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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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Disabled People, Unpaid Carers and the Cost of Living Crisis: Impacts, Responses and Long Term Solutions

recommendations the report makes are: Emergency cost of living payments should be a priority for the Scottish Government,The UK Government should uprate reserved social security payments in line with inflation.,Both Governments take actions to address the root causes of the crisis by investing in renewable energy

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/disabled-people-unpaid-carers-and-the-cost-of-living-crisis-impacts-responses-and-long-term-solutions

Equally Well Review 2010

During 2008 and 2009 the Scottish Government and COSLA published jointly three linked social policy frameworks,Action should therefore continue at Scottish Government and local level on all of the frameworks?

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/equally-well-review-2010

Compact Baseline Survey 2009/10

The research was conducted with public bodies and government departments operating in England, with fieldwork,Generate a perception of Compact working practices in government departments and NDPBs in England 3.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/compact-baseline-survey-2009-10

Improving Ethnic Minority Workforce Data Collection - learning exchange workshop 2022

Scotland delivered this learning opportunity for the public sector, in partnership with the Scottish Government’s,Further, it provided a means to inform the development of the Scottish Government’s ethnicity pay gap

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/improving-ethnic-minority-workforce-data-collection-learning-exchange-workshop-2022

Scotland's rural third sector: breaking out of siloed policy

We set out to discover the intersections between two policy units in the Scottish Government theRural,intersect in a meaningful way to support a sustainable rural third sector or are the directorates of government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/scotlands-rural-third-sector-breaking-out-of-siloed-policy

Reporting on Progress Towards Equality of Opportunity for Women and Men Made by Public Authorities in Scotland: Ministerial Priorities for Gender Equality - Tackling Violence Against Women

The research involved: an evidence review of research, statistical data and Scottish Government policy,(carried out in-house by the Scottish Government); a document review covering a sample of 72 public

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/reporting-on-progress-towards-equality-of-opportunity-for-women-and-men-made-by-public-authorities-in-scotland-ministerial-priorities-for-gender-equality-tackling-violence-against-women

UN is told UK government is violating the rights of disabled

NEWS 21 August 2017 by Rab Armour
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Campaigners tell UN committee rights are being routinely ignored

https://tfn.scot/news/un-told-uk-government-violating-rights-of-disabled

Men’s Sheds Association could be forced to close as government withdraws funding

NEWS 1 December 2022 by Niall Christie
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The groups aim to tackle social isolation and improve their members’ mental health, but ministers have said the Scottish Government will not provide further funding for the initiative. 

https://tfn.scot/news/mens-sheds-could-be-forced-to-close-as-government-withdraws-funding

Scottish Government urged to deliver “more than warm words” for third sector

NEWS 30 November 2023 by Niall Christie
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Labour MSP Paul O’Kane made the call in Holyrood.

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-government-urged-to-deliver-more-than-warm-words-for-third-sector

UK named as a country that gags charities

NEWS 28 May 2014 by Susan Smith
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The UK has introduced laws which limit the independence of charities

https://tfn.scot/news/uk-named-as-a-world-state-that-gag-charities

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2026. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.