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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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Scottish child payment hailed as a “game changer”

NEWS 16 February 2021 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Payment is now being distributed across Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-child-payment-hailed-as-a-game-changer

Tories treat charities with contempt over Brexit

NEWS 2 November 2017 by Graham Martin
Management
Westminster is treating the third sector with contempt as it plots Brexit, it has been claimed

https://tfn.scot/news/tories-treat-charities-with-contempt-over-brexit

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

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

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

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

Staff vacancies in care services 2020

To put this into the context of the wider labour market, the Scottish Government’s Employer Skills Survey

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/staff-vacancies-in-care-services-2020

Review of 1st Generation Participatory Budgeting in Scotland

Of the 30, 23 PB processes were funded directly by the Scottish Government (77% of cases where funding

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/review-of-1st-generation-participatory-budgeting-in-scotland

The Scottish third sector tracker - wave 12 report (Spring 2026)

consistently called for more sustainable funding, stronger representation, better relationships with government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-scottish-third-sector-tracker-wave-12-report-spring-2026

"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

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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.