Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

“Austerity didn’t end”: Amnesty slam UK Government over “social insecurity” system

NEWS 25 April 2025 by Niall Christie

Families & Young People

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

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Regeneration & Housing

The human rights charity produced a new report warning of the growing damage being done to those on benefits.

https://tfn.scot/news/austerity-didnt-end-amnesty-slam-uk-government-over-social-insecurity-system

Suicide prevention plan needs local and national leadership

OPINION 13 March 2018 by Gareth Jones

Management

James Jopling, executive director for Scotland at Samaritans, expresses disappointment at the development of the national plan

https://tfn.scot/opinion/suicide-prevention-plan-needs-local-and-national-leadership

Consultation response to Labour National Policy Forum: Fair Work and the voluntary sector

Sheghley Ogilvie

17 March 2023

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Consultation responses

Living Wage Foundation’s independently calculated real Living Wage in the first Budget of a Labour government,A Labour government should also use its public buying power and public contracts to tackle in work poverty,In SCVO’s research, many organisations reported receiving no increase in local or national government,Solutions Inflation-based uplifts to grant funding, contracts, and Scottish Government funding is one,However, SCVO believes that a Labour government should go further.

https://scvo.scot/p/58444/2023/03/17/consultation-response-to-labour-national-policy-forum-fair-work-and-the-voluntary-sector