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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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Scottish charities to be hit by new employer tax

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

Cash for CAS as unprecedented demand takes its toll

Welfare reform has put unprecedented pressure on Citizens Advice Scotland services - leading to cash injection

https://tfn.scot/news/cash-for-cas-as-unprecedented-demand-takes-its-toll

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

​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

Communities join to oppose spectre of gasification

Community groups and environmentalists want fracking moratorium extended

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

Criminalising emotional neglect could see disabled parents lose children

Campaigners have highlighted the importance of providing support for parents with learning disabilities before making emotional neglect a crime

https://tfn.scot/news/criminalising-emotional-neglect-could-see-disabled-parents-lose-children

Plans to improve voluntary sector funding welcomed

Moves to ensure greater stability for voluntary sector funding have been welcomed

https://tfn.scot/news/plans-to-improve-voluntary-sector-funding-welcomed

£16.9m emergency hospice funding agreed

The vital funding will allow hospices to continue to battle through the Covid-19 pandemic

https://tfn.scot/news/16-9m-emergency-hospice-funding-agreed

Food poverty is a national emergency - governments must act now

The crisis is acute – but the response from those in power has been lacking

https://tfn.scot/news/food-poverty-is-a-national-emergency-governments-must-act-now

Windfarm cash cut is a huge step backwards

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

​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

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