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

the people and communities we serve is key to the sector’s longer-term planning. https://scvo.scot/policy,/evidence-library/2020-coronavirus-and-its-impact-on-the-scottish-voluntary-sector-what-do-we-know-so-far-may

https://scvo.scot/p/38967/2020/06/08/coronavirus-and-its-impact-on-the-scottish-voluntary-sector-what-do-we-know-so-far

Coronavirus, next steps & communities

work tirelessly to ensure that human rights are protected, that the environment is front and centre in policy,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

Digital Inclusion Briefing

The evidence clearly shows digital exclusion exacerbates existing deep routed inequalities and affordability,A more comprehensive library of reading and resources is available on the website for Scotland’s Digital,sizesour governance and membership structures are democratic and accountable - with an elected board and policy

https://scvo.scot/p/27369/2018/10/29/digital-inclusion-briefing

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,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

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

“We were pretty sure through anecdotal evidence that our service was valued by the families that we worked,at a size where we were having to raise a sizeable income, and we wanted to be able to very clearly evidence,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

Briefing: Scottish Government debate on human rights

[i] [ii] [iii] Evidence from across the third sector[iv] and work done by Dr David Webster[v] paints,There are opportunities to ensure that fulfilling this basic right is part of wider policy action in,It must mean something to people and communities affected by government policy.,It must drive economic policy – recognizing the need for our economy to work better for all.,/policy-library/response-to-carers-legislation-proposals [xxii] http://www.scvo.scot/long-form-posts/

https://scvo.scot/p/6695/2014/11/10/briefing-scottish-government-debate-on-human-rights

SCVO briefing: Scottish Government debate on welfare - 12 November 2014

Working with community organisations from Easter Ross to Dumfries, our findings build on the developing evidence,This means having no control over other areas of policy which affect poverty and inequality.,Contact Lynn Williams Policy Officer lynn.williams@scvo.scot Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations,Our policy is determined by a policy committee elected by our members.[1] Further details about SCVO,f=asc&rid=107 [1] SCVO’s Policy Committee has 24 members elected by SCVO’s member organisations who then

https://scvo.scot/p/6701/2014/11/12/scvo-briefing-scottish-government-debate-on-welfare-12-november-2014

SCVO response: Welfare Funds (Scotland) Bill - Welfare Reform Committee Stage 1 Call for Evidence

In reviewing the evidence and performance of the fund, our main point is this: the scheme is not quite,The sector can face additional resource constraints when a new policy/scheme is introduced.,Contact Lynn Williams, Policy Officer Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Mansfield Traquair,our governance and membership structures are democratic and accountable - with an elected board and policy,Our policy is determined by a policy committee elected by our members Further details about SCVO can

https://scvo.scot/p/5638/2014/08/28/scvo-response-welfare-funds-scotland-bill-welfare-funds-scotland-bill

Get involved

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