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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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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

Support & learning

Includes governance, finance and managing people Changing legal structure Do you need to change your

https://scvo.scot/support

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

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

SCVO Response: Finance and Public Administration Committee Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026-27 Responding to Long-Term Fiscal Pressures

Question 1: What actions should the Scottish Government be taking now to start to address these ‘Scottish,To achieve this the Scottish Government must: Embed Fair Funding principles, including multi-year funding,Question 2: To what extent does the Scottish Government’s 2025 MTFS and its FSDP demonstrate effective,The Scottish Government’s “Fairer Funding” pilot, launched in February 2025 committed more than £120,Collect funding information across all government departments and produce a breakdown of Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/99925/2025/08/12/scvo-response-finance-and-public-administration-committee-pre-budget-scrutiny-2026-27-responding-to-long-term-fiscal-pressures

Staff

Some organisations use the local government SJC Salary Scales.

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

Holiday pay calculations

Employers can use the government website calculator to work out holiday entitlement.

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

Using SCVO templates

You should check that this policy is compliant with the law and with your own governing document.

https://scvo.scot/support/using-scvo-templates

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