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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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Scrap calorie labeling plans urges charity

NEWS 30 June 2022 by Rab 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

Financial respite for energy bills confirmed but charities warn it must be delivered ASAP

NEWS 16 September 2022 by Rab Armour
Management
Funding & Finance
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Help has to be delivered immediately if charities are to avoid closure

https://tfn.scot/news/financial-respite-for-energy-bills-confirmed-but-charities-warn-it-must-be-delivered-asap

Health charities warn: don't ditch sugar levy

NEWS 22 September 2022 by Rab Armour
Management
Health & Social Care
#CostOfLivingCrisis
1 comment
New Tory government plans to abandon some health measures

https://tfn.scot/news/health-charities-warn-dont-ditch-sugar-levy

Scottish Government must go further on fair work, report warns

NEWS 4 August 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
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

More cuts to mental health funding as campaigners respond in anger

NEWS 5 September 2024 by Rab Armour
Management
Health & Social Care
Prevention efforts will be hampered

https://tfn.scot/news/more-cuts-to-mental-health-funding-as-campaigners-respond-in-anger

UK aid programmes told to pause new agreements ahead of planned cuts

NEWS 17 March 2025 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
New business cases, contracts, agreements and funding are on hold. 

https://tfn.scot/news/uk-aid-programmes-told-to-pause-new-agreements-ahead-of-planned-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

Scots say no to Tory tax credit cuts

NEWS 26 October 2015 by Rab 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

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

Poverty stigma is hardening say leading figures

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

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

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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.