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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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The Right Approach

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https://scvo.scot/about/work/campaigns/archive/right-approach

The answer to Scotland’s drug crisis lies in its communities

Eddie Nisbet calls for support for social enterprises who are delivering local public health services to exorcise Scotland’s drug-related demons

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-answer-to-scotlands-drug-crisis-lies-in-its-communities

Scottish anti-abortion group denies links to religious extremists

Questions have been asked about links between Compassion Scotland and American hate groups.

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-anti-abortion-group-denies-links-to-religious-extremists

SCVO submission to the Law Family Commission on Civil Society

to encourage joined-up thinking and creative, inclusive design to make sure investments reach the right,Environmental and human rights organisations have a critical role in prompting us of our international,The Scottish Parliament Equalities and Human Rights Committee’s 2019 Valuing the Third Sector report,Our research team would be happy to discuss the content of these reports with the Commission if necessary

https://scvo.scot/p/43561/2021/05/10/submission-to-law-family-commission-on-civil-society

Scottish Government Debate - demonstrating leadership in human rights

the adoption of new rights and ensuring rights are recognised, understood, claimed and respected.,, in 2016 the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) produced the Right Approach campaign,Takinga human rights based approach is about making sure that people's rights are putat the very centre,SCVO’s Right Approach campaign produced materials to help voluntary organisations take a rights-based,on Human Rights – which calls for rights to be protected and advanced, whatever the Brexit outcome.

https://scvo.scot/p/28087/2018/12/12/scottishgovernment-debate-demonstrating-leadership-in-human-rights

SCVO Brief for the House of Commons Opposition Day Debate on 17 October 2018: The Rollout of Universal Credit

s aspiration to take a rights-based approach to social security.,In 2016 the UN declared access to broadband to be a basic right.,In 2016, 63% of households in Scotland with an income of ÂŁ15,000 or less had home internet access rising,to 98% in households with incomes over ÂŁ40,000 (Scottish Household Survey, 2016).,Central to this vision is a rights-based social security system in both Scotland and the UK.

https://scvo.scot/p/27051/2018/10/15/scvo-brief-for-the-house-of-commons-opposition-day-debate-on-17-october-2018-the-rollout-of-universal-credit

Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee Inquiry on Scottish Government Draft Budget 2019-2020

to small and medium-sized third sector organisations that can provide a person-centred and human rights-based,employability programmes provide the opportunity to shift our approach towards person-centred and human rights,Programme and Fair Start for those with barriers to employment and how Fair Start will uphold people’s rights,Though not easy, we have a unique opportunity to create a distinct rights-based Scottish employability

https://scvo.scot/p/26134/2018/09/11/economy-jobs-and-fair-work-committee-inquiry-on-scottish-government-draft-budget-2019-2020

Submission to UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

Internet access In 2016 the UN declared access to broadband to be a basic right.,In 2016, 63% of households in Scotland with an income of ÂŁ15,000 or less had home internet access rising,to 98% in households with incomes over ÂŁ40,000 (Scottish Household Survey, 2016).,In matters relating to gender rights and disability rights, progress has been made despite resistance,Minimum wage rights, sick pay, paternity pay, maternity benefits, adoption leave, workplace rights and

https://scvo.scot/p/26232/2018/09/14/submission-to-un-special-rapporteur-on-extreme-poverty-and-human-rights

The Future of Social Care in Scotland

presented uses publicly available data on both charities’ finances and public sector budgets from pre-2016,The launch of the Shared Ambition report in July 2016, co-signed by a number of key civil society organisations,the right to active citizenship, employment and choice and control.,who commission services because they are afraid of losing out on contracts and funding Within the 2016,recruitment, retention and reward are crucial debates for the sustainability of social care as the 2016

https://scvo.scot/p/15370/2017/05/23/the-future-of-social-care-in-scotland

Scotland’s social care sector: The financial evidence that is driving change

mirror historic allocations of funds available (ie, based on the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2016,plateaued at around £3.9 billion and £2.9 billion per annum respectively (in real terms) since 2008-09,Figure 1: Scottish government resource DEL budget, 2010-11 to 2019-20, £ billion Note: figures to right,Gross spending on social work services has plateaued in real terms at around £3.9 billion since 2008-09,-16 and 2016-17 (see Figure 6).

https://scvo.scot/p/15373/2017/05/23/scotlands-social-care-sector-the-financial-evidence-that-is-driving-change