The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is the membership organisation for Scotland’s

Charities are facing an increase in fees for basic transactions, misleading and inconsistent information,New charities struggled to identify and open suitable accounts, which prevented many from being able,to apply for or be awarded grants at a crucial time.,SCVO joined as the Scottish partner to ensure the needs of our sector were represented and advocated,It was only when charity and banking partners were allowed to participate in a joint conversation that

Today we’ve launched the 2022 Scottish Charity Awards with the invitation to organisations across the,Last year’s Charity Awards finalists have told us that these things have happened to them.,Well that’s because we’ll be hosting the Awards on the first evening of The Gathering!,I said in my blog last week, that we’re also missing the spontaneous conversations that occur when we

to a net-zero economy, and shifting to an inclusive wellbeing economy, is intrinsic to the work of charities,One charity reflected: “If Community Wealth Building is a permanent agenda, then we need to be able to,or businesses will include community benefits as part of the tendering and procurement process when awarding,New charities struggled to identify and open suitable accounts, which prevented many from being able,to apply for or be awarded grants at a crucial time.

As Sheghley Ogilvie from SCVO explained in a blog post last year: ‘I’ve often heard the Programme for,that role for charities in Third Force News: ‘Charities are an important voice for the people and communities,Charities in Scotland have a long history of influencing the UK and Scottish Governments, and don’t shy,feeds you’.Organisational Profiles, page 16 ‘Interviewees noted that the fact that the public sector awards,The Scottish Government published its emergency funding awards on 360 Giving during the pandemic, and