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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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Shaking up local democracy?

The acknowledgement that local democracy is about more than local government and representative democracy,about how people can participate in democratic processes without restricting discussions to local government

https://scvo.scot/p/4632/2014/05/05/shaking-up-local-democracy

An Economy for All report #economyforall

Then the Government started a programme of austerity measures and welfare reforms.,How can we, as a sector, encourage business and government to create the kind of economy that would prevent,The Scottish Government has moved someway against this through its National Performance Framework[xxxvii,[xxv] Carers Legislation – Consultation on Proposals – January 2014, Scottish Government (2014), p2.,[xxxvi] See, for example, Scotland’s Economic Future Post-2014 Submission to the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/4705/2014/05/07/an-economy-for-all-report-economyforall

This is for everyone

This week the UK Government published its Digital Inclusion Strategy and Digital Inclusion Charter, as,trailed in last year's Government Digital Strategy and Information Economy Strategy (PDF).,This is an important step forward - for the first time the UK Government has articulated, clearly and,in inclusion Making significant progress on digital inclusion is a shared responsibility across government

https://scvo.scot/p/4259/2014/04/16/this-is-for-everyone

The opportunity of technology for the third sector

Power is easier to get, harder to use and easier to lose: mass uprisings displacing governments around

https://scvo.scot/p/4594/2014/04/30/the-opportunity-of-technology-for-the-third-sector

Where was the third sector in Lamont's party speech?

Hers (and the Devo Commission's) key proposal is transferring more powers to local government.,by a centralising Scottish Government.,with Johann's vision is that local democracy and empowered communities is not the same as local government,This was all about local government.,with other party activists there appears to be a view that if more powers are devolved to local government

https://scvo.scot/p/3970/2014/03/24/where-was-the-third-sector-in-lamonts-party-speech

SCVO Scottish Voluntary Sector Statistics

have an unpaid board that acts purely in the interests of the organisation, are independent of government,High demand for affordable housing has been supported by investment from the Scottish Government to build,Government funding cuts have had a huge impact on the sector.,Social Enterprise has had a lot of publicity and government investment in recent years.,Many charities are accessing advice from support bodies such as Just Enterprise and government funding

https://scvo.scot/p/2091/2014/04/03/scvo-scottish-third-sector-statistics

Can land reform help Scotland become more equal?

see the work of Andy Wightman for the details) but ultimately it comes down to the fact that no government,land reform and emphasises the importance of people and communities being at the centre of land governance

https://scvo.scot/p/4126/2014/04/02/can-land-reform-help-scotland-become-more-equal

Is Labour still a voice for people living in poverty?

Of course there is understandable and continuing fury at the Coalition Government.,After all, they took the previous Labour Government’s work on welfare reform, and evolved and shaped

https://scvo.scot/p/4054/2014/03/27/is-labour-still-a-voice-for-people-living-in-poverty

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