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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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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

The Scottish Government has promised timely notifications of funding arrangements – help us monitor it!

read this: we are looking for voluntary organisations who are expecting funding from the Scottish Government,A result of that has been the Scottish Government’s commitment to Fairer Funding by 2026 and, although,And so, as part of our Fair Funding package, we have been asking the Scottish Government to ensure funding,But even more encouraging was the Scottish Government’s response.,If your organisation is awaiting notification from the Scottish Government on funding for the forthcoming

https://scvo.scot/p/88501/2024/02/07/the-scottish-government-has-promised-timely-notifications-of-funding-arrangements-help-us-monitor-it

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

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

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

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

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

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