Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Poverty stigma is hardening say leading figures

NEWS 13 May 2015 by Rab 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

End Work Programme, Scots ministers demand

NEWS 26 March 2015 by Rab 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

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

Removal of Covid-19 renter protections a cause for concern, charity warns

NEWS 21 February 2022 by Niall Christie

Social Justice & Poverty

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Regeneration & Housing

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has said an overhaul to Scotland’s housing policy should be at the forefront of attempts to “build back better” from Covid-19.

https://tfn.scot/news/removal-of-covid-19-renter-protections-a-cause-for-concern-charity-warned

“Lip-service”: charities and voluntary groups wanted more from Scottish budget

NEWS 4 December 2024 by Niall Christie

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Leading voices from Scotland’s third sector warned that ministers in Holyrood had paid “lip-service” to charities by not reforming a “broken public funding landscape” in today’s budget

https://tfn.scot/news/lip-service-charities-and-voluntary-groups-wanted-more-from-scottish-budget