This year at the Gathering, we wanted to provoke conversation and to hear all about the positive work,makers and the people they make policy for.,Did you get your photo taken with Dolly?,travelled to the SEC for a busy event titled ‘In conversation with the UK government’, on how partnerships,everything right this year and that we have work to do to make future events even better.

place to work by being the best employer we can be and we are working to get better all the time.,We are the #EssentialSector Our work changes people’s lives, brings communities together, improves policy,The team also developed a number of ongoing partnerships with voluntary sector organisations and published,the media Through our networking, external communications and marketing, we strengthened SCVO’s position,Get in touch

Fowlie The power of the voluntary sector Our sector in all its diversity is a powerful force for positive,Our sector is the glue that holds communities together.,Hearing from our members and the broader sector makes us a better organisation.,It helps us improve our services and gives us insights to inform our policy and influencing work.,Get in touch

rural communities can access high quality, affordable and accessible services and facilities that positively,We must start linking policies, visions and objectives together better.,establish a set of key performance indicators for mainland rural Scotland, enabling evidence-based policy,We believe that indicators on employability and Fair Work for example would help get a better understanding,the impact of the plan, we believe that more indicators must be added. and new data collected to better

together.,Despite positive progress with LGBTQ+ rights, hate crimes against LGBTQ+ people has actually risen in,They also provide information and advice to professionals so they are better able to support and signpost,They work in partnership, sharing expertise, take informed risks and focus their resources on impactful,Get in touch

Sector FundingDownload PDF Public sector funding of the voluntary sector The following pages pull together,Only 4 in 10 voluntary organisations get public sector funding, but for many it is critical.,voluntary organisations are also social enterprises Learn more about the sector’s size and shape and get

Contributions made during engagement webinars, hosted by SCVO in partnership with the Scottish Government,It will only be by working together – the voluntary sector, regulators, and the Scottish Government –,, independent review, including the adequate involvement of charities, will the Scottish Government get,Together the over 46,500 voluntary organisations that make up Scotland’s voluntary sector work with over,Contact Jason Henderson Policy and Public Affairs Officer jason.henderson@scvo.scotscvo.scot

Still, implementation of reform has lagged well-meaning policy.,Adopt equitable and transparent partnership approaches to commissioning and procurement Organisations,that voluntary organisations are expected to subsidise local authority and Health and Social Care Partnership,Councils need to get much better at signposting private organisations that win large contracts to potential,Together these organisations employ over 135,000 paid staff.

outcomes, better policy and a better steer on where we want to go.,‘If everybody is acknowledging that the only way we can get things done is to do that through good positive,It is also important to note that it would be helpful for the voluntary sector itself to get a better,Programme for Government The call for better partnership working (that would lead to more effective decision,Positive partnerships SCVO has also gathered more examples of positive partnerships over the past couple