Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Social Security

Through gaining devolved powers, the Scottish Government has pledged to build a fairer social security,“Benefits were an entirely new area for the Scottish Government and they sought our advice from an early,The charity’s head of policy and strategy Marion Davis said: “We lobbied Scottish Government and submitted,“OPFS was extremely pleased and relieved when the Scottish Government continued a commitment to grants

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/social-security

Equal Marriage

The Equal Marriage campaign in Scotland called on the Scottish Government to legalise same sex marriage,He said he did, and the SNP agreed to hold a consultation if they got back into government.,Following a consultation which attracted 77,500 responses, the Scottish Government announced it would

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/equal-marriage

Right to Roam

All subsequent efforts failed as successive governments avoided trying to get legislation through the,In 1994 a report from the government’s advisers on the countryside, Scottish Natural Heritage, called,Scotland’s excellent access rights – together with the Scottish Government’s National Walking Strategy

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/right-to-roam

Repealing Ban on Discussing Homosexuality in Schools

series of homophobic attacks on LGBT equality and pro-LGBT Labour councils by Margaret Thatcher’s government,Section 28 (s28 of the Local Government Act 1988 was a controversial GB-wide amendment to local government,It was eventually repealed in the rest of Britain by the Local Government Act in November 2003.

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/repealing-ban-on-discussing-homosexuality-in-schools

Community Right to Buy

The Scottish Government was committed to simplifying it but not at that stage to extending it.,“The Community Empowerment Bill gave us an opportunity to change this as government officials effectively,We employed a former government solicitor and a legislation drafting expert to help us draft a targeted,After a lot of lobbying we got the Scottish Government to allow communities to buy land if it was abandoned

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/community-right-to-buy

Introduction

opened up that allow Scotland’s charities to work in close partnership with elected members and government,crucial that charities continue to work constructively with the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/introduction

Smoke Free Public Places

The new Scottish Government initially favoured a voluntary approach but ASH Scotland surveys proved that,Detailed responses were submitted to government consultations on smoking in public places, focused briefings,a strong supporter, proposing a private Member’s Bill which was later picked up by the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/smoke-free-public-places

Abolition of Tuition Fees

In 1998, university fees were reintroduced by the Labour government at a cost of £1,000 per year.,The GE was scrapped by the SNP government in 2008, following a campaign by NUS Scotland, who are committed,While we lost the tuition fee argument with the Westminster Government, it was instrumental in getting,First Minister Alex Salmond said that “rocks would melt under the sun” before an SNP government introduced

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/abolition-of-tuition-fees

Climate Change

SCSS secured a government commitment to a 42 per cent reduction target by 2020, by initiating a media,coalitions have since approached SCCS for advice following its success in persuading the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/climate-change

Minimum Alcohol Pricing

increasing price but this option was not available to Scotland as taxation was reserved to the UK Government,The Scottish Government had been trying to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol since 2009.

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/minimum-alcohol-pricing

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