Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Trustees must do more to understand charity finances

NEWS 16 November 2018 by Gareth Jones

Management

the vast majority of trustees feel their charity could have a better understanding of financial governance

https://tfn.scot/news/trustees-must-do-more-to-understand-charity-finances

Briefing to Scottish MPs: Employment Rights Bill

Sheghley Ogilvie

9 January 2025

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Policy reports

To ensure the legislation is successfully implemented the government should support voluntary organisations,Ensuring grants and contracts the UK Government, their agencies, and other public bodies award, support,Working with the Scottish Government to ensure the UK level Employment Right Bill and Scottish Government,how the Bill will complement the existing programme of Fair Work initiatives led by the Scottish Government,Grants and contracts the UK Government, their agencies, and other public bodies award should support

https://scvo.scot/p/96303/2025/01/09/briefing-to-scottish-mps-employment-rights-bill

Briefing to House of Lords: National Insurance Contributions Bill

Sheghley Ogilvie

22 January 2025

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Policy reports

Ensure grants and contracts awarded by the UK government, their agencies, and other public bodies, cover,are entirely commissioned to deliver public services on behalf of Local Authorities and Scottish Government,If that change does not come from the UK or Scottish Government, we will need to make those changes with,need plus a wealth of advice and guidance, and is funded entirely by voluntary donations with no Government,We ask that grants and contracts awarded by the UK government, their agencies, and other public bodies

https://scvo.scot/p/96605/2025/01/22/briefing-to-house-of-lords-national-insurance-contributions-bill

Furniture Recycling Project Angus

Membership number 3275
Charity registered in Scotland SC034885

https://scvo.scot/membership/members/3275/furniture-recycling-project-angus

Developing a Voluntary Sector Insight into the Future of Scotland

In early 2005, SCVO?s policy committee commissioned a ?Lead Group? of senior representatives from and connected to the voluntary sector to develop an initial insight into the future of Scotland from the perspective of voluntary organisations. To inform the Lead Group?s report, a...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/developing-a-voluntary-sector-insight-into-the-future-of-scotland

SCVO response to 2023/24 Programme for Government

Press release

5 September 2023

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SCVO news
Policy

Responding to Tuesday’s Programme for Government, Anna Fowlie, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations,' (SCVO) Chief Executive, said: “The First Minister has today set out a Programme for Government (PfG,environment that would recognise the vital role of Scotland’s voluntary sector in delivering on government,“Today’s PfG restates the Scottish Government’s commitment to Fairer Funding for the voluntary sector,The Scottish Government's current poor grant-making practice makes the focus on improving the clarity

https://scvo.scot/p/62038/2023/09/05/scvo-response-to-2023-24-programme-for-government