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Free Personal Care for Older People
The government ran with it and the legislation was supported unanimously in parliament.,Subsequently, the Scottish Government agreed to extend free personal care to younger people with degenerative
Community Wealth Building (CWB)
Through our Chief Executive Anna Fowlie’s role on the Scottish Government’s Community Wealth Building
https://scvo.scot/policy/transforming-the-economy/community-wealth-building
About the sector
people also call us not-for-profit sector, charity sector, social enterprise sector, NGOs (non-government,They are: For social, environmental or public benefit Organised, i.e. have a constitution Self-governing,responsible for decisions, including winding up the organisation Non-statutory, i.e. independent from government
First Principle of Voluntary Action: essays on the independence of the voluntary sector from government
States of America and Wales - to review issues relating to the independence of voluntary action from government
Child Poverty: a Final Report to the Local Government and Communities Committee of the Scottish Parliament
This research was commissioned in August 2008, following the setting up of an Inquiry in Spring 2008 to examine Child Poverty in Scotland. The main purpose of the research was to fill a gap in the evidence base and to obtain the views of parents living in poverty and of the...
Capturing Cultural Value - How culture has become a tool of government policy
Culture now delivers government policy by other means.
The State and the Voluntary Sector: recent trends in government funding and public service delivery
At a time when public expenditure is under pressure, this NCVO research publication contains the latest easy-to-understand intelligence on the UK statutory funding relationship. Figures typically refer to 2006-07 although some figures, such as those relating to the value of tax...
Letter to the First Minister: A Third Sector Partnership for Scotland
30 June 2026
Posted in
Monday 29th June 2026 Dear First Minister, We welcome the Scottish Government’s commitment to a Third,for Scotland, which sets out our proposals for developinga new relationship between the Scottish Government,These include clear leadership from the centre of government;meaningful engagement with the voluntary,As the paper argues, leadership from the centre of government will be essential.A partnership of this,It must be understood, supported and implemented consistentlyacross all government departments and agencies
Model constitutions
model constitution as a whole, and make adjustments as appropriate, to ensure that it reflects the governance,using the model constitutions to determine what type of legal entity – and what key features of the governance