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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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What’s in store for 2017?

, it looks likely that he will have to grant some concessions, potentially on colleges or local government,With other new powers, the Scottish Government will bring forward a Social Security Bill in the summer,Scottish Labour has outlined a local government manifesto and we will see others published in the run,The whole campaign takes place against a backdrop of local government and educational reform.,as well as expected, it will be interesting to see the friction that may arise between central government

https://scvo.scot/p/14318/2017/01/17/whats-in-store-for-2017

Shared accommodation rate is an assault on vulnerable young tenants

Shortly afterwards the Government announced that it would defer the imposition of the cap on supported,We expect government to keep a keen focus on the bigger picture, that being the wider implications of

https://scvo.scot/p/14375/2017/01/25/shared-accommodation-rate-is-an-assault-on-vulnerable-young-tenants

Bedroom Tax Two will make more people homeless

In the run up to Christmas you may have missed the UK Government’s quietly announced changes to the Local,The proposals will create a headache for the Scottish Government, which was apparently not consulted,,The Scottish Government spends around £100m a year on mitigating the worst effects of UK Government welfare,Housing campaigners fear that the added financial strain this will put on the Scottish Government could,Despite the promise of a ‘one-nation’ government, the UK Government appears not to have changed their

https://scvo.scot/p/14274/2017/01/05/bedroom-tax-two-will-make-more-people-homeless

Calling all trustees! Five top tips for the Gathering

access free, practical hints and tips on how to be a better trustee and improve your charity’s governance

https://scvo.scot/p/14409/2017/02/02/calling-all-trustees-five-top-tips-for-the-gathering

Early warnings about the lower benefit cap

With the Scottish Government anticipating that 4,000 families will be affected by the new benefit cap

https://scvo.scot/p/14336/2017/01/19/bedroom-tax-two-early-warnings-about-the-lower-benefit-cap

Your chance to build better governance

Governance enquiries top the list of frequently asked questions year after year on the SCVO Information,board meetings, we know that trustees are looking for practical help and advice to improve the governance,This common theme has been highlighted recently by challenging media stories about governance, fundraising,to announce our plans to bring a comprehensive new programme of governance training to Scotland for,We’ve managed to do that, and can now launch the Building Better Governance Scotland Programme.

https://scvo.scot/p/12681/2016/06/07/build-better-governance

Glasgow Life Digital Internship

approach originally developed for Information Professionals and more recently adopted by the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/30643/2017/01/15/glasgow-life-digital-internship

The return of the Bedroom Tax monster?

The social housing sector and the Scottish Government now must urgently address how to protect Scotland

https://scvo.scot/p/14371/2017/01/24/the-return-of-the-bedroom-tax-monster

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