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
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
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
An optimist might say that at long last government has recognised that the voluntary sector is present,It transpires that the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government has the third,I’m optimistic that the incoming Government will make good the commitments that have been made, I look
https://scvo.scot/p/43671/2021/05/21/parity-of-esteem
Promote the key levers that governments and funders can use to enable the transformative potential of,Governments should avoid funding that flows from ad-hoc short-termism.,Following the passage of the Internal Market Act, the UK Government will administer these funds.,What, if any, is the role of governments in supporting cross-sector partnerships?,The Scottish Government, local government, independent funders, and the sector itself all have a role
https://scvo.scot/p/43561/2021/05/10/submission-to-law-family-commission-on-civil-society