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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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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

More information

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

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

Minimum wage and trial periods

As current law does not define how long a ‘trial period’ should be, the government has released further,An exception to this rule is the Government's Work Trial scheme which allows disadvantaged persons to,Another scenario provided by the government is where a candidate is asked to work a two-hour trial period

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

Equal Marriage

The Equal Marriage campaign in Scotland called on the Scottish Government to legalise same sex marriage,He said he did, and the SNP agreed to hold a consultation if they got back into government.,Following a consultation which attracted 77,500 responses, the Scottish Government announced it would

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/equal-marriage

Right to Roam

All subsequent efforts failed as successive governments avoided trying to get legislation through the,In 1994 a report from the government’s advisers on the countryside, Scottish Natural Heritage, called,Scotland’s excellent access rights – together with the Scottish Government’s National Walking Strategy

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

Justice for Victims of Asbestos Related Diseases

CAA, through its campaigning activities, convinced the then Scottish Government to address the invidious,worked with colleagues in the Trade Union movement and wider civic society to convince the Scottish Government,“We thought that was morally wrong, we fought against that and the Scottish Government supported it.

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/justice-for-victims-of-asbestos-related-diseases

The Gathering 2022: a round-up

institutional racism, fair funding, digital wellbeing, and we heard from both the Scottish and UK governments,Delegates heard directly from the First Minister about the Scottish Government’s plans and how they relate,sizes had the opportunity to put the leading politician to the test, exploring how the Scottish Government,of State for Scotland, Iain Stewart MP, addresses delegates during ‘In conversation with the UK government,’ In conversation with the UK Government For the first time, SCVO welcomed a UK Government Minister to

https://scvo.scot/the-gathering/round-up-2022

Legal partners

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

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

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