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This paper explores whether recent attacks on charities from politicians and the media have adversely affected the public?s attitude to the sector, based on the results of a poll carried out by Ipsos MORI. It is divided into three sections: general attitudes towards charities and...

This report is a briefing to welcome the new Scottish government into office and showing their support

144 voluntary sector CEO’s and senior leaders, members and non members of ACOSVO filled out our Wellbeing, Succession and Diversity survey which ran from July 19th to August 23rd 2021. Key findings from this snapshot of Scotland’s sector leaders showed a huge disparity in...

This report presents a summary of research conducted in early 2010. The overall aim was to gauge and track the opinion of charity trustees and the general public in order to identify priorities for development of OSCR?s processes and communication. For charity trustees the...

This survey was carried out by the accountancy firm Baker Tilly during September and October 2009. It sought to discover how charities, some 18 months into the recession, have coped with the short-term issues affecting the sector and what the medium and long-term effects are...

be incorporated into governance structures.,s move towards a more open, transparent and accountable way of governing.

This research published by Capacitybuilders in England shows that the majority of public service commissioners would like to see greater collaboration and merger between organisations that provide support and advice to civil society groups. The findings show that commissioners...

In November 2008, OSCR published the results of a comparative study into the accounts of small charities. The study aimed to establish a benchmark for compliance with the statutory requirements set out under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charity...

The overall aim of this research was to gauge and track the opinions of charity trustees and the general public in order to provide evidence to inform OSCR?s decision making. The results may be compared with OSCR?s 2008 surveys of trustees and the general public, and the 200...

The Scottish Government’s policy prospectus, New leadership - A fresh start, committed to delivering,To ensure progress is made in 2023/24 the Programme for Government should: Align the Scottish Government,Introduce multi-year funding across a number of Scottish Government funds and report on the impact of,Additional information SCVO’s proposals for the Programme for Government 2023/24 covered three areas:,These proposals were shared with the Scottish Government while the programme was being developed.