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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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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

Pay charity trustees to improve governance says think tank

NEWS 16 August 2016 by Susan Smith
Management
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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

Governance crisis at leading charity as chief executive resigns

NEWS 13 June 2017 by Rab Armour
Management
​World's oldest animal charity plunged into disarray after resignation

https://tfn.scot/news/governance-crisis-at-leading-charity-as-chief-executive-resigns

Regulator freezes assets of church charity over governance concerns

NEWS 30 November 2023 by Rab Armour
Management
No accounts have been filed since 2017

https://tfn.scot/news/regulator-freezes-assets-of-church-charity-over-governance-concerns

New site launched to strengthen charity governance across Scotland

NEWS 26 June 2025 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
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Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
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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

Local Government Finance statistics

Statistics relating to Local Government Finance, including local government income and expenditure revenue,Publications include: - Scottish Local Government Financial Statistics - Provisional Outturn & Budget

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/local-government-finance-statistics

SCVO responds to UK Government Autumn Budget 2024

Press release
31 October 2024
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“If the UK government is serious about its intention to work in partnership with the voluntary sector,It is vital that Scottish Government, local authorities and independent funders to do the same on the,TSI Scotland Network letter to Angela Rayner, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Government

https://scvo.scot/p/94630/2024/10/31/scvo-respond-to-uk-government-autumn-budget-2024

Public trust in charities 2022

5.3 -0.5 Private companies 5.0 -0.3 Your local council 4.9 -0.6 Newspapers 3.9 -0.4 MPs 3.4 0.7 Government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/public-trust-in-charities-2022

Start as you mean to go on: trustee recruitment and induction

Most charities will recruit trustees from time to time. For some, this will happen annually; others will do so less often. The process of finding and welcoming new trustees to an established board is an excellent opportunity to evaluate and improve on the charity?s effectiveness...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/start-as-you-mean-to-go-on-trustee-recruitment-and-induction

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2026. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.