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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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Charities hail bid to ban animal circuses

NEWS 11 May 2017 by Graham Martin
Culture & Leisure
Animal protection charities have welcomed publication of a bill to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-hail-bid-to-ban-animal-circuses

Charities hail turning point in child poverty battle

NEWS 10 February 2017 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Charities have hailed what they say could be a historic “turning point” in the fight to end child poverty

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-hail-turning-point-in-child-poverty-battle

Vital funding announced to improve long Covid care

NEWS 24 February 2021 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland and the Scottish Government will invest £760,000 to coordinate care for those with ongoing symptoms

https://tfn.scot/news/vital-funding-announced-to-improve-long-covid-care

Immediate action needed to protect families amid energy crisis, Chancellor told

NEWS 3 February 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
Energy regulators Ofgem announced on Thursday that standard tariffs will rise 54 per cent.

https://tfn.scot/news/immediate-action-needed-to-protect-families-amid-energy-crisis-chancellor-told

Turmoil in local government threatens charity services, report warns

NEWS 29 February 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Four in ten charities that work with local councils say that doing so is critical to their operations.

https://tfn.scot/news/turmoil-in-local-government-threatens-charity-services-report-warns

Vision of hope: pathway to Rewilding Nation presented to Scottish Government

NEWS 6 December 2024 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
#Environment
"This would be a powerful statement of intent that we want to be a world leader in nature restoration"

https://tfn.scot/news/vision-of-hope-pathway-to-rewilding-nation-presented-to-scottish-government

A consultation or a cover up of child maintenance failings?

OPINION 29 January 2018 Guest post
Families & Young People
Rhona Cunningham critiques the Department for Work and Pensions consultation on child maintenance and urges people to respond

https://tfn.scot/opinion/a-consultation-or-a-cover-up

The Impact of Digital Poverty on Access to Healthcare and Wellbeing Services 

Fiona Williams
4 October 2022
Posted in
education.2 Of course, ultimate fiscal responsibility for digital inclusion does lie with the National Government,This is why the Scottish Government's Digital Health and Social Care Strategy is committed to working

https://scvo.scot/p/54344/2022/10/04/the-impact-of-digital-poverty-on-access-to-healthcare-and-wellbeing-services

Charities welcome Scottish Government’s Brexit plan

NEWS 20 December 2016 by Gavin Stuart
Environment & International
1 comment
Proposals to protect Scotland from the worst impacts of Brexit have been welcomed by charities

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-welcome-scottish-governments-brexit-plan

Fury as private firms get set for third sector cash grab

NEWS 6 April 2017 by Graham Martin
Management
1 comment
Social Investment Scotland set to open a new fund for the private sector - prompting a third sector backlash

https://tfn.scot/news/fury-as-private-firms-get-set-for-charity-cash

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Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.