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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.

Of course, I recognise the significant financial pressures that the Scottish Government faces and the,I am calling for fair treatment for our sector, in line with the Scottish Government’s stated objectives,In recent years, voluntary organisations in receipt of Scottish Government funding have contended with,people they support.I’m particularly concerned about voluntary organisations in receipt of Scottish Government,of conversations with officials, placing themselves at considerable risk in terms of financial, governance

CRER research examining whether there is underrepresentation of minority ethnic people on charity boards,, with a focus on the top charities in Glasgow by income. CRER identified ethnicity and gender for each of the trustees for all 426 of the charities in sample pool through a...

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Among its key findings, the report found: The charity sector has created an additional 120,000 jobs for women over the past decade, to become the source of one in every 25 jobs filled by women in 2022, women contribute an estimated 64% of the hours worked in civil society...

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...

The aim of this research was to provide HEACS with 1. an overview of the structure and operations of a cross-section of intermediary bodies in the voluntary sector and 2. an assessment of the key characteristics that contribute to the successful and effective operations of such...

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...

Local government is one element of the political landscape affected by this change.,In the pre-devolution period, local government?,The paper first examines the constitutional position of local government in Scotland following the creation,This position is then compared with that of municipal government in Ontario.,, indicates about the Scottish context and the future role of Scottish local government.