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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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A week in the life of a digital champion

SCVO are therefore working with charities from across Scotland to turn frontline staff and volunteers,Between Jan 2018- April 2019 SCVO partnered with 41 organisations, to train 257 Digital Champions.,SCVO use estimates for these figures, provided by DCs at the end of their training.,Examples of support provided Note- these categories have been applied by SCVO to the examples given by,Showed customer how to find post codes. Helped customer fill out a Housing Benefit form online.”

https://scvo.scot/p/30972/2019/05/09/a-week-in-the-life-of-a-digital-champion

Fundraising in Scotland: survey report

SCVO fundraising review, August 2015: report on survey findings This report forms a part of the wider,Scotland: an informal review 1 Context This report presents an analysis of a survey carried out by SCVO,to inform SCVO’s review into fundraising regulation.,SCVO was asked by Scottish Government to carry out this informal review.,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

‘Contribution’ must not reinforce inequality and exclusion

SCVO’s discussion paper on employability, social justice and contribution raises fundamental questions,For example the inclusion of categories such as graduate interns and undergraduate placements (rather

https://scvo.scot/p/10307/2015/10/12/contribution-must-not-reinforce-inequality-and-exclusion

What matters to the third sector in #GE2015?

Over the past month or so, SCVO has been running a survey asking what your top priorities are for the,Unsurprisingly, in both categories the top concern was the voluntary sector!,Well, as I hinted in my original post that accompanied this survey, we’re keeping that to ourselves.

https://scvo.scot/p/8483/2015/04/07/what-matters-to-the-third-sector-in-ge2015

SCVO Workforce Survey 2015

The survey was circulated through many channels to ensure a wide range of respondents: SCVO members bulletin,Cascaded to intermediaries, and included in a number of e-bulletins, eg VHS Shared by SCVO staff to,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

Welfare Funds (Scotland) Bill Stage 3 Briefing

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,Scotland and others – Stage 2 Briefing Welfare Fund (Scotland) Bill [v]http://www.scvo.scot/long-form-posts,Further details about SCVO can be found at www.scvo.scot.

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

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

Introduction As there have been no substantive changes made to the clauses from draft to Bill, the concerns SCVO,These fall broadly into three categories: the need for Gift Aid to be considered alongside the devolution,SCVO does not support any mandatory activity or conditionality within the Bill, including the notion,We believe the current conditionality regime should be devolved, at which point SCVO would then call,Further details about SCVO can be found at www.scvo.scot.

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

Coronavirus, next steps & communities

SCVO briefing to the Scottish Parliament - Debate: COVID-19 Next Steps (Communities) SCVO briefing -,coronavirus, next steps & communities - June 2020Download About SCVO The Scottish Council for Voluntary,Organisations (SCVO) is the national membership organisation for the voluntary sector.,activities.Increased demand: There is a need for funding to meet the expected increased demand on the sector post-lockdown,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

SCVO response to Scottish Parliament - Post-legislative Scrutiny of The Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016

SCVO Lobbying Act - Post-Legislative ScrutinyDownload About SCVO The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations,(SCVO) is the national membership organisation for the voluntary sector.,Our position When consultation on the Lobbying (Scotland) Bill was launched in October 2015 SCVO made,Five years on, SCVO’s position remains much the same.,that voluntary sector organisations and voluntary sector intermediary bodies have fallen in to this category

https://scvo.scot/p/39958/2020/08/17/scvo-response-to-scottish-parliament-post-legislative-scrutiny-the-lobbying-scotland-act-2016

Charities across Scotland recognised at national awards

Run annually by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), the Scottish Charity Awards,Anna Fowlie, Chief Executive of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), said: “A huge,Elaine said: “I feel so proud to win the Charity Champion category of the SCVO Scottish Charity Awards,employee applications have increased, and income has gone up by 300% despite having no fundraising posts,A special commendation was also made in this category to Moira Anderson Foundation.

https://scvo.scot/p/40608/2020/09/25/charities-across-scotland-recognised-at-national-awards-2