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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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Charities face staff and volunteer crisis 

Press release
4 January 2024
in demand for their core services and activities over the six waves of the tracker.,that can be undertaken by volunteer involving organisations include ensuring that volunteer expense policies,The Scottish Third Sector Tracker is a growing research community made up of representatives from third,ENDS Notes for editors: An Executive Summary of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker’s First Phase of research,can be found here: https://scvo.scot/research/evidence-library/scvo-third-sector-tracker-waves-1-to-

https://scvo.scot/p/87690/2024/01/04/charities-face-staff-and-volunteer-crisis

SCVO's policy and influencing progress in 2023

Paul Bradley
7 July 2023
Posted in
SCVO's policy and public affairs team braced ourselves for a busy start to the year – you may recall ,Alongside these issues, we've had to respond to various regulatory policies; the Charities Bill and proposals,Here's a glimpse into what we've been up to in the past six months. https://www.youtube.com/watch?,We've organised webinars, workshops, and meetings to develop alternative policy proposals to enhance,and sparked collaborations, including with the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), which hosted an insightful

https://scvo.scot/p/60640/2023/07/07/scvos-policy-and-influencing-progress-in-2023

Study to examine voluntary action during Covid-19

NEWS 3 November 2020 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
#NeverMoreNeeded
A major new research project is set to examine how communities responded to the outbreak of the pandemic

https://tfn.scot/news/study-to-examine-voluntary-action-during-covid-19

New reports highlight the strength and contribution of Scotland’s historic environment

NEWS 2 September 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Regeneration & Housing
Historic Environment Scotland has released a set of reports providing insights into the historic environment,sector.

https://tfn.scot/news/new-reports-highlight-the-strength-and-contribution-of-scotlands-historic-environment

Demand for charity services continues to rise - but job cuts loom across the sector

NEWS 15 October 2024 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
A third or organisations say they are reducing their workforce, or are planning to do so

https://tfn.scot/news/demand-for-charity-services-continues-to-rise-but-job-cuts-loom-across-the-sector

Armed forces charities in decline

NEWS 18 November 2014 by Robert Armour
Health & Social Care
​Study shows charities serving armed forces personnel are up against tough operating conditions

https://tfn.scot/news/armed-forces-charities-in-decline

New report reveals concerns charity reserve usage is “unsustainable”

NEWS 7 September 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
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The latest findings from the Scottish Third Sector Tracker have been released. 

https://tfn.scot/news/new-report-reveals-concerns-charity-reserve-usage-is-unsustainable

SCVO submission to the Law Family Commission on Civil Society

Paul Bradley
10 May 2021
Posted in
contribution to the economy, and research on the impact of the pandemic on the Scottish voluntary sector,Research-based charities have crucial insights to contribute to social, economic, and environmental discussions,Question Eight Can you point us towards data, research or insights from past work or other countries,The latest primary research conducted by SCVO is the Third Sector Forecast, 2019.,timely insights into how the sector is experiencing current and future challenges.

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

Renewing Scotland’s full potential in a digital world

Aaron Slater
24 December 2020
Posted in
The education has to be there, with clear policies and pathways in place.”,Over 200 voluntary sector leaders have completed our six-month Senior Leaders’ Programme.,While we have not held dedicated workshops on the theme of the Digital Strategy, real-time insights from,But we can draw a number of insights from the first 9 months: Voluntary sector organisations of all sizes,and resilientVoluntary organisations did not have time or capacity to conduct their own digital research

https://scvo.scot/p/42425/2020/12/24/renewing-scotlands-full-potential-in-a-digital-world

Coronavirus and its impact on the Scottish Voluntary Sector: a review of literature

Steve Grozier
17 September 2020
Posted in
As we can see from the research included in this paper, the main themes emerging from the sector between,These themes are echoed and added to by research from ACOSVO and Inspiring Scotland, as well as sub-sector,There are now six reports available on their website.,The latest, week six, covers the period 22nd- 26th June.,https://scvo.scot/policy/evidence-library/2020-coronavirus-and-its-impact-on-the-scottish-voluntary-sector-what-do-we-know-so-far-may

https://scvo.scot/p/40369/2020/09/17/coronavirus-and-its-impact-on-the-scottish-voluntary-sector-a-review-of-literature

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