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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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Devolved benefits delays will impact disabled Scots

OPINION 15 March 2019 Guest post
Health & Social Care
1 comment
Jeremy Balfour MSP says the Scottish Government had a chance to take control of the benefits system - and blew it

https://tfn.scot/opinion/devolved-disability-delays-will-impact-disabled-scots

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
2 comments
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

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

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

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

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

NEWS 15 November 2021 by Niall Christie
Management
Funding & Finance
2 comments
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

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

Making a difference at Westminster

OPINION 8 May 2020 Guest post
Management
1 comment
Robert McGeachy gives his top tips on how to create change by interacting with the House of Commons and the Lords

https://tfn.scot/opinion/making-a-difference-at-westminster

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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.