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Befriending Week 2023

1st – 7th November marks 11 years of Befriending Week and the team at Befriending Networks hopes that this year’s campaign will celebrate and strengthen our sector.

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Fair Work and the Volunteer Charter

Fair Work Convention member Anna Fowlie is the Chief Executive of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) talks about Fair Work and the ten key principles of the Volunteer Charter which help to underpin good relations within a volunteering environment.

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Volunteers and the State – where does volunteering fit in 21st century Scotland?

Last week, Volunteer Scotland facilitated a Festival of Politics panel event exploring the relationship between volunteering and the state. Our CEO, Alan Stevenson, was joined on the panel by Sara Redmond from the Health and Social Care Alliance and Alan Sherry from the CLD Standards Council. The discussion was expertly chaired by Jeremy Balfour MSP who dared to ask some of the more thorny questions!

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100 Charter Champions!

Ensuring that each and every volunteer has a good experience is important to us at Volunteer Scotland. That’s why we’re pleased that more than 100 individuals, groups and organisations share that goal and have signed up to be #CharterChampions.

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Volunteering in a Shifting Skills Landscape

Widespread reform in Scotland’s education and skills landscape seems inevitable. The past few years have seen a raft of publications which all recommend seismic changes to Scotland’s education system, qualifications regime and post-school skills environment.

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Net Zero Week 2023

Net zero is the world’s answer to stopping climate change. On the 27th June 2019, the UK became the first major economy in the world to pass laws to end our contribution to climate change. Find out more about the campaign and what Volunteer Scotland are doing to meet our aims of Net Zero!

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Make Your Mark receive a Heritage Fund Grant

Today, the Make Your Mark campaign has received a Heritage Fund grant of £142,722. Made possible by money raised by National Lottery players, Make Your Mark supports everyone in Scotland to volunteer with their cultural, built and natural heritage.

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Volunteering Action Plan – 1 year on

It’s the first anniversary of the Volunteering Action Plan. We’ve been blown away by what’s been achieved over the past year since the Volunteering Action Plan launched in June 2022. Let’s take a look at some highlights and what’s coming up in the near future!

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