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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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Board of trustees elections 2023

Joining the SCVO Board of Trustees At SCVO we're passionate about what the voluntary sector can achieve,from our membership and we have one vacancy for an elected member of our Board to be filled at our AGM,Board of trustees nomination form Being a trustee SCVO is a trusted organisation, with a critical role,’s strategic objectives key internal and external events such as The Gathering and the Charity Awards,Find out more about SCVO's work and our current Board Read about SCVO's work and learn about our current

https://scvo.scot/about/people/board-of-trustees/elections-2023

Meetings

statutory requirement to hold an AGM.,Annual General Meeting (AGM) For organisations with a membership, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) is,Many voluntary organisations hold an AGM to fulfil a legal and/or constitutional obligation.,SCVO can provide further training and resources to help ensure your organisation is governed effectively,tend to fall into two categories – long-term, eg finance, staffing, and short-term, eg fundraising, events

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/governance/meetings

Recruitment & induction

advertised through Goodmoves, Volunteer Scotland and Third Sector Interfaces will also appear on the SCVO,someone onto your governing body at any time, where the usual process would involve an election at the AGM,SCVO can provide further training and resources to help ensure your organisation is governed effectively

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/governance/recruitment-induction

Roles & responsibilities

trustee is the best person to do a specific piece of work for the organisation, which would in any event,of a split decisionensuring that AGMs and EGMs are carried out according to the governing document.,The Chair may also represent the organisation at external events and meetings, act as a cheque signatory,preparing paperwork for meetingsoverseeing procedures for the operation of the board (eg organising the AGM,SCVO can provide further training and resources to help ensure your organisation is governed effectively

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/governance/roles-responsibilities

Coronavirus update from the regulator

Maureen Mallon from OSCR gives guidance for charities on how to cope with the coronavirus outbreak

https://tfn.scot/opinion/coronavirus-update-from-the-regulator

Minutes of the 70th Annual General Meeting | November 2013

, welcomed members to the 70th AGM and thanked them for attending.,Events earlier in the day had demonstrated a real appetite for programmes of activity in this area over,Since the 2012 AGM, SCVO had engaged intensively and extensively with members and stakeholders on the,organisations and earlier in the year 3,200 people had visited the Gathering over its two days, with its 42 events,With the event in its tenth year in 2014, the Convener looked forward to these records being smashed.

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

Third Sector Summit 2014

20 November 2014 | 200 SVS, Glasgow | FREE | #tss14 The Third Sector Summit, hosted by SCVO and partners,, will be packed with free events and workshops suited to the diverse organisations that make up the,='tss15'] lunch and networking Afternoon sessions [scvo_homepages slug='tss15-pm'] Evening sessions SCVO's,AGM 5.00-5.45pm SCVO’s 71st AGM, our first as a SCIO.,Minutes from 2013 | AGM agenda 2014 | Annual report 2014 Drinks reception 5.45-7.00pm Network with colleagues

https://scvo.scot/p/6374/2014/10/15/tss14

Scotland’s Future Survey

As SCVO will be holding an event on referendum issues at our November AGM, we also asked for organisations,Questions provided by respondents as suggestions of what SCVO should ask from the campaigns varied but

https://scvo.scot/p/1347/2013/11/25/scotlands-future-survey

Understand SCIOs, tiers & all things charity governance-related

SCVO, SCIO what’s all that about!??’,and model documents on SCIOs which were written by Stephen Phillips of Burness Paull, a partner in SCVO,individuals are both members and charity trustees, and there is no wider membership that can vote at an AGM,If you think there should be an election process at an AGM, even if attendance may be low, then a membership,two-tier structure, the board is elected by, and accountable to, a wider body of ordinary members at an AGM

https://scvo.scot/p/12614/2016/05/31/understand-scios-tiers-all-things-charity-governance-related

My reflections on 2018/19

It's been a busy year since our last AGM.,Strategic Plan 2019-22, the result of much engagement with the sector and a wholesale review of what SCVO,We intend to bring the fruits of that review to next year’s AGM.,Members of the SCVO Policy Forum has been working on a manifesto to influence all the political parties,At our 76th AGM recently we elected three new trustees - Pauline Lunn, James Adams and Manish Joshi -

https://scvo.scot/p/33797/2019/12/12/my-reflections-on-2018-19