Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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

Small steps to cyber security: don’t take the bait

Alison Brogan

19 May 2025

Posted in

Support & learning
Digital

used when talking about emails, but these can also take the form of a text message or social media post

https://scvo.scot/p/98699/2025/05/19/small-steps-to-cyber-security-dont-take-the-bait

Oxfam’s income tops an incredible £400m

NEWS 11 August 2015 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

Oxfam posts record turnover in its latest annual accounts

https://tfn.scot/news/oxfams-income-tops-an-incredible-400m

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

Transparent funding

As financial pressures intensify, understanding Scottish Government spending decisions is increasingly important. We are calling for improvements to funding data to support voluntary organisations and others to understand Scottish Government spending. Transparent funding data is...

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/transparent-funding