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Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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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Benefit cap will cost public purse dear

NEWS 20 March 2014 by Rab Armour
Regeneration & Housing
A move to cap welfare benefits will actually costs the public purse more, according to a leading housing body

https://tfn.scot/news/benefit-cap-will-cost-public-purse-dear

Rich countries must pay for climate change

NEWS 24 November 2014 by Susan Smith
Environment & International
Scotland's Catholic aid agency says current action on climate change is "woefully inadequate"

https://tfn.scot/news/rich-countrys-must-pay-for-climate-change

Scotland flies flag in support of LGBT people across the Commonwealth

NEWS 22 July 2014 by Third Force News Guest
Culture & Leisure
The Scottish Government, trade unions and councils show their dedication to creating an equal, fairer society for gay people

https://tfn.scot/news/scotland-flies-flag-in-support-of-lgbt-people-across-the-commonwealth

UK government must bail out third sector from crisis

NEWS 19 February 2021 by Rab Armour
Management
Hundreds of charities back the call

https://tfn.scot/news/uk-government-must-bail-out-third-sector-from-crisis

Invest in retraining to protect workers, government told

NEWS 25 August 2020 by Gavin Stuart
Social Justice & Poverty
Reform Scotland is calling for a major upscale of current programmes

https://tfn.scot/news/invest-in-retraining-to-protect-workers-government-told

Scotland can lead the way on sustainable development

NEWS 5 May 2020 by Gareth Jones
Environment & International
A new report aims to bring together civil society and government to make Scotland a leader in its approach to sustainable development

https://tfn.scot/news/scotland-can-lead-the-way-on-sustainable-development

Cost of living crisis: warm banks are well intentioned but not a solution

NEWS 10 October 2022 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
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Poverty activists and those with lived experience counsel against setting up heated shelters for the vulnerable

https://tfn.scot/news/cost-of-living-crisis-warm-banks-are-well-intentioned-but-not-a-solution

We can’t challenge poverty without Fair Funding for the voluntary sector

Jason Henderson
10 October 2023
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in is simply unsustainable and this is a situation that is not only not helped by the Scottish Government’s,We have welcomed the Scottish Government commitment to Fairer Funding by 2026 but this must reflect and,extra finances, will continue to be at the heart of what SCVO asks, and expects, from the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/62876/2023/10/10/we-cant-challenge-poverty-without-fair-funding-for-the-voluntary-sector

MSPs urged to change public debt collection to tackle child poverty

NEWS 11 September 2024 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
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Low-income families across Scotland are facing a growing debt crisis.

https://tfn.scot/news/msps-urged-to-change-public-debt-collection-to-tackle-child-poverty

We want to be the sector’s window to Whitehall

OPINION 9 August 2024 by Ian Murray
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
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Scottish secretary Ian Murray outlines the new UK Government’s pledges to charities

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-want-to-be-the-sectors-window-to-whitehall

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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.