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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.

Ilse Mackinnon

Research Officer

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Fair work in the voluntary sector: what’s working?

Back in 2015, SCVO and TFN surveyed around 1,000 sector workers about their experiences working in the voluntary sector.  Eight years...  Read more

State of the Sector: pre-Coronavirus

This briefing gives an overview of the financial profile of the regulated Scottish voluntary sector in 2018, giving us a baseline for...  Read more

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

This paper gives a summary of some of the key issues that Coronavirus is having on voluntary organisations, from the start of the crisis up...  Read more

Gender pay gap briefing (April 2019)

Second year's analysis of UK Gov gender pay gap data, comparing the Scottish third sector against 1. Scottish public and private sectors...  Read more

Guide to working and volunteering in the voluntary sector (2019)

This 2nd edition of our popular guide for young people about to leave school or at university (and anyone else) interested in working or...  Read more

Pay on Display: salary snapshot for 2019

This Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) briefing uses data from thousands of jobs advertised on its recruitment site...  Read more

Latest figures show giving has fallen – should we be worrying?

CAF’s third report on giving in Scotland 2019 has just been published offering us another fine slice of insight into how the Scottish...  Read more

Third Sector Forecast 2019

Download PDF Third Sector Forecast 2019Download The sector continues to face the twin challenges of increasing demand against a backdrop...  Read more

Charity sector growth in 2017

The number of new charities set up in 2017 was higher than ever, but financially it’s a mixed picture of winners and losers. Growth has been...  Read more

Getting the most out of the new charity data hub

Our new interactive data hub pulls together all the basic data on the third sector such as how many organisations there are, how many...  Read more