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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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About the Scottish Third Sector Tracker

This will give SCVO and its partners a clear and up-to-date picture of the health of the third sector,in Scotland and will enable them to identify where they can provide support to the sector most effectively,finding out more information on the impact of the first phase of the Tracker, please read this blog post,by Steven Marwick (Director of Evaluation Support Scotland) which can be read here.,Frequently Asked Questions

https://scvo.scot/research/scottish-third-sector-tracker/about

Video can help to promote good causes

Sally Hall discusses what type of equipment might be worth investing in to help your organisation produce online videos

https://tfn.scot/opinion/video-can-help-to-promote-good-causes

Sturgeon puts third sector centre in fight for social justice

Robert Armour gets round the Bute House fireplace for an exclusive interview with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

https://tfn.scot/features/sturgeon-puts-third-sector-centre-in-fight-for-social-justice

Alex Salmond address to The Gathering

up successful social enterprises.,Many of you are already helping to lead the debate in your communities about Scotland’s future – frequently,Scotland’s Future answers important questions for the third sector –it explains that the Big Lottery,Scotland’s Future does more than answer specific questions, and outline constitutional processes – hugely,She is the only youth employment minister in Europe; her post was created as part of a crusade here in

https://scvo.scot/p/3571/2014/02/19/alex-salmond-address-to-the-gathering

SCVO submission to the Finance Committee on Scotland's public finances

recovery from the pandemic, alongside the public and private sectors in the 2022-23 Scottish Budgetfollow up,endeavour’ to transform Scotland’s economy and society post-pandemic.,The programme is frequently described by those involved as the most successful partnership work they’,These plans should be set out by Scottish Government.,As above, we understand this is complex and welcome the UK Government’s decision to set a guaranteed

https://scvo.scot/p/44755/2021/08/12/scvo-submission-to-the-finance-committee-on-scotlands-public-finances

Fair Funding: Collaborate, Challenge, Change - The Gathering 2022

there was agreement that the constant need to apply and re-apply for funding on an annual basis took up,as well as discussion around how multi-year funding can actually be “restrictive to development if set,medium-sized organisations meant finding themselves ineligible to apply for both smaller and larger funding posts,One attendee suggested that funding “needs to be bottom up and organisation-led rather than funder-led,” for it to be accessible, with another questioning whether truly accessible funding is necessarily a

https://scvo.scot/p/54973/2022/10/17/fair-funding-collaborate-challenge-change-the-gathering-2022

Reference briefing: Scotland’s Labour Market Strategy

The DWP has set up a Personalisation Pathfinder pilot in South West Wales to test whether more personalised,the labour market changes, the once solid link between jobs, employability and benefits must also be questioned,The social contract which has governed our welfare state in the post-war era appears out-dated in the,, but Government frequently focuses on a very narrow involvement – often in terms of how the sector can,With this in mind, we would narrow our vision to three specific ‘asks’: Give increased attention to specific

https://scvo.scot/p/13428/2016/07/24/reference-briefing-scotlands-labour-market-strategy-july-2016

Community Capacity and Resilience Fund guidance notes

will be asked to provide a reference for you.,Section 1 – About your organisation You’ll be asked to answer the following questions.,to 12 months Set up or provide time for staff to take part in networks around welfare reformBuild local,By providing this foundation we are confident that the impact will be longer term and post this funding,Estimated cost up to 31st March 2019 is £x and for 1st April 2019 onwards £x Frequently Asked Questions

https://scvo.scot/p/26005/2018/09/06/community-capacity-and-resilience-fund-guidance-notes

Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee - Procurement Reform

SCVO has responded to the call from the Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee’s for views on the post-legislative,needed from this current competitive environment to a more partnership based approach in order to drive up,Sustainable procurement duty Questions Has the sustainable procurement duty helped to improve social,,can be as much as 80% of a non-residential service in social care, and therefore the process clearly sets,Voluntary sector organisations are often forced to issue redundancy notices on a frequent basis, and

https://scvo.scot/p/42096/2021/01/22/economy-energy-and-fair-work-committee-procurement-reform