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The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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National Care Service scrapped by Scottish Government

NEWS 14 November 2024 by Niall Christie
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
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Carers groups, councils, and trade unions had expressed concerns about the plans. 

https://tfn.scot/news/national-care-service-scrapped-by-scottish-government

Expert will hold Scottish Government to account on poverty

NEWS 23 June 2015 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
A Save The Children trustee will advise the Scottish Government on poverty and inequality

https://tfn.scot/news/expert-will-hold-scottish-government-to-account-on-poverty

Plans to scrap renewables subsidy slammed by sector

NEWS 14 September 2015 by Robert Armour
Environment & International
​Third sector groups criticise UK government plans to drop subsidy scheme a year early

https://tfn.scot/news/plans-to-scrap-renewables-subsidy-slammed-by-sector

They huff and they puff but don’t blow over the bedroom tax

OPINION 14 February 2014 by Susan Smith
Regeneration & Housing
It's official: the bedroom tax is unworkable, probably costs more than it sets out to save and hits the most vulnerable hardest.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/they-huff-and-they-puff-but-dont-blow-over-the-bedroom-tax

Will Kids Company saga put off new trustees?

OPINION 11 February 2016 Guest post
Management
Alastair Keatinge says we must not let media and politicians’ criticism of trustees deter others from supporting charities

https://tfn.scot/opinion/will-kids-company-saga-put-off-new-trustees

Improving Ethnic Minority Workforce Data Collection - learning exchange workshop 2022

Scotland delivered this learning opportunity for the public sector, in partnership with the Scottish Government’s,Further, it provided a means to inform the development of the Scottish Government’s ethnicity pay gap

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/improving-ethnic-minority-workforce-data-collection-learning-exchange-workshop-2022

Scotland's rural third sector: breaking out of siloed policy

We set out to discover the intersections between two policy units in the Scottish Government theRural,intersect in a meaningful way to support a sustainable rural third sector or are the directorates of government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/scotlands-rural-third-sector-breaking-out-of-siloed-policy

Compact Baseline Survey 2009/10

The research was conducted with public bodies and government departments operating in England, with fieldwork,Generate a perception of Compact working practices in government departments and NDPBs in England 3.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/compact-baseline-survey-2009-10

Equally Well Review 2010

During 2008 and 2009 the Scottish Government and COSLA published jointly three linked social policy frameworks,Action should therefore continue at Scottish Government and local level on all of the frameworks?

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/equally-well-review-2010

Charity providers warn government fails “to grasp reality” of social care workforce

NEWS 11 September 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
#CostOfLivingCrisis
CCPS and Carr Gomm called for more from Holyrood following the Programme for Government.

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-providers-warn-government-fails-to-grasp-reality-of-social-care-workforce

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2025. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.