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communities across Scotland experiencing poverty and inequality and is central to the Scottish Government’s,SCVO welcomes the Scottish Government’s continuing commitment to deliver Fairer Funding for Scotland’,Ensuring grants and contracts Scottish Government, their agencies, and other public bodies award support,The Scottish Government have recognised the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on public sector staff,Draw the Scottish Government’s attention to oral evidence on the Scottish Government’s recent consultation

This report focuses on the effectiveness of boards operating within third sector organisations in Scotland. Organisations were invited to take part in a survey in September 2008 that specifically asked opinions on the performance of the Chair, the board and the Chief Officer. A...

Based on 12 detailed case studies in England, Scotland and Wales, the report describes the development of compacts, highlights some of the major barriers to effective partnership working, and offers key lessons from their development to date and guidance for those wishing to...

large voluntary sector employers begin to be understood, SCVO is calling for: The UK and Scottish Governments,The Chancellor and Scottish Government to ensure grants and contracts they, their agencies, and other,As set out in our letter to the First Minister, commitments are also needed from Scottish Government,to ensure that, come what may, grants and contracts awarded by the Scottish Government and its agencies,The Chancellor and Scottish Government must ensure grants and contracts they, their agencies, and other

In 2019, the Scottish Government began the consultative process for what would become the Charities (,Thankfully, the Scottish Government soon made clear that there would indeed be a wider review of charity,We will advocate for the importance of such a review and we will challenge the Scottish Government to,There are now two clear routes ahead for the Scottish Government’s review of charity regulation.,It is now our job as a sector to make sure the Scottish Government cannot ignore that.

East Lothian as it sought to strengthen the participation of third sector organisations in local governance,now participate directly in the process of selecting delegates and in being delegates in local governance,representation Democratisation can be initiated from the top Bringing third sector organisations into local governance,Stronger third sector representation can, in turn, help to improve local governance and outcomes for

What Works Scotland has been working with the third sector to develop a vision to re-imagine community planning in Scotland. At the end of 2014 representatives from third sector interfaces (TSIs) in Scotland worked together in a two-day deliberative forum facilitated by What...

Summary of proposals Our proposals for the 2024/2025 Programme for Government cover two areas: Delivering,For the Scottish Government to achieve Fairer Funding by 2026, the 2024/25 Programme for Government should,We welcome the Scottish Government’s fairer funding commitments.,for Government, and the Economic Strategy, but this rhetoric has not been met by action.,To achieve fairer funding by 2026 the Programme for Government should share the action the Scottish Government