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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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Campaigners urge government to act on decarbonisation recommendations

NEWS 14 July 2022 by Niall Christie
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
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

NEWS 13 October 2025 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#NIHike
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

NEWS 18 July 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
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

OPINION 22 December 2023 by Anna Fowlie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
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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

NEWS 1 September 2017 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
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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

NEWS 20 February 2015 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
​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

NEWS 2 August 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Regeneration & Housing
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

NEWS 30 November 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Management
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

NEWS 16 November 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
#CostOfLivingCrisis
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

NEWS 8 March 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Regeneration & Housing
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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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.