Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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

SCVO responds to UK Government Autumn Budget 2024

Press release

31 October 2024

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Policy

“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

SCVO response to Deputy First Minister's comments on Scottish Government's funding shortfall

Press release

30 January 2025

Posted in

SCVO news
Policy

Budget

the public sector in Scotland will have to “absorb” a £200 million shortfall because of the UK government’s,“The UK and Scottish Governments must work together as a matter of urgency to resolve this issue.”

https://scvo.scot/p/96826/2025/01/30/scvo-response-to-deputy-first-ministers-comments-on-scottish-governments-funding-shortfall

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

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

Nobody does it better - private sector v third sector governance

OPINION 28 June 2016 Guest post

Management

Sandy Macdonald says there's good and bad practise whether an organisation's purpose is profit or people

https://tfn.scot/opinion/nobody-does-it-better-private-sector-v-third-sector-governance

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