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New site launched to strengthen charity governance across Scotland

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The free user-friendly platform offers accessible, up-to-date guidance for charities, community groups and social enterprises

https://tfn.scot/news/new-site-launched-to-strengthen-charity-governance-across-scotland

Pay charity trustees to improve governance says think tank

NEWS 16 August 2016 by Susan Smith

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Charities should be able to pay trustees to improve standards of governance says a new report from New

https://tfn.scot/news/pay-charity-trustees-to-improve-governance-says-think-tank

The ‘Get on Board’ Competency Pathway

need to engage young people now by creating opportunities and a supportive culture around board governance,"We need to create governance opportunities in a supportive environment and work towards changing mindsets

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-get-on-board-competency-pathway

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

A Review of the Scottish Executive's response to the Race Equality Advisory Forum's Recommendations

This report draws together the Executive?s progress to date in addressing the recommendations made by the Race Equality Advisory Forum REAF. It also examines related initiatives in reference to the wider duty under the RR(A)A to promote race equality.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/a-review-of-the-scottish-executives-response-to-the-race-equality-advisory-forums-recommendations

Greening the National Accounts for Scotland

This briefing note summarises recent work funded by scotecon on using insights from economics to measure ?sustainability? for Scotland.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/greening-the-national-accounts-for-scotland

Governance of Emergency Response in Scotland, Resiliance Management, and Adaptation to Increasing Climate

This paper presents selected findings from a 2008 pilot study investigating the role of the Scottish Third Sector in the provision of disaster or emergency response in Scotland. As a working paper, its aim is to set out the researcher's conceptual framework for further research...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/governance-of-emergency-response-in-scotland-resiliance-management-and-adaptation-to-increasing-climate-variability

Review of Charity Regulation: Scottish Government consultation

Jason Henderson

23 July 2024

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Charity Review

About our submission SCVO welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Scottish Government’s consultation,Contributions made during engagement webinars, hosted by SCVO in partnership with the Scottish Government’s,It will only be by working together – the voluntary sector, regulators, and the Scottish Government –,The regulator should not act in the interests of government or of the sector it regulates.,SCVO, of course, will continue to support the Scottish Government to do that.

https://scvo.scot/p/92967/2024/07/23/review-of-charity-regulation-scottish-government-consultation

A new Third Sector Governance Code for 2024

Tracey Bird

22 November 2023

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The Scottish Governance Code for the Third Sector was originally developed in 2018 by the Third Sector,Governance Forum.,Since then, both our understanding of good governance and stakeholders’ expectations have evolved.,SCVO’s Good Governance Checkup.,and get some practical hints and tips on good governance.

https://scvo.scot/p/86561/2023/11/22/a-new-third-sector-governance-code-for-2024

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