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2025 Scottish Voluntary Sector Workforce Survey

Key findings from the 2025 workforce survey including recruitment, retention, wellbeing, diversity and pay.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/2025-scottish-voluntary-sector-workforce-survey

AI and everything else - our call to action a digitally confident Scottish voluntary sector

Treat digital as a leadership and governance responsibilityBoards and senior leaders must prioritise,These should be grounded in good data governance, transparency, trust and human judgement, not hype or,Build cyber resilience as a core duty of careRecognise cyber security as a fundamental governance issue

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/call-to-action-4

Digital inclusion in health and care

This work builds on learning from the Scottish Government’s Digital Health and Care Division’s Digital

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/digital-inclusion-in-health-and-care

Involving and supporting volunteers

find official guidance on compliance through the UK GDPR resources on the ICO website and the UK Government’s

https://scvo.scot/support/village-community-halls/facilities-management/operational-management/volunteers

Changing structure - VA or Trust to SCIO

Dissolve the existing charity in accordance with its governing document and transfer the assets and liabilities,OSCR has prepared some specific guidance for village halls governed by a Deed of Trust.

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/changing-legal-structure/process-1

Digital inclusion cross-borders collaborative

What governments must do now As we approach major elections across the UK, we are calling on candidates,and governments to take digital inclusion seriously.,In spite of this, local and national governments have not yet embedded digital inclusion into their policies,We ask our respective governments to commit to the following actions: Treat digital inclusion as public,infrastructure, making it a cross-government responsibility, embedding the Minimum Digital Living Standard

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/cross-borders-collaborative

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

Growing up in the online world: SCVO's response

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) appreciates the opportunity to respond to the UK government’s,Together, they point towards a fundamental reorientation of how the UK Government approaches online safety,This needs to recognise that the ‘problem’ sits within telecommunications, a UK Government reserved function,Collaboration and coordination between UK Government and Scottish Government is necessary to facilitate,Any funding or resource allocated to Scotland, either directly or through Scottish Government, should

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/growing-up-in-the-online-world-scvos-response

SCVO
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