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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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The Draft Charities Bill: Focus Group Discussions with the General Public

The Scottish Executive intends to introduce a new bill to regulate charities operating in Scotland. This bill is, currently, in draft form and has been the subject of extensive public consultation with interested parties. The Executive?s normal consultation process tends to...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-draft-charities-bill-focus-group-discussions-with-the-general-public

On board: how can participation on third sector boards in Scotland be increased, widened and strengthened?

Key to the third sector?s success are the voluntary boards which are responsible for ensuring that third sector organisations are run well. Existing research into third sector boards has found that many experience difficulties recruiting new and appropriately skilled board...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/on-board-how-can-participation-on-third-sector-boards-in-scotland-be-increased-widened-and-strengthened

Boldness in a time of change: Rethinking the charity sector for the future

This paper is the first output of our State of the Sector programme, aimed at injecting new thinking and ideas about how sector leaders in the UK can respond to the changing environment. It brings together our practice and thinking to identify what are, in our view, the critical...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/boldness-in-a-time-of-change-rethinking-the-charity-sector-for-the-future

Public trust and confidence in charities 2016

This report presents the findings of the 2016 Charity Commission study into public trust and confidence in charities, conducted by Populus. The research monitors the level of public trust and confidence in the charity sector as well as other key questions. It also explores the...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/public-trust-and-confidence-in-charities-2016

Leading charity votes for far-ranging governance changes

Charity was warned by regulator to get its board structure in order

https://tfn.scot/news/leading-charity-votes-for-far-ranging-governance-changes

Housing association yet to resolve “serious” governance issues

Regulator continues to impose statutory powers on housing association

https://tfn.scot/news/housing-association-yet-to-resolve-serious-governance-issues

The Scottish Government has promised timely notifications of funding arrangements – help us monitor it!

read this: we are looking for voluntary organisations who are expecting funding from the Scottish Government,A result of that has been the Scottish Government’s commitment to Fairer Funding by 2026 and, although,And so, as part of our Fair Funding package, we have been asking the Scottish Government to ensure funding,But even more encouraging was the Scottish Government’s response.,If your organisation is awaiting notification from the Scottish Government on funding for the forthcoming

https://scvo.scot/p/88501/2024/02/07/the-scottish-government-has-promised-timely-notifications-of-funding-arrangements-help-us-monitor-it

Equality leadership capacity building project

aspirations to offer their experience directly to those responsible for making public appointments to government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/equality-leadership-capacity-building-project

Close to Parity: Challenging the voluntary sector to smash the glass ceiling

Rowena Lewis's research report shines a spotlight on women's representation in the voluntary sector. Through her research Rowena set out to demonstrate how well the sector is doing. She unearthed some uncomfortable truths along the way about the inequalities that persist. She...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/close-to-parity-challenging-the-voluntary-sector-to-smash-the-glass-ceiling

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