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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

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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Campaigners welcome moves to ban conversion therapy

Outdated and harmful practice should be outlawed

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-welcome-moves-to-ban-conversion-therapy

Bedroom tax: Westminster warned against cutting benefits

Scottish Government seeks "cast iron" commitments from Westminster benefits won't be clawed back

https://tfn.scot/news/bedroom-tax-westminster-warned-against-cutting-benefits

Green charities slam government’s environmental rights action plan

The United Nations Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee has repeatedly found the UK to be in breach of the convention’s access to justice requirements.

https://tfn.scot/news/green-charities-slam-governments-environmental-rights-action-plan

Top-up child payment to address age discrimination, First Minister told

The 80 groups are supporting the End Young Parent Poverty: Top up the Scottish Child Payment campaign.

https://tfn.scot/news/top-up-child-payment-to-address-age-discrimination-first-minister-told

Billion pound investment in Glasgow to create jobs and improve skills

​UK government and Scottish Government both commit £500 million to Scotland's largest city

https://tfn.scot/news/billion-pound-investment-in-glasgow-to-create-jobs-and-improve-skills

SNP told: don’t tell us how to raise our kids

Lesley Scott says named person legislation is dictatorial and authoritarian

https://tfn.scot/opinion/snp-told-dont-tell-us-how-to-raise-our-kids

Regulator to continue governing Muirhouse Housing

Housing association not yet fit to govern its own affairs after serious financial failings

https://tfn.scot/news/regulator-to-continue-governing-muirhouse-housing

Scottish Sector Stats: six highlights from 2021

Scottish Government grants saw large increases, alongside the Job Retention Scheme and grant funding,from the UK Government and bodies such as Creative Scotland.

https://scvo.scot/p/90432/2023/03/23/2021-scottish-sector-stats-six-highlights

Scottish Budget 2023/24: We’ve heard things like this before

The budget does give a good sense of the Scottish Government’s priorities, and when we heard in advance,Behind or the prevention of drugs deaths will flow through or into the sector, but as the Scottish Government,As we laid out in our briefing on the budget, greater transparency about the Scottish Government’s funding,The clearest proxy we have to measure government support for the sector within the budget is the Third,to bring about the changes the sector so desperately needs across all government departments and areas

https://scvo.scot/p/56418/2022/12/19/scottish-budget-2023-24-weve-heard-things-like-this-before

​Fracking licences suspended

​Fracking licences suspended by UK government

https://tfn.scot/news/fracking-licences-suspended

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