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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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More cuts to mental health funding as campaigners respond in anger

NEWS 5 September 2024 by Rab Armour
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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
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Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
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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

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

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

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

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

Is the third sector becoming an arm of the state?

OPINION 7 December 2017 Guest post
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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

Broken promises?

OPINION 1 November 2024 by Graham Martin

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

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

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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 Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.