Working with companies, social enterprises, charities & more. Focused on: governance, enterprise structuring, feasibility, oversight, interim management.
Connecting Scotland - supporting the most vulnerable to get online.
The Connecting Scotland initiative aims to get 50,000 digitally excluded households online by the end of 2021.
A 2nd round of applications for phase 2 has now opened - find out more: https://t.co/3O8VNUcVcG
Really interesting, informative and thought-provoking 1st event. If an area of interest, join in and help make regulation in the sector stronger. As things stand, @ScotCharityReg is being asked to regulate with one arm tied behind its back.
The govt has accepted, in principle, the findings of our study into online platforms and digital advertising, and has committed to a new pro-competition regime to help tackle the market power of tech giants like Google and Facebook.
read more 🔽 https://t.co/S3t9meJAKJ
In partnership w/@ACOSVO & @scvotweet, @scotgov
are hosting 2 FREE, interactive events as part of its engagement w/the sector to hear views on enhancing transparency & accountability in Scottish charities & increased regulatory powers for @ScotCharityReg:
https://t.co/YNvByGovou
Upcoming lecture from some of our team of researchers at @UofGlasgow, who lead our work on intellectual property and content regulation, about the public voice in copyright consultations. Find out more and book a spot👇
📢 Our survey closes at midnight on Sunday - please take this opportunity to share your views 📢
*COVID-19 & Scottish Charities - Your Voice Matters*
We have emailed all Scottish charities to ask for help with a survey on COVID-19 and the restrictions. https://t.co/dFGNZoMFQe
See our Head of Regulation and Improvement Martin Tyson talking about how charities can achieve good governance by following the @governancegeeks Scottish Governance Code for the Third Sector @scvotweet#governancematters#trusteesweek
It's not always easy to find charity trustees.
Have a look at this video, where @JudithTurbyne talks about charity trustee recruitment:
https://t.co/LdVrejzUnp
#trusteesweek
*COVID-19 & Scottish Charities - Your Voice Matters*
In May, OSCR emailed all Scottish charities to ask for their help with a survey on COVID-19. The situation has moved on considerably and we are asking all Scottish charities for help again.
More info: https://t.co/dFGNZoMFQe
And why not join us for a Meet the Charity Regulator event tomorrow morning as part of Trustees Week to talk about the areas of focus for trustees just now - lots of great content !
#trusteesweek starts on the 2nd of November and there are loads of FREE events online.
OSCR is running 2 online events, with the second being a webinar on Protecting your Charity's Reputation on Wed 4th Nov.
Find out more and book here: https://t.co/qiDeqy38tK
NEWS - An update on submissions of reports and accounts to OSCR.
Our commitment not to penalise charities unable to submit on time because of the extreme circumstances in which we all find ourselves remains, as the 'grace period' expands to 9 months.
https://t.co/lazX6sw4jk
📄 We've published responses to our call for inputs in the review of the 2016 legal services market study in England and Wales.
Read the responses: https://t.co/pgbpSoWVjr