New Charities (Scotland) Bill: SCVO Online Survey Deadline

As a result of the Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill being introduced to Scottish Parliament in November 2022, the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) has created a short online survey to gather the sector’s views.

The survey should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete and contains 9 questions, including 2 on the possibility of a wider review. Responses will be anonymised and used to help shape SCVO’s responses to Scottish Parliaments consultations on the Bill.

The Bill is currently in Stage 1, and would make changes to the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005. It would:

• give the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) wider powers to investigate charities and charity trustees
• amend the rules on who can be a charity trustee or a senior office-holder in a charity
• increase the information that OSCR holds about charity trustees
• update the information which needs to be included on the Scottish Charity Register
• create a record of charities that have merged

The deadline for responses is Friday 27^th January.

To submit your response, or for further information, please visit the SurveyGizmo page.