Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Early signs of recovery in volunteering participation in Scotland

OPINION 19 September 2025 by Debbie Maltman and Bethany Sikes

Management

Culture & Leisure

With today’s news about volunteer participation increasing, Debbie Maltman and Bethany Sikes dig into the numbers.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/early-signs-of-recovery-in-volunteering-participation-in-scotland

What makes a good trustee?

Tracey Bird

26 October 2021

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Support & learning
Governance

Trustees week

that an effective board needs strong teamwork and a mix of skills and experience to ensure good governance,questions, to scrutinise and to challenge. 3.Transparent A good trustee should be open in their governance,organisation and its beneficiaries, and their collective responsibility in decision making and governance,They don’t have to be an expert in all areas of governance, but they do need to know where the gaps lie

https://scvo.scot/p/45838/2021/10/26/what-makes-a-good-trustee

It's time to stop ‘othering’ people a.k.a. redesign your thought processes

Siobhan Mercer

27 September 2022

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SCVO news
Support & learning

Maayan Ziv is the founder and CEO of AccessNow, and advisor to the Government of Canada on disability

https://scvo.scot/p/53965/2022/09/27/redesign-your-thought-processes

Letter to Scottish Government on Scottish Budget 2022-23

Paul Bradley

20 December 2021

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Policy

Organisations (SCVO) has written to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government,Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government, 17 December 2021 Dear,Ms Robison Over the last 18 months, Scotland – including Scottish Government and local government -,SCVO and fellow intermediary bodies are committed to supporting the Scottish Government’s ambition of,I would encourage you to consider what steps the Scottish Government can take right now.

https://scvo.scot/p/47837/2021/12/20/letter-to-scottish-government-on-scottish-budget-2022-23

Diversifying your board - the Trustee Recruitment Cycle

Janet Thorne

20 October 2021

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Support & learning
Governance

Trustees week

There is much to be gained by diversifying your board and getting the right mix of trustees with a range of lived, learned and practised expertise. Trustees play an essential role for the charities that they lead from setting the charity’s strategic direction to making key...

https://scvo.scot/p/45661/2021/10/20/diversifying-your-board-the-trustee-recruitment-cycle

You might not see the link between climate change and your charity, but your funders do

Susan Smith

15 August 2022

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Policy

The Scottish Government has set a target to cut greenhouse gas emissions significantly by 2030 and it,By next year charities and social enterprises providing services to the government will have to demonstrate,some environmental action, and it’s very likely that those receiving government grants will have to

https://scvo.scot/p/52457/2022/08/15/you-might-not-see-the-link-between-climate-change-and-your-charity-but-your-funders-do