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New charity law in Scotland
The Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Act 2023 is a new piece of legislation that builds on existing charity law in Scotland. The first changes took effect in April 2024, with more to come in mid 2025. The new legislation modifies the Charities and Trustee...
https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/legislation/new-charity-law
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and skillsSessions that offer practical help and best practice advice on finding funding, good governance
Board of trustees elections 2025
Trustees make sure the governance of the organisation is maintained to a high standard.
Towards a Research and Development Strategy for Social Services in Scotland
Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) in partnership with the Scottish Government,of all five associated Change Programmes (Performance Improvement; Service Development; Practice Governance
Managing the Needs of Drunk and Incapable People in Scotland: a Literature Review and Needs Assessment
The purpose of this research was to identify what need there is in Scotland for services for people who become drunk and incapable in public. This involved not only estimating the size and nature of the problem, but also looking in detail at how the needs of this population are...
The third sector - discussions around key public policy issues
with the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and with support from the Scottish Government
Scotland’s resilient third sector through the cost-of-living crisis: insights from new research by Erin Cutroneo
3 November 2025
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Scottish Government has acknowledged the challenges faced by the sector, recently committed to implementing,Third Sector-Scottish Government Relations: Participants had mixed views on the sector’s relationship,with government.,Fair Funding: All participants emphasised the power of government implementing Fair Funding principles,Government should also tailor policy and support by organisation type, capacity, and mission to support
Scottish Charity Awards winners - 2017
change in Scottish Education for pupils who have learning disabilities, resulting in the Scottish Government,a loss of £192k into a surplus financial position, transitioning into a SCIO and ensuring good governance
https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards/previous-winners/winners-2017
SCVO's strategy for 2023-28
We will promote excellence in governance, digital capacity, diversity and inclusion.
SCVO briefing to Scottish Parliament: Programme for Government 2023/24
2 September 2023
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The Scottish Government’s policy prospectus, New leadership - A fresh start, committed to delivering,To ensure progress is made in 2023/24 the Programme for Government should: Align the Scottish Government,Introduce multi-year funding across a number of Scottish Government funds and report on the impact of,Additional information SCVO’s proposals for the Programme for Government 2023/24 covered three areas:,These proposals were shared with the Scottish Government while the programme was being developed.