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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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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

Cost of living & the #RunningCostsCrisis

Information & advice When your budgets are tight and your future feels uncertain, making sure your policies,We continue to brief MSPs in Holyrood and MPs in Westminster on the impact of the cost-of-living crisis,paper on the need for Fair Funding has led the Scottish Government to commit to fairer funding in its Policy,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

SCVO Briefing: Scottish Budget 2024/2025

The problem Action is urgently needed in the 2024/2025 Scottish Budget to secure the voluntary sector’s essential services. The cost-of-living crisis continues to squeeze voluntary organisations – with demand for services increasing, costs rising, and financial uncertainty...

https://scvo.scot/p/87246/2023/12/12/scvo-briefing-scottish-budget-2024-2025

Minimum Alcohol Pricing

and health professionals have argued that increasing the price is one of the most cost-effective policy,Scotland and others helped rebut these claims and built political and public support by providing briefings

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/minimum-alcohol-pricing

SCVO response to Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) 

Medium-Term Financial Strategy, Kirsten Hogg, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations' (SCVO) Head of Policy,voluntary sector employers is welcome, if, as she suggests, multi-year funding is to be one of the policy,SCVO Briefing: Medium Term Financial Strategy.

https://scvo.scot/p/99042/2025/06/26/scvo-response-to-medium-term-financial-strategy-mtfs

Developing your board

following depending on the nature of the organisation, its work and size, and should be kept up to date: brief,the mission statement organisational chart statement of the roles and responsibilities of trustees policy,and procedures for monitoring and evaluating the performance of trustees policy and procedures for trustee,expenses procedure for declaring register of interests copy of the personnel manual and other relevant policies,devise and implement a planning process analyse financial information and set out the main financial policies

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

SCVO briefing to Scottish Parliament: Programme for Government 2023/24

The Scottish Government’s policy prospectus, New leadership - A fresh start, committed to delivering,As a result of these pressures, this year the Poverty Alliance’s Challenge Poverty Week policy asks echo

https://scvo.scot/p/61899/2023/09/02/scvo-briefing-to-scottish-parliament-programme-for-government-2023-24

Pre-Budget Scrutiny Evidence: Social Justice and Social Security Committee

SCVO policy submissions, engagement, and research with the sector throughout 22-23.,Scottish Government and local government must fully integrate the sector into economic strategy and policy,Responding to fiscal and wider policy challenges in the Committee’s remit Scotland’s voluntary sector,months are likely to bring, we strongly recommend that the Scottish Government offer: Winter support: Brief,The Poverty Alliance’s latest Challenge Poverty Week policy asks echo SCVO’s calls on Fair Funding to

https://scvo.scot/p/61863/2023/08/31/pre-budget-scrutiny-evidence-social-justice-and-social-security-committee

Get involved

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