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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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End Work Programme, Scots ministers demand

NEWS 26 March 2015 by Robert Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
UK government refuses call to cancel Work Programme and Work Choice in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/end-work-programme-demands-scots-ministers

Poverty stigma is hardening say leading figures

NEWS 13 May 2015 by Robert Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
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Group relaunches anti-stigma drive as attitudes against the poor set to harden

https://tfn.scot/news/poverty-stigma-is-hardening-say-leading-figures

We will halve child poverty by 2030, says government

NEWS 8 August 2016 by Gavin Stuart
Families & Young People
The new bill will set targets to increase the income of Scottish families and dramtically cut the number of children growing up in poverty

https://tfn.scot/news/consultation-begins-on-ambitious-child-poverty-bill

Charities hail bid to beat fuel poverty

NEWS 2 May 2018 by Gareth Jones
Regeneration & Housing
The Route Map to an Energy Efficient Scotland will help cut fuel poverty, however organisations have highlighted further improvements that can be made

https://tfn.scot/news/energy-efficiency-scheme-welcomed-by-third-sector-groups

How tax breaks are skewed in favour of the wealthy

NEWS 17 May 2016 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
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People are more likely to give to charities when they are offered tax incentives – but these are too often skewed in favour of the wealthy

https://tfn.scot/news/how-tax-breaks-are-skewed-in-favour-of-the-wealthy

Scots reject fracking and call for outright ban

NEWS 30 May 2017 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
40,000 Scots have told the Scottish Government to ban fracking with 12 hours still to go on the official consultation on the issue

https://tfn.scot/news/clock-ticking-in-bid-to-ban-fracking

Scotland misses climate change targets again

NEWS 11 June 2014 by Paul Cardwell
Environment & International
​Greenhouse gas emissions rose in Scotland as the government missed its target for the third-year-in-a-row

https://tfn.scot/news/scotland-misses-climate-change-targets-again

Welfare reforms are causing severe hardship say MPs

NEWS 2 April 2014 by Susan Smith
Social Justice & Poverty
Westminster's work and pensions committee condemns welfare reforms for causing severe hardship to disabled and vulnerable people

https://tfn.scot/news/welfare-reforms-are-causing-severe-hardship-says-mps

Lack of courage by politicians is resigning Scots into abject poverty

NEWS 7 October 2024 by Robert Armour
Management
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Hopelessness is becoming the new norm for struggling Scots

https://tfn.scot/news/lack-of-courage-by-politicians-is-resigning-scots-into-abject-poverty

Dozens of disabled staff face redundancy at Scots charity

NEWS 31 July 2024 by Robert Armour
Management
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Annual revenue could be reduced by £1.1 million

https://tfn.scot/news/dozens-of-disabled-staff-face-redundancy-at-scots-charity

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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.