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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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Pressure mounts on Osborne to ditch £12bn cuts

NEWS 1 July 2015 by Robert Armour
Families & Young People
Scores of charities and public bodies heaping pressure on chancellor to ditch draconian welfare cuts before budget

https://tfn.scot/news/pressure-mounts-on-osborne-to-ditch-12bn-cuts

Dire prospects for disabled Scots

OPINION 14 May 2015 Guest post
Social Justice & Poverty
Bill Scott argues the election of a Conservative majority government at Westminster will see disabled Scots lose out on essential benefits

https://tfn.scot/opinion/dire-prospects-for-disabled-scots

Privacy fury at big brother database plans

NEWS 2 March 2015 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
Plans to share confidential NHS information could infringe civil liberties, say campaigners

https://tfn.scot/news/privacy-fury-at-big-brother-database-plans

Energy price guarantee fails to give voluntary organisations certainty - SCVO

Press release
8 September 2022
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Responding to the UK Government’s announcement of a six-month energy price guarantee for businesses,,More funding from the UK Government to the Scottish Government is essential to support voluntary organisations

https://scvo.scot/p/53555/2022/09/08/energy-price-guarantee-fails-to-give-voluntary-organisations-certainty-scvo

Village Halls and Community Centres

The report is therefore useful for anyone involved in the governance and management of a village hall

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/village-halls-and-community-centres

The Future of the Minimum Wage: the Employer perspective. (August 2020)

interviews, the report find that most employers support planned increases in the minimum wage, but want government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-future-of-the-minimum-wage-the-employer-perspective-august-2020

Schumpeter comes to whitehall: Cuts and Innovation in Public Services

The UK government has started to reduce public spending and this has serious implications for both those

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/schumpeter-comes-to-whitehall-cuts-and-innovation-in-public-services

Scotland's Environmental Laws Since Devolution - From Rhetoric To Reality

Interviews were carried out with LINK members across a range of sectors, with government bodies tasked

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/scotlands-environmental-laws-since-devolution-from-rhetoric-to-reality

Voluntary sector funding: an urgent revamp is needed

NEWS 3 December 2020 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
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#NeverMoreNeeded
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A debate in the Scottish Parliament has highlighted the importance of multiyear funding to help charities rebuild after Covid-19

https://tfn.scot/news/voluntary-sector-funding-an-urgent-revamp-is-needed

Third sector hits back at claims civic society has been “captured” by Scottish Government

NEWS 24 January 2023 by Niall Christie
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Leading voices from Scotland’s third sector have hit back at the UK’s newspaper of record.

https://tfn.scot/news/third-sector-hits-back-at-claims-civic-society-has-been-captured-by-scottish-government

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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.