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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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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

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

Voluntary sector finances pre-coronavirus - a complex landscape

Our analysis of the voluntary sector’s pre-COVID finances, published today, highlights a complex patchwork funding landscape of fundraising, trading, contracts, grants and reserves, all of which have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in different ways. The complexity of...

https://scvo.scot/p/39292/2020/06/29/voluntary-sector-finances-pre-coronavirus-a-complex-landscape

State of the Sector: pre-Coronavirus

View the research briefing in our Evidence Library. Download a PDF version of the briefing.

https://scvo.scot/p/39315/2020/06/30/state-of-the-sector-pre-coronavirus

Put climate change on the agenda this Trustees' Week

A total of 72% of charities and social enterprises that engaged in SCVO and SenScot research on this,topic said they didn’t have environmental policies and 89% didn’t have a carbon reduction policy in place

https://scvo.scot/p/46155/2021/11/02/put-climate-change-on-the-agenda-this-trustees-week

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

Essential digital skills for Scotland - charter briefing part 2

This is the second of our two-part report on the Digital Participation Charter pilot research - to read,By using digital devices to look up recipes, as well as access budgeting apps and free library resources,Diane Webb, Digital Policy Lead at Renfrewshire Council (and member of DigiRen) said: “While it was brilliant,Senior Management Support Evidence from SCVO’s “Creating a Digitally Confident Third Sector in Scotland,users in libraries throughout the city.

https://scvo.scot/p/31661/2019/07/01/essential-digital-skills-for-scotland-charter-briefing-part-2

SCVO response - Long-Term Financial Sustainability of Local Government

Because of the success of this service, the Food Train was more recently contacted by the library service,By acting as an authoritative and trusted voice for the sector, SCVO’s policy and research output is,delivered through a strong evidence base and an engaged membership.,Further details about SCVO’s policy and research can be found at https://scvo.scot/policy-research Contact,Jenny Bloomfield Email: policy@scvo.scot / Tel: 0131 474 8000

https://scvo.scot/p/32146/2019/08/14/scvo-response-to-scottish-parliaments-local-government-and-communities-committee-long-term-financial-sustainability-of-local-government

How to align your charity goals with like-minded corporates

Earlier this year, SCVO commissioned research to explore what people working in the public and private,In fact, as our research also highlighted, some banks are now providing funding directly linked to achieving

https://scvo.scot/p/51035/2022/06/23/how-to-align-your-charity-goals-with-like-minded-corporates

Get involved

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