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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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"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
2 comments
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

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

Multi-year funding should be “default” for voluntary organisations, Scottish minister says 

NEWS 19 January 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Ms Robison was questioned by SNP MSP Paul McLennan, who asked what the government is doing to support third sector organisations. 

https://tfn.scot/news/multi-year-funding-should-be-default-for-voluntary-organisations-scottish-minister-says

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

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

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

Climate Emergency Training:  How Scotland’s voluntary sector is rising to respond to the risks, responsibilities and opportunities ahead

Katie Murray
15 January 2024
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Initially, this training was provided though our management of the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge

https://scvo.scot/p/87659/2024/01/15/climate-emergency-training-how-scotlands-voluntary-sector-is-rising-to-respond-to-the-risks-responsibilities-and-opportunities-ahead

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

NEWS 10 October 2022 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
2 comments
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

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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.