Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

How to write your constitution

organisation likely to give the impression that the organisation is connected to Scottish or UK government

https://scvo.scot/support/setting-up/writing-constitution

SCVO’s response to DSIT’s Digital Inclusion Action Plan

Jason Railton

28 April 2025

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Digital

Digital

Recently, we submitted our response to the UK Government’s Call for Evidence on the Digital Inclusion,In our response, we spoke about our disappointment in the lack of leadership Scottish Government has,Government must take a coordinated, practical approach to digital inclusion by resourcing the voluntary,We are delighted to see Government taking a leading role and understanding what it can do to make it,It is now up to DSIT and the UK Government to work with us to bring the Action Plan to life.

https://scvo.scot/p/98398/2025/04/28/scvos-response-to-dsits-digital-inclusion-action-plan

25 questions charities are asking about AI in 2025

This article covers audience questions that came up during a panel discussion on ‘Putting People and Values at the Heart of AI’ at The Gathering, SCVO’s national convention for charities, on 5 February 2025

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/ai/25-questions-charities-are-asking-about-ai-in-2025

Guide to Trade Unions

For example, trade unions may lobby the government or the European Union on policies which promote their

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/employee-relations/guide-to-trade-unions

Calculating whether national minimum wage is paid

As a result of the Tomlinson Blake ruling, the government updated their guidance on calculating the national

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/rewards-benefits/guide-to-the-national-minimum-wage/calculating-whether-national-minimum-wage-is-paid

Useful Facts & Stats

and engagement with the public sector, including a broader sense of the sector being undervalued; governance

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/fair-funding/useful-facts-stats

Scottish Charity Awards winners - 2012

Its effective lobbying work persuaded the Scottish Government to commit to guaranteeing a year of post‐diagnostic

https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards/previous-winners/winners-2012

Scottish Charity Awards winners - 2013

in Scotland with power to investigate and present a case to the Procurator Fiscal, receives no government

https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards/previous-winners/winners-2013

SCVO response: Criminal Justice Committee consultation on the risks of cybercrime

Alison Brogan

3 October 2025

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Policy
Consultation responses

Other Regulation

implementation of the Third Sector Cyber Resilience Action Plan (2023-35), in collaboration with Scottish Government,What is your view on the effectiveness of the Scottish Government cyber resilience policies and its most,SCVO has been actively involved in the recent review of Scottish Government’s cyber resilience strategy,These documents are useful in providing direction and focusing alignment across government policies and,It is worth highlighting that the report does not appear to cover the work that the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/101283/2025/10/03/scvo-response-criminal-justice-committee-consultation-on-the-risks-of-cybercrime

You can find the whole range of our recorded webinars on the SCVO YouTube channel - as well as lots more videos curated for the voluntary sector in Scotland. Highlights We've picked some highlights for you here by topic, to get you started:

https://scvo.scot/events-training/recorded-webinars

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