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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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SCVO Briefing: Scottish Budget 2024/2025 Stage 1 Debate

Summary SCVO welcomed the Scottish Government commitment to deliver ‘Fairer Funding’ by 2026 in the Policy,As local councils fund far more voluntary organisations than Scottish government, the fallout from the,The solution SCVO welcomes the Scottish Government commitment to deliver ‘Fairer Funding’ by 2026, but,To make progress the Scottish Government should align ‘Fairer Funding’ with SCVO’s definition of Fair,To make progress the Scottish Government must develop timelines and goals and monitor progress.

https://scvo.scot/p/88172/2024/01/29/scvo-briefing-scottish-budget-2024-2025-stage-1-debate

We cannot forget that the call was for an independent review of charity regulation

That is why we were pleased when the Scottish Government agreed to our calls, committing in late 2022,And, encouragingly, conversations between the government and the sector were kicked off at the Gathering,in November, during which Scottish Government officials engaged with voluntary organisations on how,The Scottish Government suggests that this is required because the review has to be thorough and worthwhile,Because the Scottish Government’s response to that question is incredibly important.

https://scvo.scot/p/88105/2024/01/25/we-cannot-forget-that-the-call-was-for-an-independent-review-of-charity-regulation

SCVO response to Access to Information Rights consultation (Scottish Government)

Our position SCVO welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Scottish Government’s consultation on Access,In most cases, we can achieve continuity in rights under FoI law by developing existing governance and,is impossible through existing governance and processes - (questions 2a, 4a and 8a) Maintaining and,SCVO supports this legislation and is seeking the government to go further.,rights is impossible through existing governance and processes.

https://scvo.scot/p/58210/2023/03/13/scvo-response-to-access-to-information-rights-consultation

SPICe Briefing: Autism (Scotland) Bill

The purpose of the Bill is to place a statutory duty on the Scottish Government to prepare and publish,It outlines the recommendations made in the Scottish Government?

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/spice-briefing-autism-scotland-bill

Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2010

This report, using official government data, is built around a set of 50 indicators.,is too soon for the data in this report to reflect any impact of new policies from the Coalition Government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/monitoring-poverty-and-social-exclusion-2010

Consultation on Public Sector Equality Duty Specific Duties: Analysis of Responses

In order to streamline and strengthen existing equality legislation, the UK Government introduced the,In order to help decide what form these specific duties might take the Scottish Government launched a

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/consultation-on-public-sector-equality-duty-specific-duties-analysis-of-responses

Shifting the Dial in Scotland

It draws on research to explore how governments can better measure what matters to people.,measuring wellbeing, rather than just GDP, can improve the lives of the people of Scotland because government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/shifting-the-dial-in-scotland

Shaping equality and fairness after the recession

The seminars were designed to enable participants from government, NGOs, business, academia and think,the relative share of responsibility for the crisis between financial institutions, regulators, government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/shaping-equality-and-fairness-after-the-recession

Evaluation of the National Mortgage to Rent Scheme

This report describes the results of research commissioned by the Scottish Government to evaluate the,The scheme is funded and operated by the Scottish Government.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/evaluation-of-the-national-mortgage-to-rent-scheme

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