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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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Cyber resilience

Resilience Co-ordinator, who will work closely with Scottish Government through the CyberScotland partnership,the most common threats continuing to operate when cyber incidents inevitably occur CyberScotland partnership,The CyberScotland partnership brings together partners from all sectors across Scotland to boost cyber,information on the key types of risk that can affect your organisation and the importance of risk policy

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/cyber-resilience

UK/EU Trade Cooperation Agreement (TCA)

Dr Irene Oldfather (Director of Strategic Partnerships at The Alliance) is vice-chair and SCVO’s representative,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

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

SCVO environmental policy

In partnership with relevant voluntary organisations such as Keep Scotland Beautiful and Zero Waste Scotland,The policy will be reviewed annually in line with our business plan.,This policy should be read in conjunction with our Travel and Subsistence Policy, all staff wellbeing,policies, procurement guidance and corporate partnerships policy.,Next Steps To deliver this policy we will produce an implementation plan.

https://scvo.scot/environment

The three underpinning enablers

Policy We all need to make the case for a digital inclusion infrastructure and secure buy-in across the,It is not unrealistic to imagine a future when the majority, if not all, government policy interventions,This needs to be rolled out consistently across all policy areas.,Partnership We can only create an effective digital inclusion infrastructure through co-ordinating our,This could include supporting organisations to better identify community assets and partnership opportunities

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/roadmap/the-three-underpinning-enablers

Social Security

Rob Gowans, policy officer at Citizens Advice Scotland, said sector involvement was key from the early,referred to last six months of life, was that it was very restrictive,” said Richard Meade, head of policy,“The partnership between Marie Curie and MND Scotland – backed by 20 other organisations - was one of,the most effective campaign partnerships I’ve worked on.,The charity’s head of policy and strategy Marion Davis said: “We lobbied Scottish Government and submitted

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/social-security

Guide to student placements

A student placement policy can enable organisations to optimise the usefulness of placements and to meet,Student placements should be seen as a partnership of student, agency/organisation and placing body (

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/joining-the-organisation/guide-to-student-placements

Equal Marriage

in Scotland called on the Scottish Government to legalise same sex marriage and mixed sex civil partnership,The campaign was a partnership involving, amongst others, the Equality Network, NUS Scotland, the Scottish,Sophie Bridger, campaigns, policy and research manager at Stonewall Scotland, said: “The same sex marriage,The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) bill was introduced in June 2013 and came into force on,Civil partnerships could be exchanged for marriage certificates from that date, with the first same sex

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/equal-marriage

Background

interviews with randomly selected organisations based on factors such as income and location, and our partnership,Our approach We invited SCVO's Intermediaries Network members to book a 30-minute meeting with our Policy,Combined, these intermediaries covered eight distinct policy areas.,issues, communicate the views of their members to policy makers, and provide a range of vital services,Funds were designed and managed in partnership with these bodies, who were recognised for their vital

https://scvo.scot/scottish-government-funding-of-voluntary-organisations/background

Free School Meals

a long-fought Scottish Free School Meals Campaign, led by Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in partnership,This was an extension to the previous policy of offering free school meals to children and young people,The government awarded councils extra funding to implement the policy, which affected 135,000 children,in Scotland, said: “We had disappointments along the way but kept pushing the issue working in partnership

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/free-school-meals

Scottish Charity Awards winners - 2012

Scotland, train Scotland’s first 100 dementia champions and launch a Dementia Research Centre in partnership,us, the dedication and hard work of all our staff and volunteers and to positive and supportive partnerships,withkey policy makers at all levels.”,Down’s Syndrome Scotland and the Celtic Foundation, who were shortlisted in the partnership category,,The Partnership Award went to Sue Ryder Care and the Scottish Prison Service.

https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards/previous-winners/winners-2012

Get involved

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