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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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Trustees' Week and the Governance Forum

Scotland’s Third Sector Governance Forum was set up in 2009 after a roundtable meeting to discuss findings,from study into leadership and governance that showed that boards consistently rated their organisational,issues in Scotland (a trustee network and association of chairs as well as a governance magazine were,The remit for the Forum is to: Advance thinking on governance and issues of governance support and development,key issues, learn from each other and keep good governance on the agenda.

https://scvo.scot/p/22577/2017/11/16/trustees-week-and-the-governance-forum

I Love Charity campaign - next steps!

We had two main aims: To support good governance within organisations to ensure they are well run, open

https://scvo.scot/p/25689/2018/07/03/i-love-charity-campaign-plan-launched

Gender pay gap of Scottish voluntary sector

The UK Government has published the full data set of organisations submitting gender pay gap information

https://scvo.scot/p/25734/2018/07/09/gender-pay-gap-of-scottish-third-sector-april-2018

Parliament set to debate Scotland’s new National Outcomes

The Scottish Government’s revised National Performance Framework is important to us all.,It sets the Scottish Government’s overarching purpose and the indicators that show how the Government,The Scottish Government committed to aligning the current NPF with the SDGs in Scotland’s first Open,Government Partnership Action Plan, and has pledged to measure progress towards the Goals through its,report on the Scottish Government’s draft National Outcomes ahead of the debate.

https://scvo.scot/p/25251/2018/05/21/parliament-set-to-debate-scotlands-new-national-outcomes

Debate on draft National Outcomes

And the Scottish Government should continue to engage with civil society, the Open Government and Sustainable,hopeful that the revised National Outcomes will mainstream the SDGs across all policy areas in Government,If ‘sustainable inclusive economic growth’ is the ultimate purpose, than all government agencies will,the draft national indicators will be captured, and whether this data will provide the Scottish Government,We also welcome Scottish Government’s engagement with Scotland’s Open Government and Sustainable Development

https://scvo.scot/p/25286/2018/05/23/debate-on-draft-national-outcomes

Volunteers’ Week Scotland 2018

Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, Angela Constance,Week as ‘Volunteering for all’ which works in partnership with the work being led by the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/25439/2018/05/31/volunteers-week-scotland-2018

Tackling child poverty - fund open for applications

Announced as part of the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan, the fund, financed by the Scottish Government,As a government, we are taking bold action through our Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan, but we need,Government can’t end child poverty on our own – so partnerships are vital to make change happen.”

https://scvo.scot/p/25265/2018/05/22/tackling-child-poverty-fund-open-for-applications

National charity body leads the way in fighting period poverty

Sanitary Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill, which will introduce a legal duty on the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/25403/2018/05/31/national-charity-body-leads-the-way-in-fighting-period-poverty

A connected Scotland

Paths for All recently commented on Scottish Government proposals for a strategy to tackle social isolation,We have recently welcomed the proposed new Scottish Government's National Outcome “We are healthy and

https://scvo.scot/p/25406/2018/05/31/a-connected-scotland

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