"[Fair Funding] would allow us to build on projects that have proven impact" In recent years, the Scottish Government has been consistent in championing the growing of Scotland’s economy as one of its four key priorities. In the Programme for Government 2024 to 2025, the...

support the voluntary sector with their disclosure checks and also have a sample Child/Adult Protection Policy

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...

please get in touch.Best wishes,Anna Anna FowlieChief ExecutiveSCVO Additional information SCVO Briefing

The Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Act 2023 is a new piece of legislation that builds on existing charity law in Scotland. The first changes took effect in April 2024, with more to come in mid 2025. The new legislation modifies the Charities and Trustee...

This briefing gives a summary of some of the key issues that Coronavirus is having on voluntary organisations,insights shared with us will be collated in our searchable Evidence Library: https://scvo.org.uk/policy,/evidence-library https://scvo.org.uk/policy/coronavirus The briefing covers: Funding issues New ways

what needs to change, and why, to ensure sustainability and success In our opening session, we took a brief,During that period, he has contributed to policy as a member of the Scottish Government Administrative,He has strong skills in partnership working, governance, policy development, has an MBA and is a Fellow,Steve Kent Steve Kent is a Policy Manager at OSCR with a lead role in providing policy input to Scottish

This briefing looks at the development of family policy in Scotland, considers the interplay between,devolved and reserved matters, outlines the Departments of the Scottish Executive responsible for family policy,, and considers the relationship between children's and family policy.,document produced with funding from Joseph Rowntree Foundation, looking at the feasibility of a Family Policy

This briefing explains what the "autistic spectrum?,financial and legal implications of the Bill and provides an overview of existing legislation and policy,s draft Autism Strategy consultation and finally, the briefing provides a summary of the written evidence

This briefing gives an overview of the financial profile of the regulated Scottish voluntary sector in,All the data in this briefing (and more) can be explored in detail via our searchable data hub: scvo.org.uk,/policy/sector-stats.