Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Organ Donation Opt Out

The Organ Donation Opt Out was introduced by the Scottish Government in 2017, allowing organs to be used,Initial meetings with government officials and ministers met with strong opposition.,A turning point came with the 2016 election, which saw the SNP majority government become a minority,However just four weeks after the election, McColgan received a phone call to say the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/organ-donation-opt-out

Review of charity regulation

We want to see the Scottish Government’s commitment to a wider review of charity regulation taken forward

https://scvo.scot/post/tags/charity-review

Community Wealth Building (CWB)

Through our Chief Executive Anna Fowlie’s role on the Scottish Government’s Community Wealth Building

https://scvo.scot/post/tags/community-wealth-building

Guide to employment status

This guide will help you work out if someone is: This guide is based on information from the UK Government's

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/recruitment-selection/guide-to-employment-status

Turcan Connell

advice service, we hope to give something back to the sector and to support SCVO members through governance

https://scvo.scot/services/partners/legal/turcan-connell

Board behaviour

We will achieve this by doing the following: Being open and honest about how we govern, who we are, and,understanding that real and perceived conflicts of interest must be managed in line with the law, our governing

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/governance/code/board-behaviour

Effectiveness

team, with an appropriate range and balance of skills and experience, to continually improve the governance,by doing the following: Understanding our organisation’s values and purposes, legal structure and governing

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/governance/code/effectiveness

Legal partners

They provide expert advice on governance, charity law, employment law, data protection and more.

https://scvo.scot/services/partners/legal

Smoke Free Public Places

The new Scottish Government initially favoured a voluntary approach but ASH Scotland surveys proved that,Detailed responses were submitted to government consultations on smoking in public places, focused briefings,a strong supporter, proposing a private Member’s Bill which was later picked up by the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/smoke-free-public-places

Affordable Homes

The Scottish Government formed a group to review subsidy levels – which the SFHA was part of – and the,In 2016, the SNP was elected again to government and subsequently announced a target of 50,000 affordable,Although less than the 60,000 affordable homes our research called for, we welcomed the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/affordable-homes

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