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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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Board behaviour at SCVO

The beginning of June saw the SCVO Board meet to discuss how they demonstrate and evidence the Scottish Governance Code for the Third...  Read more

Free professional advice in Small Charity Week, and every week for SCVO members

In Scotland, most charities are small. SCVO’s State of the Sector research shows that 75% of Scottish charities have incomes under £100k...  Read more

Happy Volunteers' Week!

As Volunteers Week draws to a close, we can all look back and celebrate volunteers across the UK, who, like us all, have had a year unlike...  Read more

People and Property in a Post Pandemic World

The pandemic has changed much about the way we work and as the focus begins to shift to a return to offices, it is time for a radical...  Read more

SCVO, good governance and leadership

As part of our ongoing commitment to good governance, the SCVO board met last week to continue to explore how, in line with the Scottish...  Read more

SCVO’s Organisational Purpose

Last week the SCVO Board met and one of the items on the agenda was to look at the Scottish Governance Code for the Third Sector and...  Read more

How to build strong board relationships - and how mediation can help if it goes wrong

2020 saw trustees challenged in many ways, not least as they had to work virtually to make difficult decisions and ensure their...  Read more

Trustees' Week 2020 – Let’s celebrate!

Next Monday marks the start of Trustees’ Week an annual celebration of all the great work that an estimated 180,000 trustees do across...  Read more

Good governance is now vital to ensure resilience and recovery

The coronavirus pandemic has transformed all our lives, and as we move to recovery, it’s time for trustees to rethink and rebuild and steer...  Read more

When change is inevitable how can trustees ensure good governance and support their organisation in challenging times?

‘We’re not in the same boat, but we are in the same storm’ has been much quoted as we’ve faced very different challenges during the last...  Read more