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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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SES & SCVO submission to Economy, Energy & Fair Work Committee

The Advisory Group on Economic Recovery (AGER) reported that the Scottish Government should embrace a,The Scottish Government must activate this across the strategies, methods and instruments available to,The recent blog by Scottish Government highlights the reductions in friction, effort, risk and cost if,appreciate the recent change in the remit of Scottish Enterprise to align and integrate with Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/39842/2020/08/03/ses-scvo-submission-to-economy-energy-fair-work-committee

SCVO submission to the House of Lords: lessons from coronavirus

Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government.,This package pre-dated specific commitments made by the UK Government.,The Scottish Government’s Supporting Communities Fund had an initial £20m investment.,the UK Government, a proportion of these funds will come from Barnett consequentials.,The initial support packages from the Scottish and UK Governments have been welcome and necessary.

https://scvo.scot/p/39501/2020/07/10/scvo-submission-to-the-house-of-lords-lessons-from-coronavirus

A blueprint for recovery and renewal

country Scotland should aim to be and these ideas have been central in SCVO’s response to recent government,Manifesto’s themes and recommendations to form the basis of our thinking in responding to the Scottish Government’s

https://scvo.scot/p/39759/2020/07/24/a-blueprint-for-recovery-and-renewal

Voluntary sector finances pre-coronavirus - a complex landscape

the climate where organisations can go back to generating their own income rather than relying on government,Cabinet Secretary in our webinar last month, and will continue to discuss solutions with Scottish Government,Most recently we have called on all funders, including the Scottish Government, to learn the lesson from,organisations to apply for; SCVO Chief Executive Anna Fowlie made this point strongly at the Local Government,We’ve also joined partners across the UK in calling on the Westminster government to make changes to

https://scvo.scot/p/39292/2020/06/29/voluntary-sector-finances-pre-coronavirus-a-complex-landscape

Brexit and the Great Beyond - can Holyrood ‘keep pace’ with the EU on key issues?

Instead, the vote set in train a whole series of events and grand moments: government defeats, a handful,However, logic still seems to be out of fashion, and the UK Government formally advised the EU that no,stating that they, of course, want to secure a deal with the EU before the end of the year, the UK Government

https://scvo.scot/p/39596/2020/07/14/brexit-and-the-great-beyond-can-holyrood-keep-pace-with-the-eu-on-key-issues

SCVO response to Scottish Parliament Finance and Constitution Committee

While the UK Government has promised to maintain high environmental standards and will remain committed,obtain environmental information from UK-wide public bodies.” [3] Given that the UK and Scottish Governments

https://scvo.scot/p/39883/2020/08/07/scvo-response-to-scottish-parliament-finance-and-constitution-committee

SCVO response to AGER economy report

the independent Advisory Group on Economic Recovery - established in April 2020 by the Scottish Government,Scottish Government must ensure that the “Team Scotland” effort called for by the advisory group has

https://scvo.scot/p/39252/2020/06/25/scvo-response-to-ager-report

Recovering from lockdown- guidance to guide us

The sector needs to keep reminding government, funders, donors and the general public of how essential

https://scvo.scot/p/39587/2020/07/14/recovering-from-lockdown-guidance-to-guide-us

Join the new third sector employability community

employability, and the capacity of SCVO to reach the whole of the voluntary sector and to liaise with government,operating in the field of employability services to communicate views to both central and local government

https://scvo.scot/p/39138/2020/06/11/join-the-new-third-sector-employability-community

Good decision making for charity trustees in these unprecedented times

the right information to make decisionsMake decisions in line with rules set out in the charity's governing,Currently, charity trustees must consider any government guidance published on COVID-19 and importantly,Make decisions in line with the charity's governing document Charity trustees must check the terms of,their governing document and be certain that they are taking decisions which are valid.,of the meeting and who attended; whether or not a quorum was present in line with the charity's governing

https://scvo.scot/p/39040/2020/06/09/good-decision-making-for-charity-trustees-in-these-unprecedented-times

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