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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

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 Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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Society

At the same time, society as a whole is changing around us, and voluntary organisations will also need to consider any impacts of broader societal changes, from an increasing focus on structural inequalities to a rise in societal unrest. https://youtu.be/m5xpv8i9YIs Prompts for...

https://scvo.scot/support/shifting-sands/society

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

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

The Scottish third sector tracker - wave 11 (Autumn 2025)

for additional staff and volunteer capacity, specialist skills (especially digital, fundraising, governance

https://scvo.scot/p/103256/2026/02/03/the-scottish-third-sector-tracker-wave-11-autumn-2025

SCVO Digital Call To Action 3

working: The Connecting Scotland programme, delivered by SCVO in partnership with the Scottish Government,Paul Hamlyn Foundation Scottish Funders Partnership Third Sector Lab The Catalyst Network Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/call-to-action-3

Organisations' responses to the Disability Discrimination Act - 2009 study

This report explores how organisations have responded to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 as amended by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005. It is a follow-up to studies undertaken in 2003 and 2006. The study has explored more fully changes introduced by the 200...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/organisations-responses-to-the-disability-discrimination-act-2009-study

Pay in the voluntary sector

Summary This report pulls together data on sector pay, comparing salary data from the voluntary sector and the public and private sectors, as well as variations in pay depending on factors such as age, gender and full-time /part-time workers. The main source of pay data used is...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/pay-in-the-voluntary-sector

Reserves

Consider appropriate arrangements for financial reserves for your organisation and understand the impact of large reserves

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/business-planning/reserves

Approach

Now that you've got a solid understanding of digital exclusion and how it affects the people you support it's time to start developing your approach. You should now have a good idea of what will work best for your organisation. Are you going to focus on helping people build their...

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach

Essential digital skills

OpenLearn & LEAD Scotland) How to Stay Safe Online (Digital Unite) Staying Safe Online (Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/approach/digital-champions/essential-digital-skills

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