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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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Plans to build 100,000 affordable homes revealed

NEWS 16 March 2021 by Gareth Jones
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Charities are split on whether the Scottish Government's plan goes far enough to ensure demand for affordable homes is met

https://tfn.scot/news/plans-to-build-100000-affordable-homes-revealed

Government urged to push further in legislative programme

NEWS 6 September 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
“When used, the powers of our Parliament can bring positive change."

https://tfn.scot/news/government-urged-to-push-further-in-legislative-programme

National Care Service must see care homes removed from private companies

NEWS 29 June 2022 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Under current Scottish Government plans, the proposed National Care Service would remain “ownership neutral”, embedding a role for the private sector in social care.

https://tfn.scot/news/national-care-service-must-see-care-homes-removed-from-private-companies

SCVO submission to the Law Family Commission on Civil Society

Paul Bradley
10 May 2021
Posted in
To ensure the Commission's work makes a significant contribution to strengthening the understanding,,Link in with ongoing efforts in Scotland to make progress on partnership working, funding and procurement,It is about collaboration and coordination in strategic decision making between the range of organisations,If you currently work with volunteers, will how you work with volunteers change over the 2020s?,Short-term public funding, sometimes for one year or less, means that organisations can struggle to deliver

https://scvo.scot/p/43561/2021/05/10/submission-to-law-family-commission-on-civil-society

SCVO response to the Advisory Group on Economic Recovery

Paul Bradley
29 May 2020
Posted in
Our organisations work tirelessly to ensure that human rights are protected, that the environment is,front and centre in policy decision-making, and that the rights of Scottish citizens are upheld in our,the voluntary sector has called on for years: a wellbeing economy; inclusion; equalities; human rights,make the sector well-placed to work with those most disengaged and isolated.,years, and the sector is well placed to make this way of working a reality.

https://scvo.scot/p/38613/2020/05/29/scvo-response-to-the-advisory-group-on-economic-recovery

SCVO submission to the House of Lords: lessons from coronavirus

Paul Bradley
10 July 2020
Posted in
Our organisations work tirelessly to ensure that human rights are protected, that the environment is,front and centre in policy decision-making, and to uphold the rights of Scottish citizens in our democracy,We have also learned from the initial response to the pandemic about what works and what could be improved,make the sector well-placed to work with those most disengaged and isolated.,SCVO has worked in partnership with the Scottish Government and independent funders to make sure that

https://scvo.scot/p/39501/2020/07/10/scvo-submission-to-the-house-of-lords-lessons-from-coronavirus

SCVO response to the Scottish Government’s Social Security Consultation

Allan Young
29 November 2016
Posted in
SCVO’s Right Approach campaign has shown the breadth and depth of human rights expertise within the third,They must provide timely information on any changes that they propose to make and allow for input from,The work of carers currently saves the public purse upwards of £10bn every year.,of their right at the point of claim, and disability benefit forms should contain information about,change.

https://scvo.scot/p/14097/2016/11/29/scvo-response-to-the-scottish-governments-social-security-consultation

Successful applications to the Community Capacity & Resilience Fund phase two

Jordan Ogg
18 January 2017
Posted in
About Youth, Edinburgh About Youth, Edinburgh will deliver a project working with young people aged 16,We will work with 15-20 people in Dundee who are struggling with poverty or inequality, through developing,with older adults for over 65 years.,Sovereign Credit Union, Cumnock Over the past 2 years we have delivered talks about money management,Through this funding we will make a start on this by setting up welfare advice surgeries, delivered by

https://scvo.scot/p/14329/2017/01/18/successful-applications-to-the-community-capacity-resilience-fund-phase-two