Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Room for More Views? Sharing Power, Shaping Progress

On 21 November 2003, the People & Parliament Trust, in partnership with the Scottish Human Services Trust, the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Civic Forum, brought together 100 people in a Conference ?Sharing Power; Shaping Progress; Towards a Participative Democracy in...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/room-for-more-views-sharing-power-shaping-progress

Supporting health promotion activity in the voluntary sector: strategic needs assessment

The aim of the research was to assist the former Health Education Board for Scotland (HEBS) voluntary sector programme in the development of a strategic approach for supporting health promotion activity in the voluntary sector. The research involved conducting interviews with...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/supporting-health-promotion-activity-in-the-voluntary-sector-strategic-needs-assessment

Top tips for trustees: Make space for cyber

Alison Brogan

3 November 2025

Posted in

Digital
Governance

Looking at data from SCVO’s Good Governance Checkup, we see that lots of trustees aren’t sure whether,You are already managing risk Every governance body has to think about potential risks their organisation

https://scvo.scot/p/101733/2025/11/03/top-tips-for-trustees-make-space-for-cyber

SCVO response to UK Government Spending Review 

Press release

11 June 2025

Executive, said: “Today’s announcement includes little recognition of the voluntary sector, despite UK government,partnership with the sector and our sector’s significant contribution to the UK economy and the government’s,needed on allocations for Scotland which would provide much needed funds through which Scottish Government,"The UK Government’s commitment to multi-year Spending Reviews is welcome and provides the Scottish Government,The Scottish Government’s Medium-Term Financial Strategy later this month should recognise these benefits

https://scvo.scot/p/98900/2025/06/11/scvo-response-to-uk-government-spending-review

Programme for Government: Voluntary sector deserves to be treated fairly

Anna Fowlie

5 September 2024

Posted in

Policy

Scottish Government

Secretary for Finance announced significant cuts to programmes this year to enable the Scottish Government,John Swinney took to the lectern in the Scottish Parliament to present his first Programme for Government,There is no doubt Government sometimes needs to make difficult choices, but they’re avoiding the hard

https://scvo.scot/p/93667/2024/09/05/programme-for-government-voluntary-sector-deserves-to-be-treated-fairly

SCVO responds to UK Government’s Civil Society Covenant

Press release

17 July 2025

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Policy

Partnership

Responding to the publication of the UK Government’s Civil Society Covenant, Anna Fowlie, SCVO Chief,Executive, said: “SCVO welcomes the publication of the UK Government’s Civil Society Covenant, which,improved - SCVO will be making the case for a meaningful partnership of equals between the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/99350/2025/07/17/scvo-responds-to-uk-governments-civil-society-covenant