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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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Pioneering charity faces closure as Scottish Government makes it compete for cash

NEWS 24 October 2024 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
Budget cuts and funding changes mean it has lost its £480,000 core grant

https://tfn.scot/news/pioneering-charity-faces-closure-as-scottish-governnent-makes-it-compete-for-cash

Multi-year pilot a “positive first step” in reforming sector funding, charity says

NEWS 7 February 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
Children in Scotland are one of the organisations who have been calling for a funding rethink. 

https://tfn.scot/news/multi-year-pilot-a-positive-first-step-in-reforming-sector-funding-charity-says

SCVO and partners launch milestone digital inclusion charter

NEWS 16 August 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Culture & Leisure
Funding & Finance
A trailblazing partnership between SCVO and the Scottish Government has launched a milestone charter to improve digital inclusion.

https://tfn.scot/news/scvo-and-partners-launch-milestone-digital-inclusion-charter

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

Scotland needs its own Financial Inclusion Strategy

OPINION 15 June 2026 by Sarah-Jayne Dunn
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Sarah-Jayne Dunn: we have an opportunity to create a focused, meaningful strategy that could really make a difference

https://tfn.scot/opinion/scotland-needs-its-own-financial-inclusion-strategy

Tax cuts will have no effect on poverty

NEWS 31 January 2018 by Gareth Jones
Social Justice & Poverty
Scottish Government plans to reduce income tax for low earners will not lead to less people in poverty, a thinktank has claimed

https://tfn.scot/news/proposed-tax-cuts-will-have-no-effect-on-poverty

No backtracking on warm homes law - civil society warns Scottish Government

NEWS 29 May 2018 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
More than 50 civil society groups and businesses have said introducing the legislation will help tackle fuel poverty and climate change

https://tfn.scot/news/organisations-stress-the-importance-of-warm-homes-bill

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

Equality organisations fears over SNP leadership race

NEWS 14 March 2023 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty

https://tfn.scot/news/equality-organisations-fears-over-snp-leadership-race

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

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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.