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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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Scottish charities hit out at Starmer over plans to “crack down” on benefits

NEWS 25 November 2024 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
The Labour Government have unveiled plans for cuts worth £137billion.

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-charities-hit-out-at-starmer-over-plans-to-crack-down-on-benefits

Swinney tells Gathering: Scots budget backing means multi-year funding for sector

NEWS 4 February 2025 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
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Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
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He tells delegates: “I need you to be less worried about money”

https://tfn.scot/news/swinney-tells-gathering-scots-budget-backing-means-multi-year-funding-for-sector

Major health charity calls for budget action to put charities on a sustainable footing

NEWS 10 February 2026 by Graham Martin
Management
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
The ALLIANCE has issued a briefing to MSPs outlining deep concerns about the growing financial crisis facing the third sector

https://tfn.scot/news/major-health-charity-calls-for-budget-action-to-put-charities-on-a-sustainable-footing

Scottish charities to be hit by new employer tax

OPINION 11 January 2016 Guest post
Management
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Ruchir Shah explains how voluntary organisations that employ staff will be affected by the new Apprenticeship Levy

https://tfn.scot/opinion/scottish-charities-to-be-hit-by-new-employer-tax

This government cares not one jot for the ordinary people of this country

OPINION 19 January 2017 Guest post
Social Justice & Poverty
​Maggie Lennon says those who voted for Brexit now appear to have been turkeys voting for their own early Christmas

https://tfn.scot/opinion/this-government-cares-not-one-jot-for-the-ordinary-people-of-this-country

Election 2019: Scottish National Party

OPINION 20 November 2019 Guest post
Management
Ian Blackford of the SNP makes his party's pitch to the third sector

https://tfn.scot/opinion/election-2019-scottish-national-party

Windfarm cash cut is a huge step backwards

NEWS 18 June 2015 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
A controversial decision to axe key funding for onshore windfarms has been slammed as a huge backward step by a leading environmental group

https://tfn.scot/news/windfarm-cash-cut-is-a-huge-step-backwards

Welfare cuts will make 1,000 vulnerable young Scots homeless

NEWS 28 July 2015 by Rab Armour
Regeneration & Housing
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​Warnings made that an extra 1,000 young Scots will be made homeless if Tories' housing benefit cap is enforced

https://tfn.scot/news/welfare-cuts-will-make-1000-vulnerable-young-scots-homeless

Scotland’s Social Security Agency is already failing minorities

OPINION 19 October 2018 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Mark Griffin MSP believes Scotland's flagship Social Security Agency has already failed minorities despite it claiming to be a model of inclusion

https://tfn.scot/opinion/scotlands-social-security-agency-is-already-failing-minorities

Communities join to oppose spectre of gasification

NEWS 23 February 2015 by Rab Armour
Environment & International
Community groups and environmentalists want fracking moratorium extended

https://tfn.scot/news/communities-join-to-oppose-specter-of-gasification

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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.