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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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History

By the mid-seventies, following changes to its governance, SCSS established a standing committee called,By 1994 it was apparent that the Council’s governance would need further change to properly conduct the

https://scvo.scot/about/history

Introduction

Across the three Statements of Expectation, the panel attributed a range of responsibility across government,and government bodies, businesses, society and civil society organisations, and individuals.

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/roadmap/the-choice

Support & learning

Includes governance, finance and managing people Village & community halls handbook Everything you need

https://scvo.scot/support

Closing a SCIO

pass the application to the Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) which is an agency for the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/support/closing-down/legal-processes/scio

Lewis Swanson u2013 Cornerstone

about this time is that we’ve all been put under the same sort of brand of care home that the government's

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/never-more-needed/stories/lewis-swanson-cornerstone

I Love Charity

We had two main aims: To support good governance within organisations to ensure they are well run, open

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/i-love-charity

Annual leave and coronavirus

The Government has amended the Working Time Regulations 1998 to give workers the statutory right to carry,For assistance, Government guidance was produced on 13 May 2020 which sets out that employers should

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

The Economy

cost-of-living crisis costs remaining high additional costs being levied on some voluntary organisations governments

https://scvo.scot/support/shifting-sands/economy

Time and trust: key learning from the Covenant process

launched in July at Westminster is the starting point for an improved relationship between the UK government,sector – the dynamics within government and within the sector can also exert themselves.,A key decision for government is which part of government takes lead responsibility for the work – if,The Covenant covers national and local government, but without local government in the room while the,From the government side I think it’s also important to consider who from the machinery of government

https://scvo.scot/p/99536/2025/07/25/time-and-trust-key-learning-from-the-covenant-process

AI organisational policies

Internal policies for staff use People in your organisation will already be using AI, so you’ll want a policy on employee use. This will be similar to a “use of social media” policy. Individuals and teams across organisations are already actively experimenting with tools such as...

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/ai/ai-policies

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