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Scottish Charity Law Consultation – Why Your Opinion Matters

27 January 2021 By Esther Currie Leave a Comment

Scottish Charity Law Consultation – Why Your Opinion MattersIn 2019 OSCR began a process of reviewing the powers that they have and consulting with charities and other stakeholders on their views. As OSCR was established in 2003, it was a good time to look at what administrative efficiencies the regulator has as well as looking at what powers required reviewing and strengthening in […]

Looking Back at 2020 by Roisin Hurst

6 January 2021 By Esther Currie Leave a Comment

Looking Back at 2020 by Roisin HurstI don’t think 2020 is a year that any of us will forget anytime soon, so as we start a new year, it seems like a good time to reflect on both the challenges and positives (there were some!) of the last 12 months. I started working at EVOC on the first day of lockdown, […]

Regional Resilience: The Big Picture

17 December 2020 By Esther Currie Leave a Comment

Regional Resilience: The Big PictureThis is a guest blog written by John Beresford (Senior Resilience Co-ordinator on the East of Scotland Resilience Co-ordination Team). My name is John Beresford and I am the Senior Resilience Co-ordinator on the East of Scotland Resilience Co-ordination team. The Scottish Government has three of these teams which are aligned with the East, West […]

What are the Best Actions that Organisations Can Take to Avoid Burn Out?

23 November 2020 By Esther Currie Leave a Comment

What are the Best Actions that Organisations Can Take to Avoid Burn Out?This is a guest blog written by Duncan W Wallace (Facilitator, Coach, Consultant & Trainer). As we all head into winter from this unprecedented year, I have been working with multiple organisations about how to avoid Burn Out. The graphic above outlines the results from a recent survey, and – for me – the number […]

Lessons Learned: COVID-19 Food Programme

11 November 2020 By Esther Currie Leave a Comment

Lessons Learned: COVID-19 Food ProgrammeCOVID-19 has challenged us all in so many different ways. We’ve made new alliances, tested established partnerships and put real commitment into supporting the communities and people we care so much about. From zero to 100mph is high octane stuff and the food delivery programme was a task-intensive pressurised programme at every stage in the […]

Governance: Keeping the positives and reaching out for assistance

10 September 2020 By Steff Bell Leave a Comment

Governance: Keeping the positives and reaching out for assistanceI don’t know if anyone is keeping track of all the unpredicted consequences of COVID-19 but the list will be long. For our very own little niche of things we’ve noticed is governing documents. Like them or ignore them, they are your organisation’s handbook for how your governance operates and if it is lacking, ambiguous or outright prevents you from doing something, then you and your Board need to have a look at reviewing it.

Online training sessions: our thoughts, tips and advice

17 July 2020 By Christina Hinds Leave a Comment

Online training sessions: our thoughts, tips and adviceOur usual training sessions for trustees have been on pause as we all went into lockdown and adjusted to new challenges and new ways of working. But, after getting some requests to restart we decided it’s time to take the plunge into online delivery! We know there are a lot of organisations looking closely at […]

Inspiring Change: Voluntary Sector Responses to COVID-19

18 June 2020 By Tessa Williams Leave a Comment

Inspiring Change: Voluntary Sector Responses to COVID-19“Thanks for still being there for me.” As we read through the stories of local responses to Coronavirus this one stood out. Said by a young person who is being supported by The Junction, it was the shortest and simplest, but summed up the fact that in the toughest of times, local organisations have found […]

Google Ad Grants – FREE Advertising for Non-Profits

16 January 2020 By EVOC Communications Team Leave a Comment

Google Ad Grants – FREE Advertising for Non-ProfitsI recently came across Google’s ‘Ad Grants’ for non-profits, and wanted to share my insight from this to EVOC’s members and readers.

Extension of FOI regulations to voluntary organisations

4 December 2019 By Ian Brooke Leave a Comment

Extension of FOI regulations to voluntary organisationsMany organisations may be aware, and others not yet alert to the fact that a Scottish Government consultation has just closed, seeking views on further extending the coverage of FOISA, with a focus on those who provide services on behalf of the public sector. The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) The full consultation description is […]