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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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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 Spring Budget

Press release
6 March 2024
Responding to the Spring Budget 2024, SCVO Chief Executive Anna Fowlie, said: “I share the disappointment of other voluntary sector bodies that the Spring Budget did not recognise the essential services and support of voluntary organisations both in Scotland and across the UK...

https://scvo.scot/p/89078/2024/03/06/scvo-respond-to-uk-government-spring-budget

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
Management
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

Pay charity trustees to improve governance says think tank

NEWS 16 August 2016 by Susan Smith
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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

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

OSCR Scottish Charity Surveys 2016

Public trust and charity surveys: ? Levels of support for Scottish charities remain impressively high, with a quarter of the population volunteering and 9 out of 10 donating time, money or goods to charities. ? Most people support charities where they have a personal connection...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/oscr-scottish-charity-surveys-2016

The effectiveness of the self-regulation of fundraising in Scotland: an informal review

The purpose of this informal review was to identify whether the Scottish public, Scottish Government,Trustees are not sufficiently exercising their governance role in relation to fundraising ?

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-effectiveness-of-the-self-regulation-of-fundraising-in-scotland-an-informal-review

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.