Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Climate Change

SCSS secured a government commitment to a 42 per cent reduction target by 2020, by initiating a media,coalitions have since approached SCCS for advice following its success in persuading the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/climate-change

Minimum Alcohol Pricing

increasing price but this option was not available to Scotland as taxation was reserved to the UK Government,The Scottish Government had been trying to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol since 2009.

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/minimum-alcohol-pricing

Justice for Victims of Asbestos Related Diseases

CAA, through its campaigning activities, convinced the then Scottish Government to address the invidious,worked with colleagues in the Trade Union movement and wider civic society to convince the Scottish Government,“We thought that was morally wrong, we fought against that and the Scottish Government supported it.

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/justice-for-victims-of-asbestos-related-diseases

Organ Donation Opt Out

The Organ Donation Opt Out was introduced by the Scottish Government in 2017, allowing organs to be used,Initial meetings with government officials and ministers met with strong opposition.,A turning point came with the 2016 election, which saw the SNP majority government become a minority,However just four weeks after the election, McColgan received a phone call to say the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/organ-donation-opt-out

Make Renting Right

The Scottish Government had carried out its own review of private renting in 2008 and 2009 and was receptive

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/making-renting-right

Affordable Homes

The Scottish Government formed a group to review subsidy levels – which the SFHA was part of – and the,In 2016, the SNP was elected again to government and subsequently announced a target of 50,000 affordable,Although less than the 60,000 affordable homes our research called for, we welcomed the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/affordable-homes

Free Personal Care for Older People

The government ran with it and the legislation was supported unanimously in parliament.,Subsequently, the Scottish Government agreed to extend free personal care to younger people with degenerative

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/20-years-delivering-change/free-personal-care-for-older-people

About employee relations

Handbooks vary but will govern many aspects of employment rights including for example holiday, sickness,In addition, the law of misdeed governs matters such as an employer’s liability for the acts of its employees

https://scvo.scot/support/hr/employee-relations/guide-to-employee-relations/about-employee-relations

Lobbying

inform and influence decisions made by our elected representatives and policy development by our government,regulated lobbying: I have communicated orally and face to face with an MSP, Member of the Scottish Government,, Permanent Secretary or Special Adviser.I have communicated about Scottish Government or Scottish Parliamentary,purposes of journalismWhere your organisation has been asked to meet with an MSP or the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/governance/guidance-and-templates/lobbying

Scheme of delegation

Anything you set out in this document should reflect how you've laid out decisions about power in your governing

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/governance/guidance-and-templates/scheme-of-delegation

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