Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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

How can SCVO research support your organisation’s work?

Juanita Navarro-Paez

26 August 2026

Posted in

Research

Governance: Support board and senior leadership discussions about risks, pressures and future priorities

https://scvo.scot/p/106858/2026/08/26/how-can-scvo-research-support-your-organisations-work

Strichen Bowling Club

Membership number 10865

https://scvo.scot/membership/members/10865/strichen-bowling-club

Charities warn: football must keep children safer

NEWS 27 July 2018 by Rab Armour

Families & Young People

Inquiry tells of arbitrary procedures and poor governance which is putting children at risk of abuse

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-warns-football-must-keep-children-safer

Stop Climate Chaos Scotland

Membership number 8658
Charity registered in Scotland SC039643

https://scvo.scot/membership/members/8658/stop-climate-chaos-scotland

Operation Heart Start

Membership number 10302
Charity registered in Scotland SC002319

https://scvo.scot/membership/members/10302/operation-heart-start

SCVO response to Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS)

Press release

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

AI experiments should be a team sport

John Fitzgerald

12 June 2026

Posted in

Support & learning
Digital

There’s still a big governance gap to close, as very few organisations have an AI policy or strategy

https://scvo.scot/p/105244/2026/06/12/ai-experiments-should-be-a-team-sport

How to support...Collaboration for communities: Giving power to partnership

This guide, produced as part of the Collaboration Benefits workstream, is designed for anyone supporting collaborative working involving community or voluntary groups. The Collaboration Benefits programme was conceived to identify effective models of support, to enable access to...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/how-to-support-collaboration-for-communities-giving-power-to-partnership

East Dunbartonshire Voluntary Action

Membership number 1182
Charity registered in Scotland SC042983

https://scvo.scot/membership/members/1182/east-dunbartonshire-voluntary-action

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