Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET)

We work closely with Ewan Aitken who is the voluntary sector’s representative on NSET Delivery Board to ensure that voluntary organisations are understood as a crucial part of driving social and economic wellbeing in Scotland. Scotland's National Strategy for Economic...

https://scvo.scot/policy/transforming-the-economy/nset

UK/EU Trade Cooperation Agreement (TCA)

We work closely with partners on the implementation of the TCA to ensure that the Scottish voluntary sector is included, heard and understood. Irene Oldfather is SCVO’s representative on the current UK Domestic Advisory Group (DAG).

https://scvo.scot/policy/transforming-the-economy/europe

Community Wealth Building (CWB)

Through our Chief Executive Anna Fowlie’s role on the Scottish Government’s Community Wealth Building Steering Group, we are committed to amplifying and championing the views of the sector, to ensure national legislation reflects what is needed in communities, and the sector is...

https://scvo.scot/policy/transforming-the-economy/community-wealth-building

Review of charity regulation

We want to see the Scottish Government’s commitment to a wider review of charity regulation taken forward ensuring an independent, holistic approach to regulation that avoids gaps and overlaps in accountability, and results in a regulatory landscape that ultimately reflects the...

https://scvo.scot/policy/better-regulation/charity-review

Audits

Latest news & opinion The latest audits news and blogs. Read more Latest briefings & policy papers The latest audits briefings and policy papers from the policy team. Read more Latest consultation responses The latest audits consultation responses from the policy team. Read more...

https://scvo.scot/policy/better-regulation/audits

Lobbying Act

To comply with the Lobbying Act, organisations must record any instances of regulated lobbying (as defined by the Act) with MSPs on the Lobbying Register. We continually monitor the Act and Register for any potential added burden on Scotland’s voluntary sector. Latest news...

https://scvo.scot/policy/better-regulation/lobbying-act

Other regulation

In recent months, we have engaged with and responded to consultations on charity accounting requirements, the use of strategic litigation against public participation, HMRC charity tax compliance, a Human Rights Bill for Scotland, and the Heat in Buildings Bill, as we ensure the...

https://scvo.scot/policy/better-regulation/other-regulation

Employer National Insurance Changes

The Autumn 2024 Budget introduced changes to the level of Employers’ National Insurance Contributions. We estimate that this will cost the voluntary sector in Scotland as a whole around £75m. Given the challenging financial context, any increase in costs will be hard for...

https://scvo.scot/policy/transforming-the-economy/ni-changes

Returning to the workplace

Individual health and safety Returning to the workplace after a significant period of time, especially in a post-pandemic

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

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

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