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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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Pay and Equalities Survey 2022

FULL PUBLICATION COST: £50 - £70 The 2022 Pay and Equalities Survey gathered 897 responses between 4 April and 5 May 2022 and comes as the sector emerges from two years of rapidly adapting services in response to the Covid-19 pandemic with more challenges to overcome. The results...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/pay-and-equalities-survey-2022

Third Sector Forecast 2019

demonstrating impact will be a challenge 80% think managing relationships with local and national government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/third-sector-forecast-2019

Social Mobility in the Charity Sector

Report into the barriers to working in the charity sector facing young people from low socioeconomic backgrounds - and how they can be overcome. The report is based on a literature review and focus groups with young people.Key finding is that people from a low socioeconomic...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/social-mobility-in-the-charity-sector

SCVO Annual Review 2020-21

We have worked in partnership with Scottish Government on the pandemic response as well as on policy,We worked with Scottish Government and independent grant-makers to create a Coronavirus Funding Hub offering,Information Hub with information and resources on areas including funding, running organisations, governance,innovative e-learning platform for small voluntary sector organisations covering the basics of governance,We became a gateway organisation for the UK government’s Kickstart scheme, working with 121 voluntary

https://scvo.scot/about/work/annual-review/html

Burness Paull

able to bring experience from across a huge range of legal specialisms, including charity law, governance

https://scvo.scot/services/partners/legal/burness-paull

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

Accounts & reporting

The type of external scrutiny depends on the charity’s governing document, gross income and net assets,Under The Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006, if the term ‘audit’ is used in a charity’s governing,required to have an audit or an independent examination is again dependent on income and what their governing

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/finance-business-management/charity-accounts-financial-reporting

Mergers & collaborations

organisation created to carry out joint work on activities or functions group structure, parent organisation governs

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/business-planning/mergers-collaborations

Scotland's Digital Participation Charter Fund

Supported by the Scottish Government and BT, the new Digital Participation Charter Fund is now open for

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/charter-funding

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