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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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Equal support - Do identity-based voluntary and community groups need identity-based organisational development?

Demand for capacity building support in the voluntary sector far outstrips the resources available. Some support providers offer 'specialist' support for voluntary and community organisations from particular backgrounds, (e.g. black and minority ethnic organisations ? BME, or...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/equal-support-do-identity-based-voluntary-and-community-groups-need-identity-based-organisational-development

AGM 2025

I bring governance, fundraising and partnership skills.,My experience is mainly in property law, company secretarial and governance.,I have served on various Committees of the Law Society of Scotland, including the Governing Council.,I leverage my experience in charity leadership, finance, governance and strategy to support the Board,Tackling inequalities, strategy, funding and governance.

https://scvo.scot/about/work/agm

Premises licensing

The Scottish Government website has more information for individual local authorities.

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/legislation/premises-licensing

Scottish Government Place Standard Toolkit: How good is our place?

The Place Standard tool provides a simple framework to structure conversations about place. It allows you to think about the physical elements of a place (for example its buildings, spaces, and transport links) as well as the social aspects (for example whether people feel they...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/scottish-government-place-standard-toolkit-how-good-is-our-place

Sectarianism and the Workplace: a Report to the Scottish Trades Union Congress and the Scottish Government

The origins of this study lie in the concerns summed up in a resolution passed at the 2005 STUC Congress (Amended Resolution No. 65 Sectarianism in the Workplace). This was a wide-ranging motion that recognized the variety of ways in which sectarianism could be expressed in...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/sectarianism-and-the-workplace-a-report-to-the-scottish-trades-union-congress-and-the-scottish-government

About the Scottish Third Sector Tracker

Tracker is run by an independent research company called DJS Research on behalf of SCVO, the Scottish Government,2025, SCVO was able to make informed decisions on its influencing and media work, and Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/about

Young people & the SDGs

The SDGs aren’t legally binding, they rely on individual governments to turn promises into effective,aged 16-24 to be part of a project aimed at bringing the voice of young people to the heart of government

https://scvo.scot/about/work/european-projects/young-people-the-sdgs

Scheme of delegation

Anything you set out in this document should reflect how you've laid out decisions about power in your governing

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/governance/guidance-and-templates/scheme-of-delegation

SCVO Annual General Meeting 2021

SCVO is governed by a board of up to eleven trustees, six of whom are elected from member nominations

https://scvo.scot/about/work/scvo-annual-general-meeting-2021

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