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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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The tragedy of rough sleeping: will there ever be a solution?

FEATURE 22 January 2018 by Rab Armour
Regeneration & Housing
​TFN speaks to Glasgow's rough sleepers and discovers many have no hope of ever leaving their lives on the streets

https://tfn.scot/features/why-rough-sleeping-can-never-be-cured

National Outcomes – more than a nice graphic?

Anna Fowlie
4 March 2022
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Administration Committee has launched an inquiry into how the National Outcomes shape Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/49059/2022/03/04/national-outcomes-more-than-a-nice-graphic

A new hope which banishes despair

NEWS 20 December 2019 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
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How a grassroots charity moved from despair to hope and is transforming a community

https://tfn.scot/news/a-new-hope-which-banishes-despair

Small charities: cementing the bedrock of our communities

NEWS 25 June 2025 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
For Small Charity Week, which runs till 28 June, TFN's Niall Christie spoke to two grassroots groups to explore the challenges they face

https://tfn.scot/news/small-charities-cementing-the-bedrock-of-our-communities

SCVO’s Organisational Purpose

Tracey Bird
22 February 2021
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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

https://scvo.scot/p/42399/2021/02/22/scvos-organisational-purpose

SCVO response to Becoming a Fair Work Nation consultation

Sheghley Ogilvie
23 December 2021
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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. 

https://scvo.scot/p/48075/2021/12/23/becoming-a-fair-work-nation-consultation

Additional evidence on the resilience and recovery of Scotland's voluntary sector

Paul Bradley
21 December 2021
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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

https://scvo.scot/p/47978/2021/12/21/additional-evidence-on-the-resilience-and-recovery-of-scotlands-voluntary-sector

SCVO response to Scottish Budget 2022-23

Press release
10 December 2021
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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

Agents for Change

Susan McGhee
12 January 2022
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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

Stepping in when markets fail

Margaret McSporran
10 February 2022
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project has been supported by the Scottish Land Fund, the Rural Housing Fund, HIE, CARES (Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/48933/2022/02/10/stepping-in-when-markets-fail

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2026. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.