Last week the SCVO Board met and one of the items on the agenda was to look at the Scottish Governance,Code for the Third Sector and explore how SCVO trustees can evidence good governance, individually and,Over the course of this year the SCVO board will use SCVO’s Good Governance Checkup to examine each of,the five principles of the Governance Code, so we can demonstrate good governance in the Scotland’s,If you’d like to take your own Board on a journey to good governance you can use SCVO’s Good Governance
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directorates to develop this further and implement across government.,Scottish Government, local government and many others in the public sector offer employees paid leave,The Scottish Government, local government, and other public sector partners must adequately resource,The Scottish Government must lead the way by: making good on the Scottish Government’s commitments to,directorates to develop this further and implement across government.Â
https://scvo.scot/p/48075/2021/12/23/becoming-a-fair-work-nation-consultation
Following the committee session, the Scottish Government announced that the fiscal resource line of the,SCVO and fellow intermediary bodies are committed to supporting the Scottish Government’s ambition of,a fair recovery through the government’s own priorities, including the Social Enterprise Action Plan,SCVO has written to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government to outline,The committee called on ‘the Scottish Government to work with other statutory funders to consider how
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pandemic, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy thinks it’s acceptable to cut her government’s,"It is quite incredible that we then saw the Scottish Government plan to reduce its support for voluntary,We look forward to working with the Scottish Government to ensure that this shift to funding voluntary,"There is also nothing stopping Scottish Government being less risk averse right now with relatively
https://scvo.scot/p/47589/2021/12/10/scvo-response-to-scottish-budget-2022-23
A model that truly underpins Scotland’s economy and helps achieve the Scottish Government’s admirable,We work closely with the Scottish Government's Social Justice team and their Early Learning and School,partner organisations in the Social Innovation Partnership (a collaboration between the Scottish Government,supported by the Catalyst for Impact philanthropy fund and are currently taking part in the Scottish Government
https://scvo.scot/p/48194/2022/01/12/agents-for-change
Autumn, Committees at the Scottish Parliament prepare pre-budget reports to share with Scottish Government,Our work calls on the Government to recognise and invest in a more sustainable voluntary sector.,In a letter to Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government,,In the recent UK Government Spending Review 2021 while several commitments impacted the sector the sector,The Scottish Government must do better.Â
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But we also receive important contributions from the Scottish Government and local authorities.,As a strategic partner of the Scottish Government and local authorities, it is important that we can,the YHEC study underlines the importance of our ask for continued sustainable funding from the Government
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Following the UK Government Spending Review 2021 SCVO produced this summary of commitments impacting,The Scottish Government is due to publish its Budget for 2022-23 on 9 December.,Publishing a response to the fundamental review of business rates the Government has confirmed that it,That is recognised by some parts of government but not Treasury (Matt Whitaker, PBE).,Local Government funding Analysis An increase in local government spending was announced but IFS analysis
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