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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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Unauthorised annual leave and sickness during annual leave

Any such period of sickness will have to be proven and would be subject to the usual rules governing

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/leave/guide-to-holiday-entitlement-and-pay/unauthorised-annual-leave-and-sickness-during-annual-leave

Constitution

We lobby government on policy issues, and support organisations to embrace and promote digital skills

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

Lobbying

organisation has any face-to-face or video conferencing engagement with MSPs, members of the Scottish Government,Obviously, this depends too on what you spoke about – the key here is whether you discussed Scottish Government

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

Coronavirus Third Sector Information Hub

funders, 250 grant assessors, 32 infrastructure organisations, 48 business advisors and the Scottish Government,Never more needed SCVO is part of the UK-wide #NeverMoreNeeded campaign – to help remind government,

https://scvo.scot/support/coronavirus

Benefits of becoming a charity

funding only available to charitiesIncreased public trust Things you need to do as a charity Have a governing

https://scvo.scot/support/setting-up/benefits

Responsibilities for safeguarding

Trustees should: Ensure safeguarding is a key governance priority with adequate resourcing and attention

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

Transparency & open data

comes at a time when SCVO is coordinating the voluntary sector’s contribution to the global Open Government

https://scvo.scot/transparency

Useful contacts

Examiners (ACIE) A list of Independent Examiners in Scotland.ACIE Community Land Team (Scottish Government,Team at crtb@gov.scot for more help or download the CRtB compliant constitution from the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/support/setting-up/useful-contacts

About employee relations

Handbooks vary but will govern many aspects of employment rights including for example holiday, sickness,In addition, the law of misdeed governs matters such as an employer’s liability for the acts of its employees

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/employee-relations/guide-to-employee-relations/about-employee-relations

Climate Change

SCSS secured a government commitment to a 42 per cent reduction target by 2020, by initiating a media,coalitions have since approached SCCS for advice following its success in persuading the Scottish Government

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

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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.