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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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Volunteering ‘below the radar’? Informal volunteering in deprived urban Scotland

Research briefing looking volunteering in different areas and groups, looking at voluntary participation,in its broadest sense to help inform future research, policy and practice.,Key findings Current research in Scotland focuses on ‘formal volunteering’ (through a third party) rather,Recent policy documents rely – often implicitly – on voluntary participation in order to achieve their,Research shows rates of formal and informal volunteering differ between different populations and locations

https://scvo.scot/research/evidence-library/volunteering-below-the-radar-informal-volunteering-in-deprived-urban-scotland

Coronavirus and its impact on the Scottish voluntary sector – what do we know so far? (May 2020)

This briefing gives a summary of some of the key issues that Coronavirus is having on voluntary organisations,All research and insights shared with us will be collated in our searchable Evidence Library: https:/,/scvo.org.uk/policy/evidence-library https://scvo.org.uk/policy/coronavirus The briefing covers: Funding

https://scvo.scot/research/evidence-library/coronavirus-and-its-impact-on-the-scottish-voluntary-sector-what-do-we-know-so-far-may-2020

29th International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement – State of the Art Briefings

Effectiveness and Improvement held in Glasgow in January 2016 to stimulate discussion about what educational research,Professor Ken Gibb spoke about the methodological and implications from housing research.,The four briefing papers are presented in as a collection within this document.,Session 3: Poverty, Marginalisation and Aspirations Failure: implications for the design of pro-poor policies,Session 4: Adding value to effectiveness and improvement – are there research, policy and practice lessons

https://scvo.scot/research/evidence-library/29th-international-congress-for-school-effectiveness-and-improvement-state-of-the-art-briefings

Severe Child Poverty in Scotland

These findings from Save the Children, commissioned by the New Policy Institute, reveal that 90,000 children,The research reveals the local areas where severe child poverty is a major concern.,To read the full UK briefing, please refer to the link below: http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/assets

https://scvo.scot/research/evidence-library/severe-child-poverty-in-scotland

Public Service Reform (PSR) in Scotland and within the wider context of global challenges

Student paper submitted as part of the NTNU/SCVO Internship Research Project.,The paper is the product of a five month internship research project conducted at the Scottish Council,Scottish independence referendum in 2014, there has been an on-going debate over ways in which future policies,interviews with third sector, other non-governmental and governmental representatives as well as a brief

https://scvo.scot/research/evidence-library/public-service-reform-psr-in-scotland-and-within-the-wider-context-of-global-challenges

Women ignored by housing policy, report finds

Charity calls for gender equality to be enshrined in decision-making.

https://tfn.scot/news/women-ignored-by-housing-policy-report-finds

Scottish Government must go further on fair work, report warns

IPPR Scotland warned many are still being left behind.

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-government-must-go-further-on-fair-work-report-warns

Live Music and Mental Health 2021 Workshops summary

We formed an Emerging Minds Special Interest Research Group and delivered four workshops over the summer,to explore this topic with other young people, policy makers, musicians, children’s organisations and,This briefing provides an overview of the four workshops, which took place online in between May and

https://scvo.scot/research/evidence-library/live-music-and-mental-health-2021-workshops-summary

Crossing the border for a cheap pint

John Mooney believes England should pay heed to Scotland's approach to alcohol

https://tfn.scot/opinion/crossing-the-border-for-a-cheap-pint

Study to examine voluntary action during Covid-19

A major new research project is set to examine how communities responded to the outbreak of the pandemic

https://tfn.scot/news/study-to-examine-voluntary-action-during-covid-19

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