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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
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:
Making change happen
Digital inclusion and digital skills are at the heart of the Scottish Government and COSLA's digital
SCVO response to Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS)Â
26 June 2025
for Voluntary Organisations' (SCVO) Head of Policy and Research, said: “To achieve the Scottish Government’s,Third Sector in Scotland, the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) needed to set out the Scottish Government’s,welcome, if, as she suggests, multi-year funding is to be one of the policy solutions the Scottish Government,funding much wider than the current pilot, to voluntary organisations contributing to Scottish Government,"Our sector makes a significant contribution to the Scottish economy and the government’s ambitions to
https://scvo.scot/p/99042/2025/06/26/scvo-response-to-medium-term-financial-strategy-mtfs
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...
Press coverage tips for charities
An AGM won’t cut it – would you read a story about another organisation’s governance meeting?!
Making use of AI
Outlines the ways AI could be used by the voluntary sector
https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/ai/making-use-of-ai
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Guidance for charities operating in other countries National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) General information on winding up and dissolving a charity, along with specific procedural guidance for organisations operating in England. Closing your charity or voluntary...