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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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Better regulation

We work with colleagues in the voluntary sector, in government and across parliament, and with other,We’re currently engaging with the Scottish Government and OSCR on the implementation of the Charities,We’ll be assisting with the Scottish Government’s Third Sector Unit (TSU) event at this year’s Gathering,We’re engaging across the Scottish Parliament on both the Scottish Government’s consideration of FoI

https://scvo.scot/policy/better-regulation

Lobbying

inform and influence decisions made by our elected representatives and policy development by our government,regulated lobbying: I have communicated orally and face to face with an MSP, Member of the Scottish Government,, Permanent Secretary or Special Adviser.I have communicated about Scottish Government or Scottish Parliamentary,purposes of journalismWhere your organisation has been asked to meet with an MSP or the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/governance/guidance-and-templates/lobbying

Transparent funding

As financial pressures intensify, understanding Scottish Government spending decisions is increasingly,improvements to funding data to support voluntary organisations and others to understand Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/transparent-funding

Abolition of Tuition Fees

In 1998, university fees were reintroduced by the Labour government at a cost of £1,000 per year.,The GE was scrapped by the SNP government in 2008, following a campaign by NUS Scotland, who are committed,While we lost the tuition fee argument with the Westminster Government, it was instrumental in getting,First Minister Alex Salmond said that “rocks would melt under the sun” before an SNP government introduced

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/abolition-of-tuition-fees

National minimum wage rates

To ensure you are accessing the correct information, please check the Government's information on National,The NMW and National Living Wage (NLW) is set by the government.

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/rewards-benefits/guide-to-the-national-minimum-wage/national-minimum-wage-rates

Digital

Connecting Scotland is a Scottish Government initiative managed and delivered by SCVO.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital

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

Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Act 2023

As OSCR and the Scottish Government proceed with the implementation of the Act’s proposals, we want to

https://scvo.scot/post/tags/charities-bill

Minimum wage records

The government stated they would respond to the review by the end of 2017, although this was delayed,The government has now released their response to the Taylor report and have announced they will ask,The government has announced an initiative to tackle the illegal use of unpaid internships and the HMRC

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/rewards-benefits/guide-to-the-national-minimum-wage/minimum-wage-records

Free School Meals

The Scottish Government introduced free school meals for all children in primary one to three in January,A Scottish Government announcement in 2014 to provide free school meals to p1 - p3 pupils was followed,The government awarded councils extra funding to implement the policy, which affected 135,000 children,to P3 in the run up to the 2007 parliamentary election and include it in their subsequent local government

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/free-school-meals

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