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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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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An Exploration of Scottish Charities' Governance and Accountability

research analyses Scottish charities' annual reports and accounts, examines their processes for governance,interviews and undertakes a number of case studies to evaluate the awareness and perceptions of governance,recommendations are relevant to charities seeking to identify best practice and improve their own governance

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/an-exploration-of-scottish-charities-governance-and-accountability

Letter to Cabinet Secretary for Finance & Local Government: Scottish Budget and Spending Review 2025

This letter was sent to Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance & Local Government on the 17th,including meeting the full costs of employment in all grants and contracts issued by the Scottish Government,Nevertheless, for organisations delivering Scottish Government-funded services, these changes mean new,We welcomed the Scottish Government’s ‘Fairer Funding’ pilot of over £120 million across two years, for,Indeed, the Scottish Government’s evaluation of the Fairer Funding pilot shows that most participating

https://scvo.scot/p/102572/2026/01/07/letter-to-cabinet-secretary-for-finance-local-government-scottish-budget-and-spending-review-2025

SCVO's Response to Scottish Government's Rural Delivery Plan Consultation

Scottish Government want this to provide direction towards a shared future for rural Scotland.,These describe the kind of rural Scotland Scottish Government want to see.,objective outlined above should refer to Fair Work and flexible working to reflect the Scottish Government’s,indicators for mainland rural Scotland, enabling evidence-based policy making and allowing the Scottish Government,economic development projects and/or partnerships in rural areas and how it aligns with the Scottish Government’s

https://scvo.scot/p/97735/2025/03/17/scvos-response-to-scottish-governments-rural-delivery-plan-consultation

Housing association gets governance in order

​Regulator will cease intervention in Glasgow housing association

https://tfn.scot/news/housing-association-gets-governance-in-order

Governance and funding on the agenda

A legal expert has said the voluntary sector faces some significant challenges in 2020

https://tfn.scot/news/governance-and-funding-on-the-agenda

Governance Code aims to support trustees

Scotland’s Governance Code for the Third Sector has been launched to mark the start of Trustees' Week

https://tfn.scot/news/governance-code-aims-to-support-trustees

SCVO responds to Scottish Government multi-year funding pilot

Commenting on the announcement that the Scottish Government will provide additional multi-year funding,“We welcome the Scottish Government’s commitment to piloting multi-year funding for a range of voluntary,ENDS Full details are available on the Scottish Government website.

https://scvo.scot/p/96948/2025/02/05/scvo-responds-to-scottish-government-multi-year-funding-pilot

SCVO Response: Scottish Government consultation on Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations – Dissolution Regulations Amendments

About our response SCVO welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Scottish Government consultation on,contributing member of the SCIO Dissolution Working Group 2019 and we therefore welcome the Scottish Government’s,Despite our support for the Scottish Government’s commitment to progressing the recommendations of the,With this in mind, we would like to use this opportunity to again call for the Scottish Government to,SCIO’s dissolution application.However, we ask the Scottish Government to consider further extending

https://scvo.scot/p/101121/2025/09/23/scottish-charitable-incorporated-organisations-dissolution-regulations-amendments

Engendering Change Conference Report (3 June 2000)

Holyrood One Year On: Has it Made a Difference to Women? This report is available for purchase from the below link.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/engendering-change-conference-report-3-june-2000

Cracking the Code: Engender Women's Budget Group Case Study

A case study in engaging with policy makers at a national level. This report may be purchased from Engender at the below link.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/cracking-the-code-engender-womens-budget-group-case-study

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