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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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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

SCVO Briefing – Creating a Fairer Scotland

Following the report, and as our sector covers a range of matters, we highlight a few of those in this briefing,Households in this category are also more likely to consume higher levels of sugars than more affluent

https://scvo.scot/p/12643/2016/06/22/scvo-briefing-creating-a-fairer-scotland

SCVO Response to Devolution Committee call for written evidence on the Scotland Bill

These fall broadly into three categories: the need for Gift Aid to be considered alongside the devolution,SCVO raised this in its previous evidence to the Committee, and detailed this in a briefing to MPs ahead,This would ensure that the concerns outlined in the above briefings were addressed.,As in previous briefings, we remain concerned that the exception which prevents discretionary payments

https://scvo.scot/p/9890/2015/08/14/scvo-response-to-devolution-committee-call-for-written-evidence-on-the-scotland-bill

Meet David!

I thought it would be worth sharing with you a brief overview of what we’re up to right now around Scotland

https://scvo.scot/p/12032/2016/04/06/meet-david

Welfare Funds (Scotland) Bill Stage 3 Briefing

As we have outlined in previous briefings[i], the Scottish Welfare Fund is a final safety net for tens,in order to protect their budgets or increase the share of community care grants available to other categories,[vi] Furthermore, excluding this category of applicant works against the strong Government focus on tackling,References [i]http://www.scvo.scot/long-form-posts/welfare-funds-scotland-bill-stage-1-debate/ [ii]http,Welfare Fund (Scotland) Bill [v]http://www.scvo.scot/long-form-posts/welfare-funds-scotland-bill-stage

https://scvo.scot/p/8050/2015/03/02/welfare-funds-scotland-bill-stage-3-briefing

SCVO Workforce Survey 2015

1 Methodology 1.1 Primary research This research briefing is based on a survey of the third sector workforce,Additional data and intelligence has been pulled in from a range of sources, including: SCVO research briefings,Reasons given for increased workloads fell into 4 main categories: Staff who have left, were made redundant,The pay is certainly much lower than similar posts in the private or public sector (I have worked in,Every year we wait to find out if we've got the funding to keep my post.

https://scvo.scot/p/7977/2015/02/25/scvo-workforce-survey-2015

Coronavirus, next steps & communities

SCVO briefing to the Scottish Parliament - Debate: COVID-19 Next Steps (Communities) SCVO briefing -,activities.Increased demand: There is a need for funding to meet the expected increased demand on the sector post-lockdown,This part of our briefing for the debate echoes our submission to inform the work of the Advisory Group,We have divided our initial priorities for changes to the system into national and sector-specific categories

https://scvo.scot/p/38971/2020/06/08/coronavirus-next-steps-communities