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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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Housing crisis just got worse: figures reveal almost 40,000 disabled on waiting lists

NEWS 16 February 2024 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
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Claims vulnerable disabled people have been abandoned by Scottish Government

https://tfn.scot/news/housing-crisis-just-got-worse-figures-reveal-almost-40000-disabled-on-waiting-lists

UK Government terminates funding of “hate speech” Christian group

NEWS 20 April 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
Funding & Finance
A video emerged of Zion Projects chair and trustee Danny Stupple calling Islam “a very strong force of spiritual wickedness”.

https://tfn.scot/news/uk-government-terminates-funding-of-hate-speech-christian-group

Error 404: digital inclusion still not found

OPINION 2 September 2025 by David McNeill
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
David McNeill reflects on the lack of progress in 12 months

https://tfn.scot/opinion/error-404-digital-inclusion-still-not-found

Scotland must be a world leader in tackling loneliness

NEWS 26 October 2018 by Graham Martin
Health & Social Care
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Charities have come together to call on Nicola Sturgeon to lead from the front and ensure Scotland becomes the world leader in tackling loneliness

https://tfn.scot/news/scotland-must-be-a-world-leader-in-tackling-loneliness

GE17: Solidarity, equality and fairness for all

OPINION 9 June 2017 Guest post
Social Justice & Poverty
Peter Kelly says poverty must move to the top of the agenda now the election's over

https://tfn.scot/opinion/ge17-solidarity-equality-and-fairness-for-all

UK Government expresses concern at continued attacks on aid workers

NEWS 5 September 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Officials were responding to a report by the UK’s International Development Committee. 

https://tfn.scot/news/uk-government-expresses-concern-at-continued-attacks-on-aid-workers

Programme for government: “treading water in a storm of poverty and inequality”

NEWS 7 May 2025 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Charities respond to John Swinney’s Scottish Government agenda for the year

https://tfn.scot/news/programme-for-government-treading-water-in-a-storm-of-poverty-and-inequality

Wind Energy and Justice for Disadvantaged Communities

The UK Government has expressed the urgent need for rapid investment in large-scale, low-carbon energy

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/wind-energy-and-justice-for-disadvantaged-communities

Evaluation of Community Jobs Scotland Phase 2 (2012-2013)

Community Jobs Scotland (CJS) is a Scottish Government funded job creation programme that performs a

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/evaluation-of-community-jobs-scotland-phase-2-2012-2013

Potential impacts of an online delivery of Universal Credit

The introduction of Universal Credit by the UK Government will dramatically change the welfare system

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/potential-impacts-of-an-online-delivery-of-universal-credit

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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.