CHEX responded to this Scottish Government consultation in June 2024: Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 - Accredited body fees and proposals for discounting in relation to the PVG Scheme.

Our response focused on the proposal within the consultation to move to a fee discount structure for volunteers in Qualifying Voluntary Organisations (QVOs).  At the moment PVG checks for volunteers in QVOs are free of charge. 

In this briefing, we set out how statutory organisations and funders can unravel their old ways of working with and thinking about evidence so that they can make better use of evidence from communities and third sector and community organisations.

What if we applied the same principles behind our response to coronavirus to tackling health inequalities and climate change?

In this CHEX briefing, we make the links between community-led health and climate action and draw your attention to a new Communities Call for Climate Action that we urge all community organisations to sign up to. 

This briefing sets out the basics of public health and public health reform, highlighting that the process so far has put a strong emphasis on community and community-led approaches.

Here we explore how community-led health organisations have a key role to play in the development of social prescribing, acting as a bridge between statutory services and community provision. 

What can community planning, participation requests and community asset transfer do for community-led health?