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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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Save the planet with these easy changes to your daily life

It's not looking good for the future of our planet, so we've uncovered a few simple changes you can make to your life to help stop climate change

https://tfn.scot/lists/10-steps-to-reducing-your-individual-carbon-footprint

Why working parents are struggling to repel the rising tide of poverty

Paul Brook tells the stories behind the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s UK Poverty 2018 report

https://tfn.scot/opinion/why-working-parents-are-struggling-to-repel-the-rising-tide-of-poverty

Street Soccer founder to build innovative centre to tackle homelessness

David Duke has unveiled plans to build a 32-bed homeless unit with community football pitch and café attached

https://tfn.scot/news/street-soccer-founders-new-venture

Capital's third sector faces closures as council plans to slash budgets

Officials warn that the council is facing a £76million black hole in its finances

https://tfn.scot/news/closures-facing-edinburghs-third-sector-as-council-plans-to-slash-budgets

Asking some important questions: a collation of Scottish civil society questions for UK and Scottish Governments after UK withdrawal from the European Union

Contributors to this report are: • Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) • Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) • Inclusion Scotland • Human Rights Consortium Scotland • Engender • Scottish Environment LINK • Citizens’ Rights Project • Scottish...

https://scvo.scot/p/45299/2021/10/05/asking-some-important-questions-a-collation-of-scottish-civil-society-questions-for-uk-and-scottish-governments-after-uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union

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

Scottish charity workers recognised in New Years Honours List

Scottish charity workers and volunteers feature heavily in this year’s New Year Honours List

https://tfn.scot/news/new-year-honours-list

Scottish Budget 2022/23

This budget line funds support across the whole voluntary sector including many recent Scottish Government,Instead, we were disappointed to find a cut to the Scottish Government’s Third Sector Budget.,The Third Sector Budget is not the only funding that flows to the sector from the Scottish Government,The Third Sector Budget is therefore a clear signal of the level of Scottish Government’s support for,Scottish Government’s plans to reduce the fiscal resource line of the Third Sector Budget by £800,000

https://scvo.scot/p/48502/2022/01/25/scottish-budget-2022-23

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

Glasgow foodbanks’ emergency appeal after school holidays leave shelves bare

Poverty over the school holidays has lead to more families turning to foodbanks this summer and has left foodbanks in desperate need of donations

https://tfn.scot/news/glasgow-foodbanks-emergency-appeal-after-school-holidays-leave-shelves-bare

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