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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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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

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

Voluntary sector will be expected to fill gaps in public service, charities warn

NEWS 15 November 2021 by Niall Christie
Management
Funding & Finance
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The warning comes amid increasing concerns about household finances.

https://tfn.scot/news/voluntary-sector-will-be-expected-to-fill-gaps-in-public-service-charities-warn

Care changes are complicated and need to be properly understood

OPINION 7 March 2018 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
Ian Hood, of Scotland Against the Care Tax, examines the development of free personal care for under-65s

https://tfn.scot/opinion/care-changes-are-complicated-and-need-to-be-properly-understood

UK Government must "pay the price" to lift children out of poverty

NEWS 19 March 2025 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
The benefits to society would far outweigh the cost of ending child hardship

https://tfn.scot/news/uk-government-must-pay-the-price-to-lift-children-out-of-poverty

Regulator ends intervention at troubled housing association

NEWS 2 April 2019 by Graham Martin
Management
The Scottish Housing Regulator has ended its statutory intervention at Dalmuir Park Housing Association in Clydebank

https://tfn.scot/news/regulator-ends-intervention-at-troubled-housing-association

UK government blocks communities from using dormant assets

NEWS 13 January 2022 by Rab Armour
Management
Funding & Finance
Amendment to the bill is dropped

https://tfn.scot/news/uk-government-blocks-communities-from-using-dormant-assets

Child Payment roll out welcomed by campaigners

NEWS 14 November 2022 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Increased in value to £25 per week

https://tfn.scot/news/child-payment-roll-out-welcomed-by-campaigners

The mental health emergency: How has the coronavirus pandemic impacted our mental health? (June 2020)

Mind has announced five key tests for UK Government as part of its recovery plan for mental health: investing

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-mental-health-emergency-how-has-the-coronavirus-pandemic-impacted-our-mental-health-june-2020

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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.