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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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UK Government A government website with a wide variety of advice notes on aspects of employment law including

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/staff-volunteers/more-information

Top tips and support for Trustees

on ‘The Trustee Journey’, there was a focus on the dual importance of both legal and practical governance

https://scvo.scot/p/55561/2022/11/16/top-tips-and-support-for-trustees

Case Studies

Funding: “Lack of Multi-Year – A Relentless, Never-Ending Process” With funding from the Scottish Government,Organisation C has no relationships with local authority or Scottish Government funders, which is in,is Integration Joint Boards, Health & Social Care Partnerships, local councils, or the Scottish Government,The inability to secure funding at local authority or Scottish Government level, despite delivering the,outcomes desired by local and national government, allied to a lack of secure multi-year funding, has

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/fair-funding/example-case-studies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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