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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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Exclusive: Creative Scotland facing questions over sale of former CCA building

Documents show offloading of Sauchiehall Street site was first discussed months before charity’s closure.

https://tfn.scot/news/exclusive-creative-scotland-facing-questions-over-sale-of-former-cca-building

Volunteers at Alzheimer Scotland quit over job cuts

Cost-cutting had been undertaken by the organisation in North Ayrshire

https://tfn.scot/news/volunteers-at-alzheimer-scotland-quit-over-job-cuts

Let’s Talk Pensions

TFN takes a look at the state of pension deficits in the third sector by asking three experts to answer some basic questions.

https://tfn.scot/features/lets-talk-pensions

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

Council broke law 800 times when housing homeless as Taylor Swift and Fringe swept Edinburgh

Large-scale events in Edinburgh forced the capital’s council to break the law hundreds of times by placing homeless households in unsuitable accommodation.

https://tfn.scot/news/council-broke-law-800-times-when-housing-homeless-as-taylor-swift-and-fringe-swept-edinburgh

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

Energy price guarantee fails to give voluntary organisations certainty - SCVO

Responding to the UK Government’s announcement of a six-month energy price guarantee for businesses,,More funding from the UK Government to the Scottish Government is essential to support voluntary organisations

https://scvo.scot/p/53555/2022/09/08/energy-price-guarantee-fails-to-give-voluntary-organisations-certainty-scvo

Oh, the scams online are frightful…

Alison Stone reveals that 2020 has also been the year of the cyber scam

https://tfn.scot/opinion/oh-the-scams-online-are-frightful

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