Good-practice principles designed to improve and guide the process of community engagement. Link to Scottish Community Development Centre.
Tag: Guide
Community Asset Transfer – Summary
Summary guidance for community groups and organisations looking to take ownership of assets currently controlled by local authorities. Link to Scot Gov.
Fundraising Guidance
Guidance on the law around fundraising and how the self-regulation system works in Scotland and rest of the UK. Link to OSCR.
Charities and Trading
This Guide looks at the main ways a charity can trade and what charity trustees need to consider. Link to OSCR.
Changes or reorganisation – what OSCR needs to know
Changes that need consent from OSCR, those that require notification, and others you can just make. Link to OSCR.
Good Governance
Discover the elements that, when handled properly, make for good governance in a charity or third sector organisation. Link to OSCR.
Guidance and good practice for Charity Trustees
Meet legal requirements, ensure your charity is well-run, and avoid some of the common problems that can arise. Link to OSCR
What is an Unincorporated Association?
Voluntary or unincorporated association: a further guide to help you decide on the structure of your organisation. Link to SCVO.
Meeting the charity test: Guidance
To be a Scottish charity or a charity registered in Scotland your organisation must pass the charity test. Link to OSCR.
Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation: A Guide
Guidance aimed at anyone who is considering setting up a charity, particularly those interested in becoming a SCIO. Link to OSCR.
What it means to be a charity?
An organisation can only become a charity if it meets the ‘charity test’, meaning that it must show it has only charitable purposes and benefits the public. Link to OSCR.
Do you need to be a charity?
There are benefits that come with being a charity but you need to balance these against the legal obligations that come with being a charity.
Volunteer Role Description
A guide on for organisations on creating a Volunteer Role description and what details it should include.
Volunteer Specification
The aim of a volunteer specification is to help make a good match between a person and a volunteering role.
Volunteer Agreement
An example of an agreement between a volunteer and a third sector organisation that can be tailored to suit.