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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.

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Response to SSAC Consultation - Extension of benefit waiting days

At a recent session with the Scottish Parliament Welfare Reform Committee, a panel of third sector and,housing associations, Citizens’ Advice Bureaux, condition specific organisations, and mental health charities,In addition, there is no way to review decisions not to award STBA[xi].,year-benefit-ban-hits-120-disabled-people-under-new-sanctions-regime [vii] http://www.oxfam.org.uk/scotland/blog,the_rise_of_in-work_poverty [xiii] http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0045/00451915.pdf [xiv] http://www.niesr.ac.uk/blog

https://scvo.scot/p/5169/2014/07/01/response-to-ssac-consultation-extension-of-benefit-waiting-days

Getting involved through Good HQ

The first step in that process was to link Good HQ to the Scottish Charity Awards voting process.,Head on over to Good HQ to check out what people said about some of the 2016 Charity Awards winners,

https://scvo.scot/p/12745/2016/06/14/getting-involved-through-good-hq

Getting to know GoodHQ

Awards!),As my colleague David said in a recent blog, Good HQ was piloted at the Scottish Charity Awards.,We recently added Scotland’s 700 highest income charities.,smaller charities as soon as possible.,Another is Charity of the Year winners, Saheliya.

https://scvo.scot/p/12769/2016/06/23/getting-to-know-goodhq

The need for transparency in the third sector

decline is not as high as some might have predicted, especially when you consider a press bent on shaming charity,The recent Scottish Charity Awards were testament to some of the excellent things that have been happening,The new digital platform lets the public share their honest experiences of charities, both good and bad,It also gives charities valuable feedback on how they can improve to deliver better services and experiences,For more information take a look at my previous blog on getting to know Good HQ or get in touch by emailing

https://scvo.scot/p/12828/2016/07/07/the-need-for-transparency-in-the-third-sector

Telling the world why #ilovecharity

Vote for the Scottish Charity Awards People's Choice award and use Good HQ to tell the world why.

https://scvo.scot/p/12455/2016/05/05/telling-the-world-why-ilovecharity

The State of Children’s Rights in Scotland

Concluding Observations, will show where we are doing well, and where more work is needed to fulfil the Scottish,In 2009 the Scottish Government published Do the Right Thing.,Delegates contributed inspiring examples, like how Scottish Borders Council has a group of young people,Aberdeen we heard that awareness raising is partly addressed through the Rights Respecting Schools Award,Together is an alliance of Scottish children's charities working to improve the awareness, understanding

https://scvo.scot/p/12552/2016/05/19/childrens-rights-in-scotland

"And the winner is..."

Back in July, Chris blogged about a great opportunity for third sector organisations to showcase the,amazing work that they are doing with digital as part of the Herald Scottish Digital Business Awards.,as well as the winning award.,Congratulations go to the first winner of the Charity and Social Enterprise Award Euan's Guide and Carr,Alongside these awards it was great to see RNIB and eCom Scotland win the Education and Training Award

https://scvo.scot/p/10475/2015/10/27/and-the-winner-is

The effectiveness of the self-regulation of fundraising in Scotland: an informal review

OSCR, the Scottish charity regulator, has limited powers in relation to fundraising and the Scottish,entered in the Scottish Charity Register.,In contrast, in the year 2014/15, the PFRA awarded fines against sixteen organisations which totalled,responsibilities for developing a Code of Practice, promoting best practice, handling complaints and awarding,(blog) [8] From OSCR’s Scottish Charity Surveys 2014 [9] As above [10] Rapidata (2015) Rapidata announces

https://scvo.scot/p/10161/2015/09/23/the-effectiveness-of-the-self-regulation-of-fundraising-in-scotland-an-informal-review

SCVO response to Scottish Parliament Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee

In conclusion, many aspects of Scottish Government work very well.,It is not clear how the Scottish Government gained approval.,A blog entitled Future of the Funds was set up by the Managing Authority (MA) to inform people but it,In addition SDS expected match to come from EF contracts which they themselves only awarded approximately,the sector SCVO: has the largest Scotland-wide membership from the sector – our 1,900 members include charities

https://scvo.scot/p/25068/2018/04/13/scvo-response-to-scottish-parliament-economy-jobs-and-fair-work-committee