Read more Policy network SCVO’s Policy Network connects voluntary sector professionals in Scotland with,an interest in policy and public affairs.,Policy network Meet the team Kyrstie Brown Leads our Policy Network and has responsibility for banking

https://scvo.scot/policy

Transforming the economy

opinion The latest news, comment, and opinion from SCVO relating to transforming the economy Related briefings,& policy papers The latest briefings, consultation responses, and policies from SCVO relating to transforming

https://scvo.scot/policy/transforming-the-economy

Fair funding & procurement

Latest briefings & policy papers The latest Fair Funding & procurement briefings, policy papers, and,consultation responses from the policy team.

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement

Best practice for funders

Collaboration Take a look at our briefing paper on funding, the voluntary sector and coronavirus for

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

Better regulation

Related news & opinion The latest news, comment, and opinion from SCVO relating to regulation Related briefings,& policy papers The latest briefings, consultation responses, and policies from SCVO relating to regulation

https://scvo.scot/policy/better-regulation

Planning for EU Exit (Brexit)

downloaded here: Self-assessment checklistDownload (PDF) NCVO has produced a Key points to consider briefing,You can find SCVO blogs, SCVO policy briefings and press releases on Brexit topics here.,More information and policy analysis can be found at the Scottish Centre on European Relations, an independent

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/planning-for-eu-exit-brexit

Cost of living & the #RunningCostsCrisis

Information & advice When your budgets are tight and your future feels uncertain, making sure your policies,of your funding, and find new sources How to look after your staff Contact the Information Service Policy,We continue to brief MSPs in Holyrood and MPs in Westminster on the impact of the cost-of-living crisis,We briefed MSPs ahead of the Scottish Budget.,Last year MSPs used our briefings to secure commitments to multi-year funding from the Cabinet Secretary

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/running-costs-crisis

Make Renting Right

Graeme Brown, director at Shelter Scotland, said: “We have always engaged with private renting policy,Brown continued: “We built a well-evidenced case for reform, through research, policy papers, public,Staff held meetings with MSPs, had campaign days across Scotland, provided briefings, and gave evidence

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/making-renting-right

Developing your board

following depending on the nature of the organisation, its work and size, and should be kept up to date: brief,expensesprocedure for declaring register of interestscopy of the personnel manual and other relevant policies,strategicallydevise and implement a planning processanalyse financial information and set out the main financial policies

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/governance/developing-board

New charity law in Scotland

changes or adds, including new powers it will give to the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR): SCVO's policy,SCVO briefed MSPs via a Stage 1 briefing in May, with the bill passing through the three stages of the

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/legislation/new-charity-law

Get involved

Collaborate with us and our members to develop and promote voluntary sector policy perspectives for Scotland