Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Access to audit

As part of their wider review of charity law, the Scottish Government asked about whether audit thresholds,The Scottish Government has now committed to increasing the income criterion of the Scottish charity

https://scvo.scot/policy/better-regulation/access-to-audit

Building your partnership

There's no definitive list, but ideally you should have participation from: Local government e.g. community,Our local lead in Renfrewshire in 2021 reflected: Governance As with any partnership, you will need to,pay attention to your governance structures.,arrangements in our Village and Community Halls Guide, or explore governance more broadly in the SCVO,Guide to Good Governance.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/partnership/place-based-digital-inclusion/building-your-partnership

Government expenditure on the voluntary sector in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Analysis of government spending on the voluntary sector in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland for the

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/government-expenditure-on-the-voluntary-sector-in-wales-scotland-and-northern-ireland

Analysis of Cross-Cutting Local Government Expenditure on Children in Poverty

research examines the adequacy and effectiveness of current funding provision in Scottish local government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/analysis-of-cross-cutting-local-government-expenditure-on-children-in-poverty

Tethered fortunes: The threat to charities from trouble in local government

More than half of charities that work with local government think the council’s current financial situation,poses a moderate or high risk to them Charity income from local government has fallen by more than £2,billion since 2009-10 If charity funding by local government had stayed at 2010 levels, charities would

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/tethered-fortunes-the-threat-to-charities-from-trouble-in-local-government

The role of local government in promoting wellbeing: healthy communities programme

It is also likely to be of interest and relevance to central government departments and to health promotion,and improvement specialists working in local government, the NHS and voluntary and community sector,England, the report provides a guide to further action across the levels and functions of local government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-role-of-local-government-in-promoting-wellbeing-healthy-communities-programme

Social Security

Through gaining devolved powers, the Scottish Government has pledged to build a fairer social security,“Benefits were an entirely new area for the Scottish Government and they sought our advice from an early,The charity’s head of policy and strategy Marion Davis said: “We lobbied Scottish Government and submitted,“OPFS was extremely pleased and relieved when the Scottish Government continued a commitment to grants

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/social-security

Repealing Ban on Discussing Homosexuality in Schools

series of homophobic attacks on LGBT equality and pro-LGBT Labour councils by Margaret Thatcher’s government,Section 28 (s28 of the Local Government Act 1988 was a controversial GB-wide amendment to local government,It was eventually repealed in the rest of Britain by the Local Government Act in November 2003.

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/repealing-ban-on-discussing-homosexuality-in-schools

Community Right to Buy

The Scottish Government was committed to simplifying it but not at that stage to extending it.,“The Community Empowerment Bill gave us an opportunity to change this as government officials effectively,We employed a former government solicitor and a legislation drafting expert to help us draft a targeted,After a lot of lobbying we got the Scottish Government to allow communities to buy land if it was abandoned

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/community-right-to-buy

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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