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Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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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UK's human rights protections under threat, UN told

NEWS 19 April 2022 by Niall Christie
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
The Scottish Government has been urged to proceed with legislation to incorporate a wider range of human rights treaties into domestic law.

https://tfn.scot/news/uks-human-rights-protections-under-threat-un-told

Union warns of widespread strikes across Scottish third sector

NEWS 31 October 2022 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
"The sector is in crisis with staff leaving in droves in search of employment with better pay and working conditions."

https://tfn.scot/news/union-warns-of-widespread-strikes-across-scottish-third-sector

Scottish Hospices call for “urgent action” from Scottish Government

NEWS 21 July 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Groups say millions needed to reflect the costs of matching Scottish NHS pay awards

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-hospices-call-for-urgent-action-from-scottish-government

Recipients of Scottish Government scheme granted funding extension

NEWS 3 February 2026 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Those in receipt of Investing in Communities Fund cash since 2023 received word this week. 

https://tfn.scot/news/recipients-of-scottish-government-scheme-granted-funding-extension

"Simply nothing there": SCVO hits out at ministers as PfG offers little to sector

NEWS 7 September 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Rising inflation and the cost-of-living crisis have left organisations across the sector struggling

https://tfn.scot/news/simply-nothing-there-scvo-hits-out-at-ministers-as-pfg-offers-little-to-sector

Scottish Government to cut community safety charity’s grant funding by half

NEWS 17 January 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
From April SCSN will receive just half of the grant funding from the Scottish Government.

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-government-to-cut-community-safety-charitys-grant-funding-by-half

A Just Capital: Actions to End Poverty in Edinburgh. (September 2020)

everyone in the city: the City of Edinburgh Council, the Edinburgh Partnership, the Scottish and UK Governments,We call on the Scottish Government, as an urgent priority, to ensure the city has the right funding and

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/a-just-capital-actions-to-end-poverty-in-edinburgh-september-2020

Living in poverty was bad for your health before COVID-19. (August 2020)

But there are gaps in the government’s current package of support that risk undermining public health,The government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda must include investment to improve the health of the whole population

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/living-in-poverty-was-bad-for-your-health-before-covid-19-august-2020

TSIs: the wrong answer to the wrong question?

OPINION 13 January 2017 Guest post
Management
Lynne Wardle explores why the Voluntary Action Scotland, Third Sector Interface and Scottish Government relationship is not working towards a fairer Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/tsis-the-wrong-answer-to-the-wrong-question

Poverty in Scotland 2011

It examines how successful the combined efforts of the UK and Scottish Governments have been in tackling

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/poverty-in-scotland-2011

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2026. 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.