Our latest blog posts
‘Community Wealth Building’: two sides of the same coin?
Community Wealth Building sounds great. I mean, the idea of tackling economic inequality by ensuring more wealth is generated and retained in communities makes sense to me. But, if it’s to do with generating wealth, what’s that got to do with volunteering?
Reading between the lines: our response to the new First Minister’s vision
Volunteering is not explicitly mentioned in the First Minister’s vision for Scotland. However, it is clear that volunteering continues to have a central role in achieving many government priorities.
Open Letter to next FM to prioritise volunteering
In this open letter to the three SNP leadership candidates, we reflect on the vital role of volunteering in achieving key Scottish Government priorties. We ask each candidate to prioritise volunteering if they are successful in becoming the SNP leader and our next First Minister.
Funding Cuts and Volunteering
In this blog our Policy Officer, Sarah Latto, reflects on the difficult funding decisions affecting the voluntary sector at the moment, and what this could mean for volunteering.
Cost of Living and Volunteering: Policy Briefings
In September this year we launched a research report, Testing our Resilience, which explored the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on volunteering. It was a sobering read, and highlighted the potentially devastating impact of the crisis on both volunteers and the organisations that they support.
Volunteering during strikes: more harm than good?
Over the past week we have seen several news articles about volunteers cleaning up rubbish in Edinburgh where council workers have been on strike.
1st Month Reflections
It has been a month since I started in post as Volunteer Scotland’s new Policy Officer, and it’s certainly been a learning curve!