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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 Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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Returning to the workplace

Individual health and safety Returning to the workplace after a significant period of time, especially in a post-pandemic,Spending time carrying out inductions with everyone will enable everyone to learn any new policies or

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/employee-engagement-culture/returning-to-the-workplace

The Economy

receive advice on various areas of financial management, including audits, reporting and finance policies

https://scvo.scot/support/shifting-sands/economy

Letter to John Swinney, First Minister: Autumn Budget 2024 – employers’ National Insurance contributions

welcome the support of your government in calling for the UK Government to meet the costs of the policy,they can afford a cost of living salary increase for staff in April 2025; or whether they need to cut posts

https://scvo.scot/p/95038/2024/11/12/letter-to-john-swinney-first-minister-autumn-budget-2024-employers-national-insurance-contributions

The Environment

setting their own targets or requiring fundees to meet conditions such as having an environmental policy,role in the climate emergency Some voluntary organisations will be impacted by forthcoming national policies

https://scvo.scot/support/shifting-sands/environment

DigiNext event content and speaker videos

What Next - wrapping up the day John Fitzgerald gave a short talk on ‘Digital Next – your post-AI digital,And you can check out this blog post for more of our thinking on what you need in a good digital strategy,He is responsible for work on policy, membership and sector support services.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/diginext-event-information

Essential digital skills

and media links I can log in remotely to my email and other work-related communication tools I can post,information using a browser such as Chrome, Internet Explorer or Safari I can follow my organisation’s IT policy,online, including on social media I can use privacy settings and follow my organisation’s social media policy,that I must not share other people’s data online without their consent I can follow my organisation policies

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-champions/essential-digital-skills

Your hall online

The digital and online world offers lots of possibilities for your village hall, so it’s worth investing some time thinking about. If this feels like a gap in your knowledge or experience, you could look at getting a trustee involved who has digital skills and confidence. Here...

https://scvo.scot/support/village-community-halls/digital/your-hall-online

The Gathering 2022: a round-up

speakers from the ICO, legal firms, funders and the media to share their tips, and our own digital and policy,SCVO’s head of policy, research campaigns, Kirsten Hogg, asked questions of and responded to Nicola Sturgeon,Their blend of honesty and bravery blew delegates at the SEC away, discussing the disconnect between policy,makers and the people they make policy for.

https://scvo.scot/the-gathering/round-up-2022

Public Sector Funding

Public Sector FundingDownload PDF Public sector funding of the voluntary sector The following pages pull together what we know about public sector funding from the latest SCVO Sector Stats, based on analysis of over 600 charity accounts, with additional information from the...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/public-sector-funding

The Law

During 2025/26, new legal responsibilities around employment law, charity law, safeguarding and controlled interest in land come into force. We also provide information on other potential changes to employment law and charity law which may come into force in future years. https...

https://scvo.scot/support/shifting-sands/legal

Get involved

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