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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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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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

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

SCVO Briefing Scottish Government debate: The UK Budget – Scotland’s Priorities

Multi-year funding For over a decade, the Scottish Government has recognised the need for multi-year,funding, committing to longer-term funding for the voluntary sector across multiple government strategies,, including within several Scottish Budgets and Programmes for Government.,In discussions relating to multi-year funding, however, the Scottish Government and local authorities,Commit to working constructively with the Scottish Government to support multi-year spending plans.

https://scvo.scot/p/93758/2024/09/23/scvo-briefing-scottish-government-debate-the-uk-budget-scotlands-priorities

SCVO Briefing Scottish Government debate: Impact of National Insurance Increase on Public Services

large voluntary sector employers begin to be understood, SCVO is calling for: The UK and Scottish Governments,The Chancellor and Scottish Government to ensure grants and contracts they, their agencies, and other,As set out in our letter to the First Minister, commitments are also needed from Scottish Government,to ensure that, come what may, grants and contracts awarded by the Scottish Government and its agencies,The Chancellor and Scottish Government must ensure grants and contracts they, their agencies, and other

https://scvo.scot/p/95200/2024/11/14/scvo-briefing-scottish-government-debate-impact-of-national-insurance-increase-on-public-services

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

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

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

Tackling Religious Hatred: Report of the Cross-Party Working Group on Religious Hatred

This Report sets out the conclusions of the Cross-Party Working Group on Possible Legislation to Tackle Religious Hatred in Scotland. It considers whether legislation is necessary or desirable, readily capable of enforcement and likely to lead to the reduction of sectarianism and...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/tackling-religious-hatred-report-of-the-cross-party-working-group-on-religious-hatred

Drug Use in Scotland: A Shared Agenda for the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Drugs Forum Policy Working Group fully believes that the overall aim of drug policy in Scotland should be to reduce the availability and use of drugs and to reduce the harm caused by the misuse of drugs. The Scottish Parliament will provide a unique opportunity to...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/drug-use-in-scotland-a-shared-agenda-for-the-scottish-parliament

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