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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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Social Enterprise in Scotland

This Guide attempts to provide a background to the social enterprise movement, the policy initiatives that have encouraged its growth and the support that is available in Scotland and across the rest of the UK. It also gives some short examples of the different types of social...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/social-enterprise-in-scotland

Trustee diversity: who is applying and who is appointed?

This report by Reach Volunteering examines the age, gender and ethnicity of people applying for trustee roles, and being appointed, through Reach’s service between 2017 and 2020, analysed across three protected characteristics: age, ethnicity and gender. In total, 8,725 people...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/trustee-diversity-who-is-applying-and-who-is-appointed

Covid19 impact on voluntary sector organisations - chief executive case studies (May 2020)

23 sector leaders share their experiences of the impact of Coronavirus on them and their organisations, sharing stories of stress, challenges, digital innovation and resilience.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/covid19-impact-on-voluntary-sector-organisations-chief-executive-case-studies-may-2020

Beyond Reserves - How charities can make their reserves work harder

Reserves are the main resource of any organisation within our sector. However they are often not considered as a source of funding or asan asset to be managed, but rather as something which should be protected and preserved. There are many useful guides to reserves planning, but...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/beyond-reserves-how-charities-can-make-their-reserves-work-harder

Autistic-led consortium appointed to enhance and shape charity’s inclusive governance

Autism Scotland is working with a range of organisations to improve the way it works

https://tfn.scot/news/autistic-led-consortium-appointed-to-enhance-and-shape-charitys-inclusive-governance

Self-evaluation guide for assessing governance in voluntary organisations who provide social care in

In 2007, the Social Work Inspection Agency (SWIA) conducted a review of the governance arrangements of,That piece of work led to the development of this self evaluation guide for assessing governance in voluntary,organisations and is a useful addition to the other resources available to assess and evaluate governance

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/self-evaluation-guide-for-assessing-governance-in-voluntary-organisations-who-provide-social-care-in-scotland

Scottish Government Analytical Exchange programme 2018

Scottish Government analysts (one or two people) will act as an analytical consultancy to solve problems,Since 2012, Scottish Government analysts have supported around 150 projects providing a total of well

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/scottish-government-analytical-exchange-programme-2018

Scottish Government Analytical Exchange programme 2017

The way this would work is individuals or small groups of Scottish Government analysts (one or two people,Over the last five years Scottish Government analysts have supported around 100 projects providing a

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/scottish-government-analytical-exchange-programme-2017

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