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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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Election 2019: the Scottish Labour Party

OPINION 20 November 2019 by Graham Martin
Management
Richard Leonard of Scottish Labour makes his party's pitch to the third sector

https://tfn.scot/opinion/election-2019-the-scottish-labour-party

Parents attack Scottish Government on free childcare

NEWS 20 November 2015 by Susan Smith
Families & Young People
A campaign group of parents has accused the Scottish Government of making promises it cannot keep about free childcare places

https://tfn.scot/news/parents-attack-scottish-government-of-free-childcare

Government turning its back on child refugees in Europe

NEWS 28 January 2016 by Susan Smith
Families & Young People
A government announcement to help more child refugees will do nothing for the 26,000 refugee children alone in Europe without their families

https://tfn.scot/news/government-turning-its-back-on-child-refugees-in-europe

Did Charity Commission play role in creating gagging clause?

NEWS 7 March 2016 by Rab Armour
Management
​Critics round on Charity Commission chair asking him to explain his role in the UK government's recent gagging clause controversy

https://tfn.scot/news/did-charity-commission-play-role-in-creating-gagging-clause

Charities call on first minister to provide funding to avert winter catastrophe for vulnerable

NEWS 1 September 2022 by Rab Armour
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
Campaigners brace themselves for worst winter in living memory

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-call-on-first-minister-to-provide-funding-to-avert-winter-catastrophe-for-vulnerable

Expert group submits report to government on ending “conversion therapy” practices

NEWS 4 October 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
1 comment
he expert advisory group has recommended that all practices that aim to change, inhibit and/or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity or expression should be banned in Scotland. 

https://tfn.scot/news/expert-group-submits-report-to-government-on-ending-conversion-therapy-practices

"Very brutal and very unfair": MSP backs charity's Universal Credit warning

NEWS 14 January 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
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Tory cuts send a clear message to families that “their poverty does not matter”

https://tfn.scot/news/very-brutal-and-very-unfair-msp-backs-charitys-universal-credit-warning

Online voting is ‘more accessible’, charities claim

NEWS 27 March 2018 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
1 comment
Charities and academics have urged the government to begin trials of digital voting

https://tfn.scot/news/online-voting-is-more-accessible-charities-claim

Charity welcomes 20mph speed limit experiment

NEWS 17 September 2015 by Paul Cardwell
Culture & Leisure
2 comments
Safer Streets says it hopes Scottish Government experiment is extended

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-welcomes-20-mph-experiment

Extra cash for carers gets paid this week

NEWS 10 September 2018 by Rab Armour
Health & Social Care
Boost for carers

https://tfn.scot/news/extra-cash-for-carers-gets-paid-this-week

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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.