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
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,Research by Eccles and Cunningham, commissioned by CCPS, found some evidence of work intensification,,sense of representing carers’ interests more broadly, rather than individual experience and anecdotal evidence
https://scvo.scot/p/15370/2017/05/23/the-future-of-social-care-in-scotland
Policy decisions are leading to increased inequality amongst key groups [x][xi].,There is an increasing evidence base which shows the economic and social value of support to unpaid carers,Looking at the Bill in isolation from other policy and legislative changes, including competencies that,/policy-library/state-of-caring-2014 [vi] http://www.carers.org/news/wake-call-nation-over-reality-family-caring,[vii] http://www.carersuk.org/for-professionals/policy/policy-library/state-of-caring-2014 [viii]http
https://scvo.scot/p/8850/2015/04/22/carers-scotland-bill-stage-1-briefing-for-health-and-sport-committee
employment support (and social security) to be devolved We explore links between employability and other policy,Context The current political and policy context in Scotland is incredibly exciting; there are many avenues,Indeed, as highlighted by Inclusion Scotland during evidence given to the Welfare Reform Committee, isolation,Government’s plans for employability support needs to be joined up with other policy areas and budgets,Contact Ruchir Shah, Policy Manager Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Mansfield Traquair
https://scvo.scot/p/10328/2015/10/12/creating-a-fairer-scotland-employability-support-scvo-response
Conversely, evidence shows that if there is a likelihood that engagement in local politics will impact,(See a selection of examples provided in the Appendix below) Contact Ruchir Shah Policy Manager Scottish,Our policy is determined by a policy committee elected by our members.,Evaluations of Ubudehe demonstrate that the policy has been a success. 1.4million people have benefitted,read-the-report/politics/can-people-make-a-difference.aspx [vi] http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/library
https://scvo.scot/p/5161/2013/12/18/strategic-discussion-paper-local-democracy
Across the third sector in Scotland, evidence of the devastation caused by sanctions, in many cases applied,work of Housing Associations; the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations is currently gathering evidence,With increasing evidence that the Work Programme is not reaching such groups[xxi], this type of approach,Conclusion
There is an increasing evidence base which demonstrates the devastating impact of sanctions,Our policy is determined by a policy committee elected by our members.[1] Further details about SCVO
https://scvo.scot/p/5184/2014/04/01/sanctions-briefing-scvo-appearance-before-welfare-reform-committee
[x] Until policy and policy makers truly move into this realm, existing health inequalities will continue,Moreover, evidence suggests that the retrenchment of social protection, outlined in the planned UK welfare,The shift to community capacity envisaged by Reshaping Care policy and within the policy intent driving,Our policy is determined by a policy committee elected by our members.[1] Further details about SCVO,/policy-library/sandwich-caring [iv] http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/ataglance/ataglance60.asp [v
https://scvo.scot/p/5262/2014/07/10/scottish-labour-health-inequalities-policy-review-scvo-response
and direct engagement with people affected by the legislation, and with detailed and comprehensive evidence,Complexity, lengthy and technical bills can make it nearly impossible to get to the bottom of all policy,Contact
Lynn Williams, Policy Officer
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations Mansfield Traquair,Our policy is determined by a policy committee elected by our members.[1] Further details about SCVO,f=asc&rid=1078 [1] SCVO’s Policy Committee has 24 members elected by SCVO’s member organisations who
https://scvo.scot/p/5269/2014/07/11/scvo-response-standards-committee-inquiry-procedures-for-considering-legislation
[iv] Zero-hours contracts, Standard Note: SN/BT/6553, House of Commons Library (2014), p4.,[xiv] Agriculture and Climate Change, Standard Note: SN/SC/3763, House of Commons Library (2012).,Some Empirical Evidence, Easerlin (1974).,[xxxi] The performance of employee-owned businesses in Scotland: some preliminary empirical evidence,,[xxxix] See http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/our-work/poverty-in-the-uk/humankind-index.
https://scvo.scot/p/4705/2014/05/07/an-economy-for-all-report-economyforall
