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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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Volunteering must adapt, study finds

Volunteering can help Scottish society face some of its biggest challenges such as an ageing population and skills shortages

https://tfn.scot/news/volunteering-must-adapt-study-finds

Does the health sector need to find its balls?

Catherine Ronald, recalls the key talking points from a lively discussion on the future of Scotland’s health

https://tfn.scot/opinion/voluntary-health-scotland

Value of donations collapses under impact of inflation and cost of living

Warnings also made over reserves and staff costs

https://tfn.scot/news/value-of-donations-collapses-under-impact-of-inflation-and-cost-of-living

Let’s unleash the power of people and build community wealth

including relating to derelict land, and the deployment of a community wealth building lens to Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/50170/2022/04/25/lets-unleash-the-power-of-people-and-build-community-wealth

Is digital a human right?

If you’re reading this chances are you’re online. But did you know five billion others aren’t? Robert Armour investigates our right to get online

https://tfn.scot/features/is-digital-a-human-right

Scottish Budget, what’s next?

Alongside the Budget, the Cabinet Secretary also published a Spending Review Framework, the Scottish Government’s,With the support of the Scottish Greens, who are now in Government, this Budget will also have all the,Instead, the focus will be on Committees as MSPs weigh up Scottish Government plans during Stage 2 (1,first time in many years colleagues will also have the opportunity to engage with the Scottish Government’s,Following multi-year funding commitments for the sector during the Scottish Government Scottish Budget

https://scvo.scot/p/48580/2022/01/26/scottish-budget-whats-next

The economic power of a healthy organisational eco-system

How often do we expect government to solve all the complex challenges of health, education and society,One trend that brings me hope though is the convergence around governance, organisational purpose and,Whether it’s the Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) expectations placed on large plcs, or charities

https://scvo.scot/p/49501/2022/03/21/the-economic-power-of-a-healthy-organisational-eco-system

The challenges of measuring the economic contribution of the third sector

The focus in many parts of the accounts in to define what is within government control and therefore,within the public sector boundary (for the purposes of defining government spending, deficit and debt,These are bodies outside of government which provide services to households free or at “economically,Throughout our research we refer to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Scottish Government’s,In addition, we hope to engage with the Scottish Government, to try and think through how the research

https://scvo.scot/p/49011/2022/02/28/the-challenges-of-measuring-the-economic-contribution-of-the-third-sector

$50m target for global sleep out

Hollywood actors and other celebrities are leading the charge against homelessness, with fundraising events taking place across the globe

https://tfn.scot/news/50m-target-for-global-sleep-out

East Africa famine hits catastrophic levels as DEC launches emergency appeal

Charities class East African famine as a major international emergency as 20 million people are in imminent danger of dying from starvation

https://tfn.scot/news/disasters-emergency-committee-launches-east-africa-famine-appeal

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