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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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Edinburgh charity cleared of wrongdoing after regulator investigation

NEWS 4 November 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Complaints had first been raised in April 2024

https://tfn.scot/news/edinburgh-charity-cleared-of-wrongdoing-after-regulator-investigation

Scottish Government foot dragging on pollution will cost lives

NEWS 5 May 2017 by Rab Armour
Environment & International
Pollution strategy is costing lives according to campaigners

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-gov-foot-dragging-on-climate-will-cost-lives

New covenant will rekindle sector's right-to-protest promises Starmer

NEWS 18 July 2025 by Rab Armour
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
#Society
Tory governments introduced gagging clauses

https://tfn.scot/news/new-covenant-will-rekindle-sectors-right-to-protest-promises-starmer

Resources needed for the voluntary sector to action Scottish Government Fair Work plans

Sheghley Ogilvie
9 December 2022
Posted in
Minister Lorna Slater, announced that all organisations that receive grant funding from Scottish Government,The announcement is part of the Scottish Government’s plans to become a Fair Work Nation by 2025.,SCVO encourage the Scottish Government to engage with voluntary sector funders and employers to ensure,Scottish Government need to work with local government, funders, and crucially, the sector, to ensure

https://scvo.scot/p/56062/2022/12/09/resources-needed-for-the-voluntary-sector-to-action-scottish-government-fair-work-plans

Has the government deliberately covered up sanction figures?

NEWS 4 August 2015 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
UK government accused of covering up true extent of "pernicious" sanction regime

https://tfn.scot/news/has-the-government-deliberately-covered-up-sanction-figures

Gaza aid blocks “appalling and unacceptable”, government admits

NEWS 5 May 2025 by Niall Christie
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Funding & Finance
UK Government raises alarm about the effect on aid and to aid workers

https://tfn.scot/news/gaza-aid-blocks-appalling-and-unacceptable-government-admits

SCVO announces new Convener for Board of Trustees

Press release
5 October 2023
for Scotland’s Board of Trustees, as well as working for East Lothian Council and the Scottish Government,SCVO is governed by a board of trustees.

https://scvo.scot/p/62856/2023/10/05/scvo-announces-new-convener-for-board-of-trustees

Power given to Scots MSPs over fracking

NEWS 14 January 2015 by Rab Armour
Environment & International
Scottish excluded from Westminster fracking legislation

https://tfn.scot/news/power-given-to-scots-msps-over-fracking

Bedroom tax: Westminster warned against cutting benefits

NEWS 20 February 2017 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
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

NEWS 2 August 2022 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
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

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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.