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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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6 ingredients of change

Wonder why your charity’s campaign hasn’t worked? Susan Smith examines the six elements you need for a successful campaign

https://tfn.scot/lists/6-ingredients-of-change

The tragedy of rough sleeping: will there ever be a solution?

​TFN speaks to Glasgow's rough sleepers and discovers many have no hope of ever leaving their lives on the streets

https://tfn.scot/features/why-rough-sleeping-can-never-be-cured

Programme for Government 2020/21

The First Minister sets out the Scottish Government’s policy stall for the year ahead At the beginning,of each September, the Scottish Government delivers its Programme for Government; a sort of mini manifesto,Due to that looming election, the Programme for Government is necessarily light on legislation.,In fact, the government has seemingly already overstretched itself on legislative commitments and has,Government and local government) will see 50,000 previously digitally excluded people brought online

https://scvo.scot/p/40142/2020/09/02/programme-for-government-2020-21

Furlough, how has it affected your organisation?

months into the coronavirus pandemic, furlough is so familiar it is used as shorthand for the UK Government’s,From 1 July the government will pay 70% falling to 60% from August and September.,The UK Government’s repeated premature attempts to wind down the scheme have also created uncertainty

https://scvo.scot/p/44242/2021/06/30/furlough-how-has-it-effected-your-organisation

A new hope which banishes despair

How a grassroots charity moved from despair to hope and is transforming a community

https://tfn.scot/news/a-new-hope-which-banishes-despair

Free professional advice in Small Charity Week, and every week for SCVO members

nature and level of trading activity charities can do, and there are also various financial and governance,and Azets discuss when a charity can and cannot trade, the various legal structures available, governance,four key issues to consider: Constitution Before starting any new activity you need to check your governing,Governance If you set up a separate trading subsidiary, then you need to think about how it will be governed

https://scvo.scot/p/44057/2021/06/14/free-professional-advice-in-small-charity-week-and-every-week-for-scvo-members

Reflecting on the last 12 months of our policy work

with colleagues across the sector, we gathered views that enabled us to respond to the Scottish Government’s,the sector to speak to decision makers including the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government,from all of this work is that the sector is viewed much more as a social than an economic actor by government,business implications for some voluntary organisations, the eligibility criteria were extended by government,that in mind we have embarked on a year long process of tracking progress against the Scottish Government’s

https://scvo.scot/p/43980/2021/06/07/reflections-on-the-last-12-months-of-our-policy-work

Board behaviour at SCVO

beginning of June saw the SCVO Board meet to discuss how they demonstrate and evidence the Scottish Governance,Code of Conduct The Governance Code states that ‘creating a constructive board environment where diverse,information only; what’s for discussion; and what is for decision making Conflict of Interest The Governance

https://scvo.scot/p/44140/2021/06/18/board-behaviour-at-scvo

SCVO response to new Scottish Cabinet announcement

welcome Shona Robison to her new role as Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government,Scotland’s recovery, the sector as a whole doesn’t even get a mention on the face of the Scottish Government’s

https://scvo.scot/p/43640/2021/05/20/scvo-response-to-new-scottish-cabinet-announcement

Building a voluntary sector research community

Tracker will inform and direct the way SCVO, and many other organisations including the Scottish Government,2021). [1] Those stakeholders include organisations directly funding this project: The Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/44022/2021/06/10/building-a-voluntary-sector-research-community

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