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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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Charities missing out as lottery reform plans stall

NEWS 27 March 2018 by Gareth Jones
Funding & Finance
The government has been urged to increase the amount that organisations can raise from charity lotteries

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-missing-out-as-lottery-reform-plans-stall

Animal charity calls on Scottish Government to uphold pledge on welfare

NEWS 31 January 2024 by Rab Armour
Management
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Ministers committed to consult on issue

https://tfn.scot/news/animal-charity-calls-on-scottish-government-to-uphold-pledge-on-welfare

Chancellor confirms UK aid cuts to begin immediately

NEWS 26 March 2025 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Rachel Reeves made the announcement in Westminster on Wednesday. 

https://tfn.scot/news/chancellor-confirms-uk-aid-cuts-to-begin-immediately

“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

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

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
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"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

Moves to support care experienced people welcomed

NEWS 4 September 2019 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
The Programme for Government, unveiled this week by the Scottish Government, included a series of measures aimed at helping those who have experienced the care

https://tfn.scot/news/moves-to-support-care-experienced-people-welcomed

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

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2025. 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.