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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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Easy money: is foundation giving the future of charity funding, or is it just a lottery?

Trusts and foundations are becoming ever more important in the face of drastic public spending cuts. TFN finds out how the sector is coping with demand.

https://tfn.scot/features/easy-money-is-foundation-giving-the-future-of-charity-funding-or-is-it-just

SCVO response to pre-budget scrutiny 2023/24: the impact of human rights budgeting

to the Scottish Government.,of the voluntary sector across all Scottish Government departments and local government should 098be,in the Open Government Action Plan.,In its recent Programme for Government, the Scottish Government recognised the cost for businesses in,The Scottish Government is increasingly moving services online.

https://scvo.scot/p/53617/2022/09/09/scvo-response-to-pre-budget-scrutiny-2023-24-the-impact-of-human-rights-budgeting

Blowing the whistle in the third sector

Jamie Meechan analyses the latest report on whistleblowing within Scotland's charity sector

https://tfn.scot/opinion/blowing-the-whistle-in-the-third-sector

Investments needn’t be a minefield

Investments needn’t be a minefield

https://tfn.scot/opinion/investments-neednt-be-a-minefield

Save Your Outdoor Centres – they are Never More Needed than now

Liz Smith MSP on why she’s championing the Save Your Outdoor Centres campaign in the Scottish Parliament

https://tfn.scot/opinion/save-our-outdoor-centres-they-are-never-more-needed-than-now

Rowntree Charitable Trust defends funding Cage

​Charity Commission investigates JRCT for funding controversial group which defended "Jihadi John"

https://tfn.scot/news/rowntree-trust-defends-funding-cage

SCVO response to pre-budget scrutiny 2023/24: the sector's role in reducing inequalities & alleviating poverty

services (funding, digital, membership support, and information).Parliamentary records and Scottish Government,policy submissions, engagement, and research with the sector throughout 21-22,including, ‘Scottish Government,We recognise that the UK Government must take major interventions to ensure the public and voluntary,to the Scottish Government.,and the Scottish Government’s emergency budgets.

https://scvo.scot/p/53665/2022/09/14/scvo-response-to-pre-budget-scrutiny-2023-24-the-sectors-role-in-reducing-inequalities-alleviating-poverty

New Horizons

a Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) for discussion at the UK level between stakeholders and the UK Government,Last year the UK Government opened up Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for membership of the UK DAG, and,representation from the voluntary sector is crucial because these structures will enable the UK Government,We often think of trade as macro, high-level policy that should be left for Government-to-Government

https://scvo.scot/p/53747/2022/09/21/new-horizons

Song of the Clyde: saving Scotland’s greatest river

How the community and voluntary sector is reviving Scotland's greatest river

https://tfn.scot/features/song-of-the-clyde-saving-scotlands-greatest-river

#ChristiePlus10: Radical Scotland? Not yet, but we can be if we choose.

#ChristiePlus10: a series of expert blogs reflecting on ten years since the publication of the Christie Commission.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/christieplus10-radical-scotland-not-yet-but-we-can-be-if-we-choose

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