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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Public sector digital: what does the future hold?

Later in the day we had a good discussion about how local government is embracing digital (or not), and

https://scvo.scot/p/3885/2014/03/19/public-sector-digital-what-does-the-future-hold

#benefitcap: civil society must keep fighting unjust policies

The rhetoric and press coverage surrounding the welfare cap suggests that the Coalition Government’s

https://scvo.scot/p/4003/2014/03/26/benefitcap-civil-society-must-keep-fighting-unjust-policies

Parliamentary Debate: The Impact of Welfare Reform

referendum in September, the publication of this report highlights the nature of the challenges facing government,and wellbeing of decreased job security and increasing in work poverty.iv We call on the Scottish Government,The Scottish Welfare Fund and Discretionary Housing Payments All actions taken by the Scottish Government,SCVO responded to the Scottish Government consultation on the planned legislation for the Scottish Welfare,and local government to work with us to collectively understand and find ways to both identify and help

https://scvo.scot/p/3797/2014/03/13/parliamentary-debate-the-impact-of-welfare-reform

How do you solve a problem like poverty?

The lesson here is any that future Scottish Government needs to recognise that our economic model is,Humankind Index, or using Joseph Stiglitz’s work, despite him being economic adviser to the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/3746/2014/03/10/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-poverty

Parliamentary debate: Scotland's Outlook campaign

people to help us to alleviate the impact of poverty and to demand that politicians at all levels of government,Poverty Commissioner to provide a platform for those in poverty to challenge and influence the government,In the debate on welfare reform last week, SCVO asked the Scottish Government to work with the third

https://scvo.scot/p/3958/2014/03/24/parliamentary-debate-scotlands-outlook-campaign

Tory conference: Protests, pandas and the Prime Minister

, it will be interesting to note how many of the Tory membership will agree to congratulate the Government

https://scvo.scot/p/3810/2014/03/14/tory-conference-protests-pandas-and-the-prime-minister

We are preventing people from taking part in society

We need to stop shying away from knowledge of the circumstances in which our fellow Scots live, and begin making the changes needed to enable participation as equal, active and valued citizens.

https://scvo.scot/p/3731/2014/03/06/we-are-preventing-people-from-taking-part-in-society

Which European government is involving the third sector best in the structural funds?

Do you think it’s important for your government to involve the third sector in how it spends £800m in,Do you think it’s important that governments across Europe involve civil society in how and what they,we decided to come together, 23 members from 21 countries, to record the story of how well our governments,National governments will do what they want – they are in control of the money and we are disempowered,Partnership is the key to a multi-level governance approach and the subsidiarity (decentralisation) and

https://scvo.scot/p/2249/2013/11/25/which-european-government-is-involving-the-third-sector-best-in-the-structural-funds

Consultation on Scotland Rural Development Programme

The need for resources to meet this demand is consistent with both Scottish Government and EU strategic,A much higher allocation would have been both possible and desirable, and it is the Scottish Government,and the level of investment that would require, or was simply used as the minimum that Scottish Government,While we accept the sense of having a dedicated Network Support Unit run in-house by Scottish Government,The new Rural Parliament must maintain its independence from Government, but there are opportunities

https://scvo.scot/p/4004/2014/02/28/consultation-on-scotland-rural-development-programme

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