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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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New women’s jail not needed, say campaigners

Battle begins to stop women's jail plans

https://tfn.scot/news/new-womens-jail-not-needed-say-campaigners

#ChristiePlus10: Radical Scotland? Not yet, but we can be if we choose.

#ChristiePlus10: a series of expert blogs reflecting on ten years since the publication of the Christie Commission.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/christieplus10-radical-scotland-not-yet-but-we-can-be-if-we-choose

News in brief: what’s been going on across Scotland’s third sector 7 December 2018

A selection of stories from communities and voluntary organisations across Scotland

https://tfn.scot/lists/news-in-brief-whats-been-going-on-across-scotlands-third-sector-7-december

Economic disruption is essential for social change

"Why is it so hard to implement a vision that every stakeholder, including governments supports and wants,Our economic system includes institutions, infrastructure, governance, people, stuff and finance.,to affect change, she describes taxes, regulations and standards as examples of the least effective category,It is the number governments worry about above all else and the one most regularly reported and scrutinised,These should be transparent, open, democratic and recognise that in time, they too need to be creatively

https://scvo.scot/p/49645/2022/03/28/economic-disruption-is-essential-for-social-disruption

Right Approach Campaign: July - December 2016

universal application of human rights-based approaches and the sector can be divided up into three broad categories,, identified the need for a campaign to promote the human rights work of organisations in the first category,We used photographs of blog writers in social media posts in order to personalise the content and to,In order to communicate a simple and engaging message, we posted a quote from the blog writer next to,Government Partnership (OGP).

https://scvo.scot/p/14613/2017/02/28/right-approach-campaign-july-december-2016

SCVO Workforce Survey 2015

The workforce survey was open from Friday 23 January to Monday 9 February 2015.,Labour-Market/Local-Authority-Tables Workplace Employment Relations Study (ONS): https://www.gov.uk/government,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

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,This is inappropriate as the Bill devolves powers to parliament not government.,We would welcome questioning from the Committee on this, asking both the UK and Scottish Governments,The First Minister has committed to her Government being “the most open and accessible …that Scotland,This is inappropriate as the Bill devolves powers to Parliament not Government.

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

Fundraising in Scotland: survey report

SCVO was asked by Scottish Government to carry out this informal review.,The survey was open from Monday 3 August until Monday 17 August 2015.,“The high profile issues at The Kiltwalk charity were a bit of an eye opener.,“The high profile issues at The Kiltwalk charity were a bit of an eye opener” Poor personal/ family/friends,few charities/fundraisers that do not are the problem and seem either to fall into the "very large" category

https://scvo.scot/p/10195/2015/09/23/fundraising-in-scotland-survey-report

SCVO response to Scottish Parliament Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee

to administer structural funds, compounded by a lack of openness, urgency and pace.,For future funding, replacement of Structural Funds post-Brexit must advance on and not regress on the,This is common throughout all categories of delivery with expenditure achieved to date in the Transition,Again the lack of openness, urgency and pace was apparent.,It is critical that these policy areas are not left bereft of investment post the end of this programme

https://scvo.scot/p/25068/2018/04/13/scvo-response-to-scottish-parliament-economy-jobs-and-fair-work-committee

The Taylor Report is a small step along the road to fair work

Commission tasked with examining how a higher NMW rate might apply to non-guaranteed hours Recommends a new category,Calls for the government to close a legal loophole that allows temporary staff from agencies to be paid,employment and will bring little comfort to those already fearing for our hard-won employment rights post-Brexit,to ask for guaranteed hours, as Taylor suggests, isn’t sufficient without a surrounding culture of openness,It is up to the UK Government, the Scottish Government and the third sector to push these principles

https://scvo.scot/p/15799/2017/07/14/the-taylor-report-is-a-small-step-along-the-road-to-fair-work