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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.

Anna Fowlie

Chief Executive at Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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What does Fair Work mean for the voluntary sector?

I’m really excited to be joining the Fair Work Convention, taking over from Henry Simmons of Alzheimer’s Scotland.  Henry has...  Read more

Joint endeavour?

Since the elections in May, I’ve heard Scottish Ministers talk about Scotland’s economic, health and social recovery from Covid as a “joint...  Read more

Parity of esteem?

Waiting for the announcement of the new Scottish Cabinet and ministers is final throes of the excitement of an election.  I spend...  Read more

#NeverMoreNeeded & the legacy of the pandemic

Earlier this week it was my pleasure to host a webinar to launch our Never More Needed short film, and bring together a panel to discuss...  Read more

Social Renewal – from Buzzcocks to Oasis

Now that the Social Renewal Advisory Board’s report If Not Now, When? has hit the digital newsstands and I’m seeing the reactions in the...  Read more

Lessons learned from our first online AGM

About 18 months ago, I started thinking about shifting our AGM online. I saw how successful it had been for ACEVO, the English equivalent...  Read more

#NeverMoreNeeded

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted on every aspect of our lives, in a way that none of us has ever experienced. The speed and extremity...  Read more

Budget delays and impact on the voluntary sector

When the Scottish Government announced in November 2019 that the budget would be postponed, due to the general election, SCVO recognised...  Read more

Looking forward to 2019/20

At our recent AGM we shared a lot of the great stuff we've been doing over the past 12 months and I'm excited to say there’s more to come...  Read more

Time key to preventing Brexit disaster

I’m no Carol Vorderman, but the numbers don’t look good for Theresa May pushing her Brexit deal through the House of Commons. A combination...  Read more