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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 Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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New employment programme will lead to private sector profits feast

£76.6m worth of employment contracts going to companies based outside of Scotland or working in partnership

https://tfn.scot/news/new-work-programme-set-to-be-dominated-by-large-employability-organisations

Survival mode: Scotland’s third sector fails to grow

Scotland's third sector is failing to grow and financial optimism is rock bottom

https://tfn.scot/news/survival-mode-scotlands-third-sector-fails-to-grow

Exclusive: Stonewall told it must stop taking "blood money" from the arms trade

Former and current staff have said the LGBTQ+ charity must end its partnerships with weapons manufacturers

https://tfn.scot/news/exclusive-stonewall-told-it-must-end-partnerships-with-arms-trade

SCVO response to the Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee

At a CJS event earlier this year[3], employers cited confidence as the biggest barrier for young people,evaluation conducted by the Training & Employment Research Unit from the University of Glasgow in 2012,For example, only 18 out of 87 attendees at the CJS event held at the Gathering in 2020 were aware of,There also needs to be better partnership working between organisations and across sectors.,and is the largest free voluntary sector event in the UK.

https://scvo.scot/p/39816/2020/08/03/scvo-response-to-the-economy-energy-and-fair-work-committee

Brexit and Scottish independence: a third sector perspective

In the event of a so called ‘hard Brexit’, SCVO supported a differentiated deal for Scotland within Europe,encouraging in this regard – with threats that the UK could become a low tax, low regulation economy in the event,Speaking in the Financial Times (in 2012), the now Secretary of State for International Trade, Liam Fox,survey also found that nearly half of those questioned said they knew of opportunities for European partnerships,SCVO works in partnership with the third sector in Scotland to advance our shared values and interests

https://scvo.scot/p/15005/2017/04/07/brexit-and-scottish-independence-a-third-sector-perspective

Successful applications to the Community Capacity & Resilience Fund phase two

individuals by encouraging people to swap what they no longer need for things that they do at two large events,Additionally a wide range of organisations will be present at these events to broaden local connections,:1 sessions with pupils and their families; raise awareness of this new service through attending events,community groups from across Barrhead, to deliver a 6 month long promotional campaign of thematic events,/o Whitburn Pentecostal Church West Lothian Foodbank has been helping local people in crisis since 2012

https://scvo.scot/p/14329/2017/01/18/successful-applications-to-the-community-capacity-resilience-fund-phase-two

Opening up open government

On the 17 February Involve, SCVO and the Scottish Government held an Open Government workshop at the,Gathering 2016, Scotland’s largest annual third sector event.,She also emphasised that working in partnership with civil society to develop the commitments in the,civil society network has an important ongoing role to play in collaborating with government Since 2012,to the UK Open Government Action Plan, due for submission to the international Open Government Partnership

https://scvo.scot/p/11912/2016/03/10/opening-up-open-government

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

or door to door Events (33,206): Either run directly by the charity, or with places in events purchased,detailed analysis of a selected sample of 800 charity accounts and reports for the financial year 2012,The key findings were that individual giving in 2013 reached a historic high of £537m, up £66m from 2012,issue is ‘fundraising issues’[11] Year Number All Inquiry Files Opened Percentage 2011 14 399 3.51% 2012,They also explained that Trading Standards’ UK partnership with Citizens Advice has resulted in the significant

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

Commission on Local Government Tax Reform

providing space for real deliberation and discussion, and we need decision-makers to hold meetings and events,in communities as a matter of course (for more on this, see SCVO's Democracy Discussion paper[v]).,SCVO works in partnership with the third sector in Scotland to advance our shared values and interests,for the sector brings together organisations and networks connecting across the whole of Scotland SCVO,[iv] http://reidfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/The-Silent-Crisis1.pdf [v] http://www.scvo.scot

https://scvo.scot/p/9312/2015/06/10/commission-on-local-government-tax-reform

Minutes of the 70th Annual General Meeting | November 2013

Since the 2012 AGM, SCVO had engaged intensively and extensively with members and stakeholders on the,The financial accounts for 2012/13 reported a surplus of £8,598 In 2012/13 SCVO subsidised spend on Services,The Convener said that she had been invited to reflect not just on SCVO in 2012-13 but also on her six,Community Planning Partnerships offered a vehicle for a participatory approach to the development of,the civil society agenda stick, at the level of the generality of civil action and of building partnerships

https://scvo.scot/p/6744/2014/11/17/minutes-of-the-70th-annual-general-meeting-november-2013