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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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Footgolf Association of Scotland

  • Membership number 8361
  • Charity registered in Scotland SC050749

https://scvo.scot/membership/members/8361/footgolf-association-of-scotland

In Real Life : Climate adaptation in Oxgangs, Edinburgh Edible Estates

Sarah McArthur
8 April 2026
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Scotland’s greenhouse gas emissions have fallen by more than 50% since 1990; and from central government

https://scvo.scot/p/104173/2026/04/08/in-real-life-climate-adaptation-in-oxgangs-edinburgh-edible-estates

How we produced SCVO’s AI policy 

John Fitzgerald
1 October 2025
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and using AI tools, and these left some grey areas that weren’t covered by existing IT and data governance,and changing rapidly, so it would be easy to produce a policy that dated very quickly AI use and governance

https://scvo.scot/p/101267/2025/10/01/how-we-produced-scvos-ai-policy

How Scotland’s third sector is future proofing community buildings

Chiara Fingland
25 February 2026
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Strong governance supports good decisions and ensures buildings remain resilient and affordable well

https://scvo.scot/p/103694/2026/02/25/how-scotlands-third-sector-is-future%e2%80%91proofing-community-buildings

Trustees' Week 2023 - there's so much going on!

Tracey Bird
24 October 2023
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about highlighting the great work of trustees across Scotland and the UK, and the role they play in governing,be looking at Navigating risk and safeguarding charities and Turcan Connell will cover Practical governance,Don’t miss the opportunity to feed in your thoughts and views at the Scottish government’s Third Sector,Come along and help us debate how we should fix governance.,And finally, looking towards 2024 we’ve got a great new series of good governance online training starting

https://scvo.scot/p/84489/2023/10/24/trustees-week-2023-theres-so-much-going-on

Regulator warns charity over six figure payoff

NEWS 22 August 2018 by Rab Armour
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Governance review results in commission criticising trustees

https://tfn.scot/news/regulator-warns-charity-over-six-figure-payoff

SCVO Briefing: Medium Term Financial Strategy

Sheghley Ogilvie
1 May 2025
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Summary SCVO and colleagues across the voluntary sector welcomed the Scottish Government’s commitment,Aligning the Scottish Government’s “Fairer Funding” principles with SCVO’s definition of Fair Funding,, including long-term action on the Scottish Government’s commitment on multi-year funding.,to longer-term funding for the voluntary sector across multiple government strategies.,The upcoming UK Government Spending Review should support the Scottish Government to take action on their

https://scvo.scot/p/98446/2025/05/01/medium-term-financial-strategy

Changing Legal Structure

Changing Legal Structure

https://scvo.scot/support/changing-legal-structure

The role of intermediaries

"The implementation of Fair Funding across the Scottish voluntary sector would bring significant benefits" Intermediaries - also often called umbrella bodies, membership bodies, or network bodies - are the voluntary sector organisations whose members are primarily other voluntary...

https://scvo.scot/policy/fair-funding-procurement/fair-funding/the-role-of-intermediaries

Regulator warns shooting charity

NEWS 11 February 2020 by Rab Armour
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Governance fell short in a number of areas

https://tfn.scot/news/regulator-warns-shooting-charity

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2026. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.