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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 Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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What SCVO has done

initiative to bring devices, training and connectivity to 50,000 people across the country who are digitally,organisations across the UK, co-ordinating support to the sector across the UK Launched the #NeverMoreNeeded campaign,employability community on basecamp Partnered with a range of stakeholders to build a Scotland focused research,your organisation, governance, fundraising, volunteering and much more. upscaled our activity on digital,capacity building in the voluntary sector with a particular focus on digital services, digital inclusion

https://scvo.scot/support/coronavirus/what-scvo-is-doing

Scottish Charity Awards winners - 2016

 –Disabled Access Day, Euan’s Guide Exceptional Employee –Chris Martin, Callander Youth Project Digital,Macmillan Cancer Support & Glasgow Life People’s Choice – Lucy Lintott The Edinburgh-based former policy,He launched GordonsFightback.com to raise funds for research and lobby for better care for people with,She created the website Lucy’s Fight and has now raised over £100,000 to help fund research.,And the Libertie Project Limited scooped this year’s Digital Dynamo.

https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards/previous-winners/winners-2016

AI organisational policies

Some recent research from the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation tells us that most people are open,If you have seen or done any other research like this, even anecdotally, let Civic AI know: hello@civicai.uk,Internal policies for using generative AI in digital services There’s no doubt that generative AI will,be used to improve digital services and enable new kinds of user experience, but this is very new and,Digital product teams can start thinking about simple applications, but model capabilities are still

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/ai/ai-policies

SCVO Impact Report 2025/26

Our people Contacts Board Vacancies Offices Our work Campaigns AGM 2025 and trustee elections Press releases

https://scvo.scot/about/work/impact

Cookies policy

ActiveCampaign cookies - ActiveCampaign is email campaign software we use to manage bulletin newsletters,We anonymise the last 3 digits of all user IP addresses for Google Analytics, so that we can ensure that,This allows the efficacy of Facebook ads to be evaluated for statistical and market research purposes,not contain any identifiable information.30 minutes ActiveCampaign We use ActiveCampaign for email campaign,NamePurposeExpiryac_enable_trackingThis cookie is associated with Active Campaign and is set to confirm

https://scvo.scot/cookies

SCVO's strategy for 2023-28

Embracing digital approaches has extended the reach and effectiveness of many voluntary organisations,Voluntary organisations from village halls to campaigners are vehicles for people and communities to,It brings massive research capacity that is changing people’s lives.,It helps us improve our services and gives us insights to inform our policy and influencing work.,We will promote excellence in governance, digital capacity, diversity and inclusion.

https://scvo.scot/about/work/strategy

AGM 2025

I’ve developed award-winning campaigns, achieved numerous policy wins for mental health charity SAMH,Dr Fatene Abakar Ismail, Trustee - Al-Bir I am a health services researcher with a PhD in Biomedical,Science and experience in clinical research, education, and community engagement.,Throughout my career in health research, I have seen how compassion and collaboration can transform lives,As a Digital & IT Services lead, I enhance operational efficiency and deliver innovative solutions.

https://scvo.scot/about/work/agm

The Gathering 2022: a round-up

and policy teams set out the agenda for SCVO's own work in the coming year.,SCVO’s head of policy, research campaigns, Kirsten Hogg, asked questions of and responded to Nicola Sturgeon,The cost of living crisis - a conversation with Jack Monroe Part campaigner, part writer, part inspirational,makers and the people they make policy for.,(Read more about our Digital Evolution Manager, John Fitzgerald's reflections on hybrid delivery here

https://scvo.scot/the-gathering/round-up-2022

25 questions charities are asking about AI in 2025

This article covers audience questions that came up during a panel discussion on ‘Putting People and Values at the Heart of AI’ at The Gathering, SCVO’s national convention for charities, on 5 February 2025

https://scvo.scot/support/digital/guides/ai/25-questions-charities-are-asking-about-ai-in-2025

The Gathering 2023 round-up

organisations that are here are the ones who shone through.”Following his address, SCVO’s head of policy,and research led a Q&A with the First Minister addressing questions submitted by audience members.,what needs to happen' Building a cash-first future: can we make food banks history in Scotland Campaigners,currently working with YWM on the EmBody to EmPower project, as well as focusing on participatory-led research,The #EssentialSector campaign is spearheaded by a group of organisations who believe more needs to be

https://scvo.scot/the-gathering/round-up-2023

Get involved

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