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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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The importance of good governance for charities

Julie Hamilton analyses the effect a recent case could have on negligence claims against charities

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-importance-of-good-governance-for-charities

Putting feminism at the heart of governance

Shirley Otto explores what all charities can learn from a recent investigation of governance within feminist

https://tfn.scot/opinion/putting-feminism-at-the-heart-of-governance

Charity Governance Awards reward well run organisations

Prizes of £5,000 are available to those that display outstanding governance

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-governance-awards-rewards-well-run-organisations

Opinions sought on new charity governance code

in running third sector organisations are being asked to give their thoughts on a new Scottish governance

https://tfn.scot/news/opinions-sought-on-new-charity-governance-code

Programme for Government proposal 2024/25: Delivering Fair Funding by 2026

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

https://scvo.scot/p/92443/2024/06/27/programme-for-government-proposal-2024-25-delivering-fair-funding-by-2026

Programme for Government proposal 2024/25: Transparent voluntary sector funding

Summary of proposals Our proposals for the 2024/2025 Programme for Government cover two areas: Delivering,To support these aspirations in the Programme for Government the Scottish Government should commit to,Collect funding information across all government departments and produce a breakdown of Scottish Government,the government is delivering on the Scottish Government’s fairer funding commitments for the voluntary,funding of the voluntary sector “across all Scottish Government departments and local government to

https://scvo.scot/p/92441/2024/06/27/programme-for-government-proposal-2024-25-transparent-voluntary-sector-funding

Thinking about strategic charity reserves management

Ben Cairns (co-founder and director of IVAR) and Chris Mills (Research Associate at IVAR) explore what strategic charity reserves management means and its benefits, in their latest blog for Small Charity Week 2023. 'We’re a small charity with a small turnover. We know we’re...

https://scvo.scot/p/60288/2023/06/22/thinking-about-strategic-charity-reserves-management

Trustees' Week 2023 - there's so much going on!

about highlighting the great work of trustees across Scotland and the UK, and the role they play in governing,be looking at Navigating risk and safeguarding charities and Turcan Connell will cover Practical governance,Don’t miss the opportunity to feed in your thoughts and views at the Scottish government’s Third Sector,Come along and help us debate how we should fix governance.,And finally, looking towards 2024 we’ve got a great new series of good governance online training starting

https://scvo.scot/p/84489/2023/10/24/trustees-week-2023-theres-so-much-going-on

Boards, Governance and Leadership of the Third Sector - Scotland Study

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...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/boards-governance-and-leadership-of-the-third-sector-scotland-study

The role of compacts in local governance

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...

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/contract-or-trust-the-role-of-compacts-in-local-governance

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