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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:
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
Involving and supporting volunteers
find official guidance on compliance through the UK GDPR resources on the ICO website and the UK Government’s
Levelling Up and social needs: An analysis of government’s progress - How Levelling Up is missing social needs
The government should change the criteria for the Levelling Up Fund to include social infrastructure,The government should ensure the criteria for the long-awaited UK Shared Prosperity Fund, worth up to,The ‘everyone in’ movement to tackle homelessness during lockdown shows how government and charity sector,These roadmaps should be informed by local data on social needs from both government and the social sector,businesses, faith groups and community groups, should be established to provide intelligence to the government
Familiar Patterns and New Initiatives: UK Civil Society and Government Initial Responses to the Covid-19 Crisis
on civil society actors, the paper includes an exploration of how civil society and the national government,familiar patterns of behaviour by civil society in the UK, and in the relationship between the government
Thistles, roses, thorns: some reflections on third sector/government relations and policy expectations in economic downturn
recession, the kinds of experiences currently facing the sector in Scotland, and whether the Scottish Government
Making change happen
Digital inclusion and digital skills are at the heart of the Scottish Government and COSLA's digital
Wave twelve - Spring 2026
Key highlights Download full report Data tables [1] Respondents are asked to rank their challenges 1-3 from a list of options. They also have the option to provide their own open response.
https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/waves/wave-twelve-spring-2026
Press coverage tips for charities
An AGM won’t cut it – would you read a story about another organisation’s governance meeting?!
Scottish Charity Award winners 2024
" - Aberlour Children's Charity Sponsored by SGN This ambitious campaign persuaded the Scottish Government,focused on impact and saw the charity host a music and dementia conference, influence the Scottish Government’s
https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards/previous-winners/winners