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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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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

Getting it right: Scotland's democratic process

lots of the same things: employment rights, equality, climate change… But it seems that no non-Government,But since all new ideas presented by non-Government politicians were blocked, perhaps there is room for,Is scrutiny – in a majority government as is currently the case, or a minority government or a coalition

https://scvo.scot/p/3803/2014/03/13/getting-it-right-scotlands-democratic-process

Sanctions briefing - SCVO appearance before Welfare Reform Committee

Approach to Helping People Find Work Managed by SCVO, Community Jobs Scotland (CJS) is a Scottish Government,Scotland through Advice projects (partly funded by reserved advice monies and added to by the Scottish Government,charities, community groups, social enterprises and voluntary organisations of all shapes and sizes our governance,www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/20/work-programme-success-creaming-parking [xxii] https://www.gov.uk/government

https://scvo.scot/p/5184/2014/04/01/sanctions-briefing-scvo-appearance-before-welfare-reform-committee

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

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