Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Trustee's Week 2023

The Good Governance Checkup which will help you understand how well your organisation is doing on governance,Come along and help us debate how we should fix governance.,Good governance check-up How good is your organisation's governance?,Use our good governance check-up to find out.,It guides you through the principles of the Scottish Governance Code for the third sector.

https://scvo.scot/about/networks/trustee/trustees-week-2023

Politics

2025/26 will see the new UK government bed in, and preparations begin for Scottish Parliament elections,in 2026 and local government elections in 2027.,into 2025/26, there are some signs of strain in relationships between the voluntary sector and governments

https://scvo.scot/support/shifting-sands/politics

Promoting Corporate Diversity in the Financial Services Sector

This report provides an in-depth appraisal of the underlying causes of the credit crunch and of the global financial recession that followed in 2008/2009. It analyses the lack of financial diversity within the UK financial services system as a contributory factor to these...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/promoting-corporate-diversity-in-the-financial-services-sector

The Road Ahead 2022

NCVO's annual analysis of the biggest trends, opportunities and events that will impact charities and volunteering in England and the wider UK in the year ahead. This is NCVO's second Road Ahead published during the pandemic. As in previous years, the report was developed using a...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-road-ahead-2022

Leading the Way: a vision for the future of Voluntary Sector Support Services in West Lothian

Group (VSSG), the Voluntary Sector Forum, the Community Planning Partnership (CPP), the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/leading-the-way-a-vision-for-the-future-of-voluntary-sector-support-services-in-west-lothian

Thinking about… Charity Reserves: A research report into charity reserves management in Scotland

The Scotland Funders’ Forum commissioned IVAR ‘to understand how charity reserves can contribute to a dynamic and resilient third sector’ and explore ‘how charities can manage reserves for stability, but also how they can make reserves work harder’. The work has proved timely...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/thinking-about-charity-reserves-a-research-report-into-charity-reserves-management-in-scotland

State of the Sector 2024 - People PDF

PDF version of our interactive online People sector stats including: the numbers of volunteers in the sector the numbers of paid staff in the sector top sector employers staff costs staff pay and Living Wage info.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/state-of-the-sector-2024-people-pdf

The future of community housing in Scotland: some thoughts and reflections

This paper looks at the future of the community housing sector in Scotland. It reflects upon the sector?s origins and evolution, and contextualises its future development in light of imminent public sector cuts and the shift from ?social? to ?affordable? housing. It argues that...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-future-of-community-housing-in-scotland-some-thoughts-and-reflections

Four Challenges for Scotland's Cities

One-half of Scotland?s population lives in Glasgow or Edinburgh or in one of the council areas that directly abuts those cities; more than one-half of Scotland?s gross domestic product is made in those areas. This paper discusses the key challenges of productivity, social change...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/four-challenges-for-scotlands-cities

Thinking about strategic charity reserves management

Ben Cairns

22 June 2023

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Ben Cairns (co-founder and director of IVAR) and Chris Mills (Research Associate at IVAR) explore what strategic charity reserves management means and its benefits, in their latest blog for Small Charity Week 2023. 'We’re a small charity with a small turnover. We know we’re...

https://scvo.scot/p/60288/2023/06/22/thinking-about-strategic-charity-reserves-management

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