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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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Greens call for Glasgow Life bailout

NEWS 24 August 2020 by Gavin Stuart
Culture & Leisure
The charity which runs Glasgow’s libraries and leisure centres has a £38m funding shortfall

https://tfn.scot/news/greens-call-for-glasgow-life-bailout

Social housing green funding boost

NEWS 25 August 2020 by Gareth Jones
Regeneration & Housing
Funding to deploy low carbon heating systems in social housing is being fast-tracked

https://tfn.scot/news/social-housing-green-funding-boost

Obese ‘outnumber smokers two-to-one’ in Scotland

NEWS 3 July 2019 by Gavin Stuart
Health & Social Care
A charity is warning that obesity is now the leading cause of four cancers

https://tfn.scot/news/call-for-urgent-action-to-stem-obesity-epidemic

Figures prove devastating effect on families if Universal Credit uplift is lost

NEWS 10 February 2021 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty

https://tfn.scot/news/figures-prove-devastating-effect-on-families-if-universal-credit-uplift-is-lost

Concerns raised over proposed National Care Service

NEWS 10 November 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
The transfer of these powers will lead to worse outcomes for service users, Labour’s Katy Clark warned. 

https://tfn.scot/news/concerns-raised-over-proposed-national-care-service

Charity hits out at ministers as homelessness reaches new records in Scotland

NEWS 31 January 2023 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Regeneration & Housing
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Temporary accommodation is being over-used

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-hits-out-at-ministers-as-homelessness-reaches-new-records-in-scotland

Size of housing waiting lists reflects failure to tackle housing emergency, charity warns

NEWS 25 April 2023 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Regeneration & Housing
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Shelter has said that the Scottish Government needs to deliver 38,500 social homes by 2026. 

https://tfn.scot/news/size-of-housing-waiting-lists-reflects-failure-to-tackle-housing-emergency-charity-warns

Shelter: Plan to tackle child poverty doomed to fail without social housing delivery

NEWS 13 June 2023 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Regeneration & Housing
Shelter Scotland says a consistent failure to deliver the necessary social homes means child poverty will inevitably remain high.  

https://tfn.scot/news/shelter-plan-to-tackle-child-poverty-doomed-to-fail-without-social-housing-delivery

Scotland must extend its free school meals provision

NEWS 6 June 2025 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Some 500,000 more children will be eligible in England

https://tfn.scot/news/free-school-meals-in-england-but-campaigners-demand-scotland-to-follow

Bond: UK must increase diplomatic pressure after deaths of workers in Gaza

NEWS 7 April 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Funding & Finance
Bond: UK must increase diplomatic pressure after deaths of workers in Gaza

https://tfn.scot/news/bond-uk-must-increase-diplomatic-pressure-after-deaths-of-workers-in-gaza

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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.