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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 perfect storm is coming

Today we publish an overview of what research has been telling us about the impact the crisis has had,Please do continue to get involved and share your experiences and research so that we can amplify the

https://scvo.scot/p/38735/2020/06/02/a-perfect-storm-is-coming

The voluntary sector & coronavirus - what we've learned from your experiences

scvo.scotFill in this short form on our websiteShare your stories as part of the #NeverMoreNeeded campaign My research,colleagues have also been gathering more formal research from across the sector to add to the Third,Sector Evidence Library, and we’ll be publishing a short summary of that evidence in the coming weeks,If you have survey information to share please send it to research@scvo.scot.

https://scvo.scot/p/38321/2020/05/19/the-voluntary-sectors-response-to-coronavirus-what-weve-learned-so-far

Coronavirus, next steps & communities

work tirelessly to ensure that human rights are protected, that the environment is front and centre in policy,Recent SCVO research from May 2020 now highlights a predicted 30% drop in income this year for voluntary,The Scottish Government's commitment to a 'green recovery' must mean that any medium- and long-term policy,parliament should work with environmental voluntary organisations to embed green recovery principles and policies,Contact Paul Bradley, Policy Team – paul.bradley@scvo.scot

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

Equalities & Human Rights Committee Debate - Valuing the Third Sector

Committee, who have proactively sought the views of Scotland’s voluntary sector and interrogated the evidence,its comprehensive and probing submissions to the Scottish Government – following its collection of evidence,light was shone on the financial vulnerability of the sector: SCVO has published an overview of our research,Partnership of equals Anecdotal evidence suggests that, while independent funders are contemplating the

https://scvo.scot/p/41307/2020/11/30/equalities-human-rights-committee-debate-valuing-the-third-sector

Inquiry into the Scottish Government’s Public Service Reform programme - SCVO response

response The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) welcomes the opportunity to submit evidence,August 2022)Fair Funding for the Voluntary Sector (January 2023)A collection of SCVO engagement and research,policy provides us with genuine concern.,As we see it, the policy needs resourcing.,Contact Paul Bradley, Policy and Public Affairs Manager – paul.bradley@scvo.scot

https://scvo.scot/p/59486/2023/05/01/inquiry-into-the-scottish-governments-public-service-reform-programme-scvo-response-to-the-finance-and-public-administration-committee

SCVO launches ‘I Love Charity’ campaign to inspire trust in charities

The research provide clear, qualitative and quantitative which shows the good things we are doing.”,“The reason we made the decision to do the research was that we realised that we were at a size where,we were having to raise a sizeable income, and we wanted to be able to very clearly evidence what people,The research showed that every pound spent at The Yard results in a return of over £20, and every pound,It also provided evidence of the positive effect that The Yard has on the families who attend, with them

https://scvo.scot/p/24352/2018/02/21/scvo-launches-i-love-charity-campaign-to-inspire-trust-in-charities

Trust me, I’m a charity?

Survey finds that the public’s trust in charities has dropped, but also highlights some positives, and areas for improvement OK, given that this week is The Gathering and a celebration of charities, let’s start with some good news! Trust and confidence in charities remains high...

https://scvo.scot/p/24358/2018/02/22/trust-me-im-a-charity

Developing this website

More positively; it was well-used - by people sharing posts by our policy team, reading pages about how,integrated but there were opportunities to retire both the standalone Digital team website and the SCVO Evidence,Library database if their content could be copied into a new SCVO website.,Relevant to the sector, media, MSPs and activists - campaigning, news, policy.,We exported the old Evidence Library database with the help of IT colleagues imported it into our Salesforce

https://scvo.scot/p/24481/2018/01/31/developing-this-website

The Scottish Third Sector Tracker

contact us at STSTracker@djsresearch.com The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and DJS Research,Tracker - wave one open questions analysis The Scottish Third Sector Tracker is run by independent research,company DJS Research and funded by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations; the Scottish Government,Thank you to all partners for their generous contributions to this important piece of research.

https://scvo.scot/p/46981/2021/11/23/the-scottish-third-sector-tracker

The Future of Social Care in Scotland

accompanying discussion paper to Jo Armstrong’s analysis ‘Scotland’s social care sector: The financial evidence,from other policy and social concerns.,self-directed support, due for publication in the summer, which will assess outcomes through seeking evidence,There has been some research around the importance of commissioning. For example.,Research by Eccles and Cunningham, commissioned by CCPS, found some evidence of work intensification,

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

Get involved

Collaborate with us and our members to develop and promote voluntary sector policy perspectives for Scotland