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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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History

By the mid-seventies, following changes to its governance, SCSS established a standing committee called,By 1994 it was apparent that the Council’s governance would need further change to properly conduct the

https://scvo.scot/about/history

Lewis Swanson u2013 Cornerstone

about this time is that we’ve all been put under the same sort of brand of care home that the government's

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/never-more-needed/stories/lewis-swanson-cornerstone

Closing a SCIO

pass the application to the Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) which is an agency for the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/support/closing-down/legal-processes/scio

I Love Charity

We had two main aims: To support good governance within organisations to ensure they are well run, open

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/i-love-charity

Annual leave and coronavirus

The Government has amended the Working Time Regulations 1998 to give workers the statutory right to carry,For assistance, Government guidance was produced on 13 May 2020 which sets out that employers should

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/leave/guide-to-holiday-entitlement-and-pay/annual-leave-and-coronavirus

The Economy

high, particularly food and energy additional costs being levied on some voluntary organisations governments

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/shifting-sands/economy

Support & learning

Includes governance, finance and managing people Digital How to deliver digital services, tackle digital

https://scvo.scot/support

AI organisational policies

Internal policies for staff use People in your organisation will already be using AI, so you’ll want a policy on employee use. This will be similar to a “use of social media” policy. Individuals and teams across organisations are already actively experimenting with tools such as...

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/ai/ai-policies

Using SCVO templates

You should check that this policy is compliant with the law and with your own governing document.

https://scvo.scot/support/using-scvo-templates

Holiday pay calculations

Employers can use the government website calculator to work out holiday entitlement.

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/leave/guide-to-holiday-entitlement-and-pay/holiday-pay-calculations

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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.