Volunteering And The Voluntary Sector

Purpose of the group

To provide a Parliamentary forum bringing together voluntary sector groups and organisations encouraging volunteering with MSPs to developing an understanding of the social and economic role of the sector; to engage with the Scottish Government and local government on issues of importance to the sector, including the role of the national and local compacts and a volunteering strategy; and to provide understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing the sector and to inform policy on how best the potential of the sector can be fully realised in the interests of local communities.

Minutes

• Minutes of Meeting 12 January 2012 (122KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 2 October 2012 (123KB pdf)
• Minutes of the joint meeting with the CPG on Sport 30 January 2013 (439KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 5 February 2013 (193KB pdf)
• Minutes of joint meeting with the CPG on International Development (190KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 23 April 2014 (152KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 18 June 2014 (130KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 7 November 2014 (160KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 20 January 2015 (97KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 25 March 2015 (98KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 24 November 2015 (100KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 27 January 2016 (191 KB pdf)

Annual Return/Report

• Registration Form (148KB pdf)
• Annual Return 17 May 2013 (320KB pdf)
• Annual Return 13 May 2014 (253KB pdf)
• Annual Return 30 March 2015 (248KB pdf)  

Group Officers

• Convener: Margaret McDougall
• Deputy Convener: Joan McAlpine

Group Members

• Alex Fergusson
• Claudia Beamish
• Hugh Henry
• Jackie Baillie
• Jenny Marra
• John Mason
• Sarah Boyack

Non MSP Individuals

David Karikas 

Organisations

SCVO - Secretariat

Volunteer Scotland - Secretariat

Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations

Age Scotland

Ayrshire Childrens Services

Beat

Befriending Networks

Big Lottery Fund

Borders Third Sector Partnership (Volunteer Centre Borders)

Breast Cancer Care Scotland

Brirtish Heart Foundation

Butterfly Trust

Carnegie UK Trust

Changing Faces

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland

Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS)

Citizen’s Advice Scotland

Citizens Advice Edinburgh

City of Edinburgh Council

CRER Participant Scottish Parliament

CSV

CVS Falkirk

Diabetes UK Scotland

Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council

Enable Scotland

Equal Scotland

Exchange Scotland

Fresh Start

Friends of the Pentlands

Glasgow Life

Guide Dogs

Guide Dogs (East of Scotland)

Guide Dogs (West of Scotland)

Home-Start UK

Lead Scotland

Life Changes Trust

NHS Borders

NHS Health Scotland

NSPCC

Open Secret

Paths For All

Planning Aid for Scotland

Play Busters

ProjectScotland

Quarriers

Roshni

Samaritans

Scotland manager at institute of fundraising

Scottish Health Council

Scottish Sports Association (SSA)

Scottish Youth Parliament

Sense Scotland

Shelter Scotland

Skin Conditions Campaign Scotland

SSAFA

St Andrew's First Aid

The Mungo Foundation

Turning Point Scotland

Voluntary Action Fund

Voluntary Action Scotland

Voluntary Action South Ayrshire

Volunteer Centre Edinburgh

Waverleycare

Youth Link Scotland