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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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Press coverage tips for charities

An AGM won’t cut it – would you read a story about another organisation’s governance meeting?!

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/never-more-needed/resources/press-coverage-tips-for-charities

Pulse one - Spring 2026

Summary for both reports Across both reports emerges a clear picture of a sector under growing and ongoing pressure. Funding challenges, such as short‑term and competitive funding, are made worse by a difficult social and political climate. The first report shows that the funding...

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/pulses/pulse-1-spring-2026

Scottish Charity Award winners 2024

" - Aberlour Children's Charity Sponsored by SGN This ambitious campaign persuaded the Scottish Government,focused on impact and saw the charity host a music and dementia conference, influence the Scottish Government’s

https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards/previous-winners/winners

Managing safeguarding concerns

Undertaking safeguarding activities reduces the risk of harm and abuse for your team and all the children and adults you work with. However, there can still be worries that someone in contact with the organisation is struggling or experiencing abuse, neglect or exploitation...

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/safeguarding/concerns

The future of SCVO: consulting on a new strategic approach

Indeed Scottish Government specifically fund us to do that.

https://scvo.scot/about/work/the-future-of-scvo-consulting-on-a-new-strategic-approach

#EUareValued

Here at SCVO, we love charities. We believe every person who works to make a difference to Scottish communities should be valued, and that includes our colleagues who have come from other EU countries to live and work here. Scotland's voluntary sector is strengthened thanks to their contribution

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/eu-are-valued

Returning to the workplace

Current government guidelines state that anyone who works from home, should.

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/employee-engagement-culture/returning-to-the-workplace

Hybrid working

To do this, employees need to create a Government Gateway account.

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/employee-engagement-culture/future-of-work

Resource and sustainability

How can you resource a place-based initiative and make it as sustainable as possible?

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/partnership/place-based-digital-inclusion/resource-and-sustainability

The Social Economy Pledge

Collaboration - To support a continued partnership approach between government, charities, social enterprises

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/social-economy-pledge

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2026. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.