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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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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

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

Public Sector Funding

Public Sector FundingDownload PDF Public sector funding of the voluntary sector The following pages pull together what we know about public sector funding from the latest SCVO Sector Stats, based on analysis of over 600 charity accounts, with additional information from the...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/public-sector-funding

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

Staff

Some organisations use the local government SJC Salary Scales.

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/staff-volunteers/staff

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

Making identity checks

The first check you should make is to confirm the identity of the candidate and establish that their identity is genuine. You should not undertake any other checks until you are satisfied that the candidate is who they claim to be. You can check a person's identity by requesting...

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/recruitment-selection/guide-to-pre-employment-checks/making-identity-checks

Review of the Scottish Helpline for Older People

The majority of its funding comes from the Scottish Government.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/review-of-the-scottish-helpline-for-older-people

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2025. 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.