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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Tory MPs won’t support charities against spending cuts

NEWS 22 September 2015 by Robert Armour
Management
​Survey of MPs reveals division among parties' views of charities

https://tfn.scot/news/tory-mps-wont-support-charities-against-spending-cuts

Scrap calorie labeling plans urges charity

NEWS 30 June 2022 by Robert Armour
Health & Social Care
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Organisation fears calorie counting will affect people with eating disorders

https://tfn.scot/news/scrap-calorie-labeling-plans-urges-charity

Scottish Government must go further on fair work, report warns

NEWS 4 August 2023 by Niall Christie
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Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
IPPR Scotland warned many are still being left behind.

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-government-must-go-further-on-fair-work-report-warns

Scots say no to Tory tax credit cuts

NEWS 26 October 2015 by Robert Armour
Families & Young People
​As peers are set to challenge plans to cut tax credits, a poll finds a lack of public support for the move

https://tfn.scot/news/Scots-say-no-to-Tory-tax-credit-cuts

Campaigners ramp up pressure on government as new figures reveal 27% living in fuel poverty

NEWS 5 December 2017 by Susan Smith
Health & Social Care
Households are at the mercy of volatile energy prices say campaigners, who call on the Scottish Government to take action to make homes warmer

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-ramp-up-pressure-on-government-as-new-figures-reveal-27-living

Scotland set to fail on child poverty targets

NEWS 22 March 2019 by Susan Smith
Families & Young People
New research suggests Scotland could miss it target to cut child poverty by 100,000 children

https://tfn.scot/news/scotland-set-to-fail-on-child-poverty-targets

Fight for survival as charity gets funding cut

NEWS 24 August 2020 by Robert Armour
Health & Social Care
Organisation faces fight for funding after Scottish Government cuts

https://tfn.scot/news/fight-for-survival-as-charity-gets-funding-cut

Broken promises?

OPINION 1 November 2024 by Graham Martin

https://tfn.scot/opinion/broken-promises

Multi-year funding needed for our essential sector

OPINION 28 November 2024 by Collette Stevenson MSP
Families & Young People
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Health & Social Care
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Regeneration & Housing
Collette Stevenson MSP: the Scottish Government could provide a significant boost to the effectiveness of organisations that do so much to help so many

https://tfn.scot/opinion/multi-year-funding-needed-for-our-essential-sector

Is the third sector becoming an arm of the state?

OPINION 7 December 2017 Guest post
Management
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Lesley Scott, of The Young ME Sufferers Trust, wants charities to give more focus to the services they provide

https://tfn.scot/opinion/is-the-third-sector-becoming-an-arm-of-the-state

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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.