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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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Let’s Talk Pensions

TFN takes a look at the state of pension deficits in the third sector by asking three experts to answer some basic questions.

https://tfn.scot/features/lets-talk-pensions

Scottish Parliament Briefing: UK Shared Prosperity Fund (Levelling Up)

Finance and Public Administration Committee ahead of the committee's evidence session with the UK Government's,Our position The UK Government should set out clearly its plans to take forward timely and appropriate,The UK Government should swiftly get to work with the Scottish Government and local authorities to allocate,The UK Government released pre-launch guidance for the fund this month.,Unfortunately, dialogue between the UK Government and voluntary organisations is limited.

https://scvo.scot/p/48967/2022/02/18/scottish-parliament-briefing-uk-shared-prosperity-fund

Scottish Government Debate: Economic Recovery

June 2021 SCVO Briefing Scottish Government Economic Recovery Debate June 2021Download Summary The voluntary,approach is required with cross-sector buy-in from organisations, funders, local authorities, and government,The Scottish and UK Governments’ financial support for the sector has been greatly appreciated, but this,The Advisory Group on Economic Recovery recommended that the Scottish Government should ‘take action,Addressing the implementation gap The Scottish Government and Parliament must not allow the calls to

https://scvo.scot/p/43812/2021/06/01/scottish-government-debate-economic-recovery

SCVO response to the Social Justice and Social Security Committee's low income and debt problems inquiry

We lobby government on policy issues, create jobs for young people and support organisations to embrace,When the pandemic hit, the £48m investment by the Scottish Government in tackling digital exclusion through,This case study is presented in the recently published Scottish Government’s “Tackling Child Poverty,emerged from the emergency response phase of the pandemic, we are working closely with the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/49734/2022/04/05/scvo-response-to-the-social-justice-and-social-security-committees-low-income-and-debt-problems-inquiry

Council broke law 800 times when housing homeless as Taylor Swift and Fringe swept Edinburgh

Large-scale events in Edinburgh forced the capital’s council to break the law hundreds of times by placing homeless households in unsuitable accommodation.

https://tfn.scot/news/council-broke-law-800-times-when-housing-homeless-as-taylor-swift-and-fringe-swept-edinburgh

Words and intentions matter: Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation

others will be quite surprised to see that expertise in equality and human rights is centred in the government,The words in the strategy are not inclusive and the document shows no evidence of Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/49067/2022/03/07/words-and-intentions-matter-scotlands-national-strategy-for-economic-transformation

Oh, the scams online are frightful…

Alison Stone reveals that 2020 has also been the year of the cyber scam

https://tfn.scot/opinion/oh-the-scams-online-are-frightful

Charity moves into student accommodation

Students face affordable rent crisis

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-moves-into-student-accommodation

Economic disruption is essential for social change

"Why is it so hard to implement a vision that every stakeholder, including governments supports and wants,Our economic system includes institutions, infrastructure, governance, people, stuff and finance.,It is the number governments worry about above all else and the one most regularly reported and scrutinised

https://scvo.scot/p/49645/2022/03/28/economic-disruption-is-essential-for-social-disruption

Charity fundraisers say sorry

Group of 17 charities apologise for not always meeting the standards expected when it comes to fundraising

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-want-new-fundraising-regulator

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