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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Board of trustees elections 2024

Trustees make sure the governance of the organisation is maintained to a high standard.

https://scvo.scot/about/people/board-of-trustees/elections

Policy

Our policy pages set out our work with the Scottish and UK governments, and other public bodies.

https://scvo.scot/policy

Make Renting Right

The Scottish Government had carried out its own review of private renting in 2008 and 2009 and was receptive

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/making-renting-right

Human Trafficking and Exploitation

legislation and in March 2014, former Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill (SNP) announced that the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/human-trafficking-and-exploitation

DigiNext event content and speaker videos

involves supporting all shapes and sizes of organisations in the voluntary sector, with setting up, governance,that led her to join SCVO last year, where her role is to coordinate implementation of Scottish Government’s,strategy, change management, technology, and service design with over 60 charities, as well as government,Scotland, Scotland’s Housing Network, The National Lottery Community Fund, Oxfam, Macmillan, Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/diginext-event-information

Scots charities forced to draw from reserves despite funding stabilisation

Press release
19 February 2025
Charities across Scotland have continued to draw on their reserves “unsustainably” despite funding from government,paper, which contains key figures and trends from the Scottish voluntary sector, shows funding from government

https://scvo.scot/p/97156/2025/02/19/scots-charities-forced-to-draw-from-reserves-despite-funding-stabilisation

Scotland's Digital Participation Challenge fund

Our Digital Participation Challenge Fund, supported by the Scottish Government, the ERDF and BT, invests

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/challenge-fund

Deciding to close an organisation

This can sometimes involve difficult decisions about staffing and governance.

https://scvo.scot/support/closing-down/deciding-to-close-an-organisation

Host an event

and skillsSessions that offer practical help and best practice advice on finding funding, good governance

https://scvo.scot/the-gathering/host-an-event

Introduction

Trusts Association Scotland (DTAS), with support from Scottish Rural Network, part of the Scottish Government’s

https://scvo.scot/support/village-community-halls/introduction

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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.