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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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We need to invest in people not humiliate them

will be forced into community service, John Downie, Director of Public Affairs, SCVO said: “The UK Government

https://scvo.scot/p/2806/2013/09/30/we-need-to-invest-in-people-not-humiliate-them

Charities to help get vulnerable people online

The UK Government’s digital by default plans mean that very soon people will also have to go online to,Scotland, will chair a leadership group which will oversee the work on behalf of SCVO and the Scottish Government,The programme is being backed by the Scottish Government, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External,The newly created position of Director of Digital, funded by Government and recruited by SCVO, will provide

https://scvo.scot/p/1348/2013/09/16/charities-to-help-get-vulnerable-people-online

A sticking plaster approach to the budget?

Government needs to think carefully here about what it can do to rebuild the economy from bottom up.

https://scvo.scot/p/2326/2013/09/12/a-sticking-plaster-approach-to-the-budget

Integration of Adult Health and Social Care: Consultation on proposals

point out in their response to this call for evidence, the leadership needed from the Scottish Government,The Local Government Committee’s recent report on public service reform would certainly back this assertion,quality services which are responsive to user needs so it seems logical to extend this to co-produced governance,Guidance issued to health boards via the Scottish Public Health Network (ScotPHN) outlines the UK Government’s

https://scvo.scot/p/2515/2013/09/11/integration-of-adult-health-and-social-care-consultation-on-proposals

One big, happy family under the same roof?

For example, the New South Wales Government in Australia has reduced the complexity of obtaining planning,Louise goes on to suggest that the Scottish Government could perhaps revise planning permission barriers,These are all areas over which the Scottish Government has some control, which moves us away from a focus

https://scvo.scot/p/2321/2013/08/15/one-big-happy-family-under-the-same-roof

Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Bill

of outcomes envisaged in the Policy Memorandum, the Christie Commission report and the Scottish Government’s,We offer our support to the Scottish Government to make this happen either in the current bill, in secondary,Funded by the Scottish Government the pathfinder will consider how “a strategic investment in the capacity,More widely, the impact of the Coalition Government’s welfare reform agenda – the uncertainly over the

https://scvo.scot/p/2504/2013/08/05/public-bodies-joint-working-scotland-bill

Health and Sport Committee call for evidence: Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland bill

As highlighted by CCPS in its response, the leadership needed from the Scottish Government is lacking,The Local Government Committee’s recent report on public service reform would certainly back this assertion,We are sceptical of the value of top-down or centrally driven changes to services.”[6] The Local Government,We will work with colleagues across the third sector and the Scottish Government and the Parliament to,news/value-carers-services-put-%C2%A3814m-year [4] Co production – What it is and how to do it (Governance

https://scvo.scot/p/2509/2013/08/02/health-and-sport-committee-call-for-evidence-public-bodies-joint-working-scotland-bill

Regulations and Statutory Guidance to accompany the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013

The Scottish Government’s commitment to include case studies within the guidance is an important step,Research commissioned by the Scottish Government[ii] indicated that some of the costs of the increased,Independent Living Fund We must be cognisant of plans by the Westminster Government to wind up the Independent,The recent intervention of the Local Government Committee in the Scottish Parliament is timely – highlighting,Conclusion In emphasising the findings of the Local Government Committee, we must not lose sight of the

https://scvo.scot/p/2518/2013/07/10/regulations-and-statutory-guidance-to-accompany-the-social-care-self-directed-support-scotland-act-2013

The future of European Funding never ends well

on the architecture of the funds and working hard to get their governments to accept their vital role,But we are still struggling to gain automatic participation in how these funds are governed, monitored,We are still struggling to gain automatic participation in how these funds are governed, monitored and,The UK government is obsessed with demonising Europe and suggesting it is holding us back.,I can’t help but wonder if we, the third sector, were given the £680m instead of government how much

https://scvo.scot/p/2313/2013/06/19/the-future-of-european-funding-never-ends-well-2

Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP) 2014-2020

In designing a more streamlined application process, the Scottish Government must take full account of

https://scvo.scot/p/2619/2013/06/30/scotland-rural-development-programme-srdp-2014-2020

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