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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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World Refugee Day 2017

We care that people around the world are persecuted and abused and that their governments fail to protect,We stand together to call on our governments to do much more to take responsible action to provide protection

https://scvo.scot/p/15605/2017/06/19/world-refugee-day-2017

Community Capacity & Resilience Fund

Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, Angela Constance,On 22 February 2017, the Scottish Government announced £1.9 million of new funding to help local third,sector groups and organisations across Scotland tackle poverty and mitigate against UK government welfare,The Scottish Government have created a great clip of the day too, which you can watch here:

https://scvo.scot/p/15533/2017/06/07/community-capacity-resilience-fund

SCVO Response to Social Security (Scotland) Bill

"Of course, the primary objective of the Scottish Government was to ensure the safe transfer of new powers

https://scvo.scot/p/15633/2017/06/21/scvo-response-to-social-security-scotland-bill

Final Report: Commission on Parliamentary Reform

people and organisations How Parliament can establish its own identity – separate to the Scottish Government,The Scottish Government (or another relevant public body) should be required to provide the Parliament,This would replace the current practice where the Scottish Government proposes the programme of business,This would strengthen the Parliament’s identity as one unique from the Scottish Government.

https://scvo.scot/p/15619/2017/06/20/final-report-commission-on-parliamentary-reform

Third sector believe Scot Gov approach to employability services won’t work

Organisations believe Scottish Government approach to employability won’t help those in need, or get,today (Friday 26 May) SCVO will state their opposition to the approach being taken by the Scottish Government,key issues that have arisen following discussions with various third sector members and Scottish Government,SCVO Director of Public Affairs John Downie said: “The Scottish Government has not been innovative enough,“Without high-quality specialised support from third sector organisations, the Scottish Government will

https://scvo.scot/p/15409/2017/05/26/third-sector-believe-scot-gov-approach-to-employability-services-wont-work

Best of Scotland's third sector celebrated at Scottish Charity Awards

change in Scottish Education for pupils who have learning disabilities, resulting in the Scottish Government,a loss of £192k into a surplus financial position, transitioning into a SCIO and ensuring good governance

https://scvo.scot/p/15644/2017/06/22/best-of-scotlands-third-sector-celebrated-at-scottish-charity-awards

SCVO Election Result Response

Scotland’s third sector, we do believe this could create an opportunity for more participative governance

https://scvo.scot/p/15556/2017/06/09/scvo-election-result-response

Scotland’s social care sector: The financial evidence that is driving change

of the Scottish Government’s revenue (RDEL) budget, this would take its Scottish government revenue,to right of dotted line are Scottish government projections Source: Scottish Government, Draft Budget,Illustrative set of Local Government Funding Projections Figure 5: Scottish Government’s Revenue support,: Scottish Government, various budgets; Scottish Parliament (2016); own projections The Scottish Government,Figure 6: Scottish Government’s Revenue support funding for Local Government, 2010-11 to 2015-16, £ billion

https://scvo.scot/p/15373/2017/05/23/scotlands-social-care-sector-the-financial-evidence-that-is-driving-change

Carers Week 2017

Mostly they’re not getting clear information from their local or national government contacts.

https://scvo.scot/p/15591/2017/06/15/carers-week-2017

Devolved Employability Programmes: A third sector critique

there are fears that these issues have the potential to undermine the ambitions of the Scottish Government,We would like to outline some of the sector’s concerns and give consideration as to how Scottish Government,We would be happy to connect Scottish Government to third sector organisations utilising progression,Conclusion The third sector in Scotland welcomes the ambitions promoted by Scottish Government and we,We hope that the Scottish Government will consider the points outlined in this paper both now and as

https://scvo.scot/p/15405/2017/05/26/devolved-employability-programmes-a-third-sector-critique

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