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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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Access to banking

We know from our members that many voluntary organisations have problems in accessing banking.,issues with signatories, finding suitable products, or even having accounts closed.We worked with UK Finance,(the membership body for the banking and finance industry), charity and community representative organisations,, and banking providers across the UK to help develop UK Finance's Voluntary Organisations Banking Guide,discuss our calls in more detail, or believe you have evidence, resources, or experiences that could support

https://scvo.scot/policy/better-regulation/banking

Cost of living & the #RunningCostsCrisis

We're here to provide practical support and help fight your corner.,Information & advice When your budgets are tight and your future feels uncertain, making sure your policies,planning and organisational development, to staff retention and reward. ,Good governance and difficult decision making Rethinking reserves Property options in a post-pandemic,VAT Why trustees need to think differently about strategy and risk SCVO and NCVO webinar: How to manage

https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/running-costs-crisis

The Economy

Prompts for planning Sources of support For support with financial management, visit the SCVO web pages,on Finance and Business Management If you are seeking alternative sources of funding, Funding Scotland,Community Alliance, Development Trust Association Scotland and CEIS using the crisis support button,you are considering winding up your organisation, the SCVO guide to closing down a charity contains,finance policies.

https://scvo.scot/support/running-your-organisation/shifting-sands/economy

Managing risks

You do not need to do this by yourself - consider the following internal assets and how they could support,you: Legal - you will likely need to develop terms and conditions of use, loan agreements and data protection,Do you have someone in your organisation to check these for you, or are you able to seek advice externally,Speak to your insurance provider about your plans and seek advice on how they might be able to support,IT - do you have internal IT support who can help you review device options, advise on software and security

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/doing-digital-inclusion/resource/digital-device-lending/managing-risks

Wave eleven - Autumn 2025

The Tracker collects panel data from Scottish third sector organisations to give current insights into,the health of the sector, key trends, and developments.,The Tracker asks organisations questions relating to their current organisational challenges; services,asked open questions about what additional resources, skills or capacities would best help their organisation,the option to provide their own open response. [2] This may reflect the large number of smaller organisations

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/wave-eleven-autumn-2025

Goodmovers | Who is moving where in the voluntary sector | 18 August 2015

Email details of your new starts to [email protected]

https://tfn.scot/features/goodmovers-who-is-moving-where-in-the-voluntary-sector-18-august-2015

Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants

TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-2021-what-the-voluntary-sector-wants

Help inform a multi-year spending review that delivers for Scotland’s voluntary sector

Scottish and local government to the sector, with favourable terms including inflationary uplifts, core running,policy development.,information about the impact of the annual funding cycle on your organisation and why government must,Option 2 is our way of ensuring that managers, business support officers, finance teams, senior leaders,For those wanting to add a line to support SCVO’s submission, we will be posting a final version on our

https://scvo.scot/p/49187/2022/03/07/help-inform-a-multi-year-spending-review-that-delivers-for-scotlands-voluntary-sector

WCVA NICVA NCVO SCVO - Consultation Response - Civil Society Engagement on the TCA

who also have contributed input and supported this response:• Charity Finance Group• Charities Aid Foundation,NICVA represents and supports the wider NI VCSE sector which comprises over 6,000 organisations providing,, peace-building, environmental protection and management, to the promotion of arts, cultural, sporting,The Government is planning a meeting once or twice a year with one group and would welcome your comments,The selection process could be run in partnership.29 We recommend that provision be made for organisations

https://scvo.scot/p/45296/2021/10/05/wcva-nicva-ncvo-scvo-consultation-response-civil-society-engagement-on-the-tca

March – time to ensure you’re in financial control!

of your organisation’s finances.,Finance Group’s Essential Charity Finance for Trustees which has a great checklist for trustees to support,, and also take a look to see if there are any accountancy firms running free events in your area.,It’s essential, if you’re a trustee, that you have a handle on your organisation’s finances, and are,and funders, and the general public, that your organisation is well run.

https://scvo.scot/p/30200/2019/03/11/march-time-to-ensure-youre-in-financial-control