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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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PAGE 29 September 2020 by Susan Smith

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How can housing associations tackle poverty and inequality?

OPINION 11 February 2021 Guest post
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Regeneration & Housing
Sponsored content: SFHA’s Housing Now, Housing’s Future: Poverty and Inequality Conference, takes place on 18 February

https://tfn.scot/opinion/how-can-housing-associations-tackle-poverty-and-inequality

New visa system, new hoops for charities

OPINION 5 May 2015 Guest post
Management
Chris Airey warns the lastest government overhaul of the visa system does not mean charities will have to work less hard to support incoming guests

https://tfn.scot/opinion/new-visa-system-new-hoops-for-charities

Dementia Awards finalists revealed

NEWS 22 July 2019 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
Projects from across Scotland have been recognised for their commitment shown in providing care

https://tfn.scot/news/dementia-awards-finalists-revealed

#ChristiePlus10: Radical Scotland? Not yet, but we can be if we choose.

OPINION 28 July 2021 by Adam Lang
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
#NeverMoreNeeded
1 comment
#ChristiePlus10: a series of expert blogs reflecting on ten years since the publication of the Christie Commission.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/christieplus10-radical-scotland-not-yet-but-we-can-be-if-we-choose

Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants

NEWS 4 May 2021 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#NeverMoreNeeded
1 comment
TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-2021-what-the-voluntary-sector-wants

Economic disruption is essential for social change

Professor Iain Black
28 March 2022
Posted in
to affect change, she describes taxes, regulations and standards as examples of the least effective category,Our role can be internal such as changing organisational purchasing or travel policy.

https://scvo.scot/p/49645/2022/03/28/economic-disruption-is-essential-for-social-disruption

Right Approach Campaign: July - December 2016

Allan Young
28 February 2017
Posted in
universal application of human rights-based approaches and the sector can be divided up into three broad categories,, identified the need for a campaign to promote the human rights work of organisations in the first category,Human Rights now stretches across SCVO policy responses, including ongoing social care discussions and,We used photographs of blog writers in social media posts in order to personalise the content and to,In order to communicate a simple and engaging message, we posted a quote from the blog writer next to

https://scvo.scot/p/14613/2017/02/28/right-approach-campaign-july-december-2016

The Taylor Report is a small step along the road to fair work

Ruth Boyle
14 July 2017
Posted in
Commission tasked with examining how a higher NMW rate might apply to non-guaranteed hours Recommends a new category,employment and will bring little comfort to those already fearing for our hard-won employment rights post-Brexit

https://scvo.scot/p/15799/2017/07/14/the-taylor-report-is-a-small-step-along-the-road-to-fair-work

SCVO Workforce Survey 2015

Julia Morrison
25 February 2015
Posted in
Reasons given for increased workloads fell into 4 main categories: Staff who have left, were made redundant,The pay is certainly much lower than similar posts in the private or public sector (I have worked in,Positive organisational policies were also important to many, in particular around work-life balance,Every year we wait to find out if we've got the funding to keep my post.,The rest of respondents (30%) were in office-based roles, such as administration, fundraising, policy

https://scvo.scot/p/7977/2015/02/25/scvo-workforce-survey-2015