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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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Scots freed from bedroom tax

NEWS 2 May 2014 by Rab Armour
Regeneration & Housing
New powers from Westminister will allow the Scottish Government to create a fund to cover all bedroom tax payments

https://tfn.scot/news/bedroom-tax-cap-to-be-axed

“Morally reprehensible” plans to strip asylum seekers of benefits

NEWS 3 August 2015 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
​Moves to halt benefits for failed asylum seekers condemned

https://tfn.scot/news/morally-reprehensible-plans-to-strip-asylum-seekers-of-benefits

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

Scottish Government slammed for failing to meet child poverty targets

NEWS 4 October 2021 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
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Call to double Scottish Child Payment

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-government-slammed-for-failing-to-meet-child-poverty-targets

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 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

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

"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

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Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.