Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Experts warn Scotland’s child poverty targets will be missed

NEWS 25 January 2022 by Niall Christie

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Regeneration & Housing

Levels of child poverty in Scotland are stagnating and possibly even growing

https://tfn.scot/news/experts-warn-scotlands-child-poverty-targets-will-be-missed

UK Government told it must support sector to cover increasing costs after budget announcements

NEWS 26 November 2025 by Niall Christie

Families & Young People

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Environment & International

Culture & Leisure

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

Regeneration & Housing

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Rising wage levels and changes to salary sacrifice schemes will have an effect on third sector

https://tfn.scot/news/uk-government-told-it-must-support-sector-to-cover-increasing-costs-after-budget-announcements

Letter to Shona Robison MSP, Deputy First Minister & Cabinet Secretary for Finance

Jason Henderson

6 April 2023

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Policy

SCVO has enjoyed with you previously as Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government,The Scottish Government and parties across the Scottish Parliament recognise the many benefits of multi-year,Failures in systems and processes severely strain voluntary organisations, burdening governance and service,To prevent funding gaps and uncertainty, SCVO would like to work with the Scottish Government to ensure,SCVO is committed to collaborating with the Scottish Government to advance Fair Funding and any area

https://scvo.scot/p/59246/2023/04/06/letter-to-shona-robison-msp-deputy-first-minister-cabinet-secretary-for-finance

Mother Teresa charity faces claims of selling children

NEWS 18 July 2018 by Gareth Jones

Families & Young People

The Missionaries of Charity is set to be investigated by the Indian Government

https://tfn.scot/news/mother-teresa-charity-faces-claims-of-selling-children

VAT from PPE to be donated to charities

NEWS 21 May 2020 by Gareth Jones

Health & Social Care

NHS charities are set to benefit from hundreds of thousands of pounds for PPE donations made earlier this year

https://tfn.scot/news/vat-from-ppe-to-be-donated-to-charities

Does Levelling Up have a future?

Rachel Le Noan

3 April 2023

Posted in

Policy

Public Funds

Prospectus, SCVO continues to work closely with the TSI Scotland Network and partners in local government,and the UK Government.,Most recently, ahead of the budget, we asked the UK Government to commit to continuing Levelling Up funding,Alignment between the UK Government and the Scottish Government priorities is also still lacking, and

https://scvo.scot/p/59050/2023/04/03/does-levelling-up-have-a-future