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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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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

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

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

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

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

SCVO/TSI Scotland Network letter to Angela Rayner, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Government

has been ignored between the shouts of the market and the state’ and ‘the relationship between government,the design and decision-making processes from the start.While such discussions take place, the UK Government,a positive difference for communities.We would also like to see a clear commitment from the UK Government

https://scvo.scot/p/93697/2024/09/12/scvo-tsi-scotland-network-letter-to-angela-rayner-secretary-of-state-for-housing-communities-local-government

Scottish Government Stakeholder Survey 2008

of the 2008 Stakeholder Study was to identify areas of strength and weaknesses in the Scottish Government,section on the perceived impact of the Concordat on stakeholders' relationships with the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/scottish-government-stakeholder-survey-2008

Scottish Government Budget 2020-21

The Scottish Budget sets out the Scottish Government's planned spending for the upcoming financial year

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/scottish-government-budget-2020-21

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