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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.

Ruchir Shah

Where was the third sector in Lamont's party speech?

Johann Lamont's big conference speech was rhetorically impressive but does local government really equal community empowerment?  Read more

Strategic Discussion paper - Local Democracy

Key principles Local democracy is not the same as local government. Local representative democracy and participative democracy, where...  Read more

Nelson mandela - his legacy is our legacy

Ironically passing on the night of the launch of his biopic, many more will now take the time and space to reflect on his life and...  Read more

White paper no knight in shining armour

If Scotland’s future is based on a done deal made behind closed doors away from people and communities, then what’s the point?  Read more

A sticking plaster approach to the budget?

One of our policy officers mistakenly wrote down that the Finance Secretary had allocated £32.5m extra funds in his Budget announcement this...  Read more