Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Third Sector Resilience Fund - summary of submissions to the Local Government and Communities Committee. (May 2020)

This paper summarises the responses to the Local Government and Communities Committee’s call to Third,Sector Interfaces (TSIs) to submit views on the Scottish Government’s Third Sector Resilience Fund (

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/third-sector-resilience-fund-summary-of-submissions-to-the-local-government-and-communities-committee-may-2020

Entitlement to minimum wage and exemptions

apprenticeship, and they are working under a contract of apprenticeship, apprenticeship agreement or a government

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/rewards-benefits/guide-to-the-national-minimum-wage/entitlement-to-minimum-wage-and-exemptions

Reference period and enforcement

The government will take mitigating factors into account.

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/rewards-benefits/guide-to-the-national-minimum-wage/reference-period-and-enforcement

Risk analysis & management

Risks in your wider operating environment Changes in the law, change of government and social, environmental

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/business-planning/risk-analysis-management

SCOPE: skills recognition, capacity building and professional education for the voluntary sectorufeff

Ireland, Finland, Latvia and Estonia, to develop five modules which cover the following key topics: Governance

https://scvo.scot/events-training/elearning/scope/project

Guide to organisational change

for Continuing Employment) Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) is the Scottish Government's,Job Finding Support Scheme The UK Government has introduced a scheme to offer support across England,

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/employee-engagement-culture/guide-to-organisational-change

Choosing the right structure

The right structure for your organisation depends on what you're going to do, and how you're going to do it. Find out about the available structures here.

https://scvo.scot/support/setting-up/structure

SCVO says contracts and funding are major challenges for Scottish charities amid concerns over social division

Press release

7 July 2026

called for more sustainable and flexible funding, stronger representation, better relationships with government,Scottish Parliament manifesto, Scotland’s Essential Sector, outlined the need for the Scottish Government,Tracker is run by an independent research company called DJS Research on behalf of SCVO, the Scottish Government,SCVO called for the Scottish Government to show leadership in continuing to embed ethical commissioning

https://scvo.scot/p/105657/2026/07/07/scvo-says-contracts-and-funding-are-major-challenges-for-scottish-charities-amid-concerns-over-social-division

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

Wave eleven - Autumn 2025

Introduction This report presents the key findings from the eleventh wave of the Scottish third sector tracker, data for which was collected in September-October 2025. The Tracker collects panel data from Scottish third sector organisations to give current insights into the...

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/waves/wave-eleven-autumn-2025

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