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Next week is Small Charity Week (22-29 June) and we're hosting a series of free webinars!

23 June | Ask the experts Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP: ensuring legal compliance through difficult times

24 June | Ask the experts Wbg: are you ready for SORP 2026?

25 June | Ask the experts Anderson Strathern: charity law and governance

Find out more and book your place ⬇️
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What an amazing night last week at 2026 🎉

As well as our phenomenal winners we have to thank all of our finalists who were so deserving, and made the night so special with their amazing stories and contributions. You’ve all done your organisations, beneficiaries, supporters, and the sector proud.

Another thanks as well to our fantastic sponsors Keegan & Pennykid (Insurance Brokers) Ltd, CCLA Investment Management, Utility Aid, Volunteer Scotland, Aspen People, HSF Health Plan (UK) and The Robertson Trust 👏

More on the 2026 here:

🎉 EXCITING NEWS! Meet your winners!

It was a privilege to recognise and celebrate the incredible people and organisations who are creating positive change in communities across the country.

The powerful stories and remarkable contributions of our winners and our finalists serve as a real reminder of the dedication, innovation, talent and resilience that keep our essential sector pushing forward, day in, day out.

🏆 Charity of the Year (large): Amma Birth Companions
🏆 Charity of the Year (medium): Megan's Space
🏆 Charity of the Year (small): Beyond Srebrenica
🏆 Trustee of the Year: Susan Griffin - GURCA
🏆 Partnership of the Year: Time to Talk Partnership - The Junction - Young People, Health and Well-being, Granton Youth, Wester Hailes Youth Agency, Canongate Youth, and 6VT.
🏆 Climate Impact: Crail Community Partnership
🏆 Employee of the Year: Scott Montgomery - The Killie Community
🏆 Volunteer of the Year: Jim Cassidy - Men Matter Scotland
🏆 Campaign of the Year: Victim Support Scotland - It's the final chance of getting to the truth.

A huge well done to all our inspiring finalists, and massive congratulations to this year’s winners! You’ve all done your organisations, beneficiaries, supporters, and the sector proud.

And special thanks to our generous sponsors Keegan & Pennykid (Insurance Brokers) Ltd, CCLA Investment Management, Utility Aid, Volunteer Scotland, Aspen People, HSF Health Plan (UK) and The Robertson Trust 👏

Want to learn all about our award winners? Visit our website ⬇️
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During Small Charity Week (22-29 June) we're hosting a series of free webinars!

23 June | Ask the experts Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP: ensuring legal compliance through difficult times

24 June | Ask the experts Wbg: are you ready for SORP 2026?

25 June | Ask the experts Anderson Strathern: charity law and governance

Find out more and book your place ⬇️
https://buff.ly/Udn9zKn

Catch up on our Village halls and community spaces conference in photos! 📸

Our "Creating community" conference gathered people running village and community spaces across Scotland to connect, share ideas, and inspire each other. We covered a wide range of topics to support connected community spaces, from fundraising and motivating volunteers, to cyber safety, climate confidence and more!

Huge thanks to our event partners Scottish rural network, Keegan & Pennykid (Insurance Brokers) Ltd, Utility Aid and Hallmaster Ltd for their generous support and helping us run such a successful event.

Check out our official photos ➡️ https://buff.ly/nXSGiCM

As part of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker's Pulse 1 research published last month, significant issues with local authorities and procurement in Scotland were identified.

'Unfit for purpose', 'bureaucratic', 'inconsistent' and 'poorly informed' were just some of the descriptions of the current situation for voluntary organisations.

Read about these problems and suggested improvements now: https://buff.ly/stWdS3v

🌟 This Volunteers' Week, we're celebrating our dedicated trustees who give their time, expertise and energy to govern SCVO and champion Scotland's essential voluntary sector!

Our board of trustees bring a remarkable breadth of experience and play a key role in making sure that SCVO stays true to its mission and values, serving the interests of our members and the wider voluntary sector.

Huge thank you to all of our brilliant trustees! You can meet them all on our website:
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Small Charity Week is coming up from 22-29 June, and we're hosting a series of free webinars with our expert partners to support small organisations with all things governance!

23 June | Ask the experts Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP: : ensuring legal compliance through difficult times

24 June | Ask the experts Wbg: are you ready for SORP 2026?

25 June | Ask the experts Anderson Strathern: charity law and governance

Find out more and book your free places to join us ⬇️
https://buff.ly/6mfvHPg

Every day across Scotland, people give their time, effort, skills and experience to support charities and voluntary organisations and make a difference in our communities.

is this week and is a chance to celebrate them and to say THANK YOU! We think you're amazing and we can't wait to see all the celebrations this week!