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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

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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Campaigners urge government to act on decarbonisation recommendations

The Just Transition Partnership, an initiative set up by Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) and Friends of Earth Scotland in 2016, had called on the Scottish Government to set up the commission.

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-urge-government-to-act-on-decarbonisation-recommendations

Vital services under threat of imminent closure as funding can't match expenditure

Caught in a cycle of short-term, insecure income streams

https://tfn.scot/news/vital-services-under-threat-of-imminent-closure-as-funding-cant-match-expenditure

Just transition plan needed for leading industrial site, commission warns

The Just Transition Commission pushing the UK and Scottish Government to work together. 

https://tfn.scot/news/just-transition-plan-needed-for-leading-industrial-site-commission-warns

"Double whammy": Scottish budget's impact on third sector

Anna Fowlie expresses the sector's dismay at yet another disappointing budget - and wonders when, if ever, we'll see concrete action

https://tfn.scot/opinion/double-whammy-scottish-budgets-impact-on-third-sector

UK austerity has devastated disabled people says UN

A United Nations committee has criticised the effects of austerity on disabled rights

https://tfn.scot/news/un-slams-britain-for-going-backwards-on-disabled-rights

Parents make audacious bid for community-led school

​Parents in Milngavie bid to run their own Catholic school after council announced plans to merge

https://tfn.scot/news/parents-make-audacious-bid-for-community-led-school

Cuts to homeless services could be devastating

The quality of accommodation and services for homeless people is already slipping with further cuts on the horizon

https://tfn.scot/news/fears-for-scotlands-homeless-accommodation-and-services

Government told to find out why charities aren’t making best use of technology

Senior executives from Google and Twitter tell House of Lords committee on charities digital technology is crucial to sector

https://tfn.scot/news/government-told-to-find-out-why-charities-arent-making-best-use-of-technolo

Cost-of-living crisis increasing hardship for women living on low incomes in Scotland

Women in low-paid work reported often missing out on social security support or cost-of-living payments

https://tfn.scot/news/cost-of-living-crisis-increasing-hardship-for-women-living-on-low-incomes-in-scotland

Hundreds of thousands of Scots households set to be dragged into fuel poverty, charity warns

57 per cent of people living in the Western Isles will soon be spending more than 10 per cent of their income on energy.

https://tfn.scot/news/hundreds-of-thousands-of-scots-households-set-to-be-dragged-into-fuel-poverty-charity-warns

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