This is our response to the Scottish Labour Party's Scottish Policy Forum's initial consultation - part,Summary SCVO welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Scottish Labour Party’s Scottish Policy Forum,Forum: Fair Funding for the Voluntary Sector: SCVO’s policy paper setting out Fair Funding, what it,forum.,We hope that the following resources are useful to the Scottish Policy Forum in understanding the essential

redundancies and changing terms and conditionsof employment reviewing and developing employment policies,Our policies and guides include all the statutory requirements plus everything you need to be a good,a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, I’m proud to be a long-standing member of the HR Voluntary Sector Forum

Summary Labour has recognised the need to support civil society to make an impact. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) welcomes this recognition. To support civil society, our workforce, and the people and communities we work with, Fair Work for Scotland’s...

We are also a member of the Scottish Advisory Forum on Europe (SAFE) that represents over 30 members,Read more Latest briefings & policy papers The latest UK/EU Trade Cooperation Agreement (TCA) briefings,and policy papers from the policy team.,consultation responses The latest UK/EU Trade Cooperation Agreement (TCA) consultation responses from the policy,have evidence, resources, or experiences that could support our work, please contact Rachel Le Noan, Policy

The sector’s voice can and should be heard when it comes to influencing government policy, so make sure,If you have a social media policy for staff or trustees, this might be a good time to remind people of,Policy development In advance of the election, political parties will be doing policy development for,At SCVO we are developing our own policy asks, in collaboration with the sector.,The SCVO Policy team will also be holding webinars in the last two weeks of April across three broad

COGS replaced the former Community Development Committee and had a remit to provide a forum and focus,SCSS delivered its services with a greater emphasis given to training, information and advice, and policy,so in 1982 a Policy Committee was formed to replace the old Executive Committee.,rapidly evolving and expanding organisation so in 1995 the present committee structure was introduced; policy,development for the voluntary sector in Scotland was devolved to a newly constituted Policy Committee

engage with decision makers going forward: a Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) and a UK/EU Civil Society Forum,improved engagement with civil society, business and trade unions through the DAGs and Civil Society Forum,and the UK pursue the shared goal of transitioning to net zero, cooperation on both environmental policies,Irene also set up a forum in Scotland to gather evidence and discuss these topics – the Scottish Advisory,Forum on Europe (SAFE).

a policy on employee use.,This will be similar to a “use of social media” policy.,A policy should cover both opportunities and risks.,Internal policies for procuring generative AI products It is important to think about having a policy,For many organisations, just publishing the internal policies may be enough.

to get in touch Event hosts and partners The event was hosted by Scotland's Third Sector Governance Forum,Godfrey (ACOSVO).Closing thoughts, reflections and wrap-upWe summed up the day with the Governance Forum,She then became lead for all policy relating to children and young people followed by a secondment to,across a range of policy areas.,Prior to moving into the charity sector, she developed her keen interest in public policy, working for

the employee representatives, but JCCs also run with non-union employee representatives.Employee forums,For example, trade unions may lobby the government or the European Union on policies which promote their