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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 charity gets £5m government cash boost

NEWS 3 March 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Environment & International
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Mary’s Meals is to benefit from UK government’s Department for International Development match funding programme

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-charity-gets-5m-government-cash-boost

Call for outright ban on fox hunting ahead of Boxing Day hunts

NEWS 26 December 2016 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Despite being banned loopholes mean hunts still regularly take place

https://tfn.scot/news/call-for-outright-ban-on-fox-hunting-ahead-of-boxing-day-hunts

Hidden change to benefits could make more people homeless

NEWS 9 June 2016 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
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Charities lobby government to drop hidden changes to housing benefit which vulnerable can't afford

https://tfn.scot/news/hidden-change-to-benefits-could-make-more-people-homeless

Energy efficiency could be a shot in the arm for economy

NEWS 12 September 2016 by Gavin Stuart
Regeneration & Housing
Economists claim extra investment could create up to 9000 jobs around the country and reduce fuel poverty.

https://tfn.scot/news/energy-efficiency-could-be-shot-in-the-arm-for-economy

Plans to remove rate relief for private schools progress

NEWS 26 June 2018 by Gareth Jones
Management
The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on its plans to make private schools pay extra taxes, sparking calls to examine charity status

https://tfn.scot/news/plans-to-remove-rate-relief-for-private-schools-progress

Charities fear UK government will raid £2bn fund

NEWS 9 January 2018 by Rab Armour
Management
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Proceeds from dormant assets could transform communities and support the third sector post-Brexit

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-fear-uk-government-will-raid-2bn-fund

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

Criminalising emotional neglect could see disabled parents lose children

NEWS 31 May 2018 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
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

Tories set to press ahead with devastating cuts to international aid

NEWS 8 June 2021 by Graham Martin
Management
Environment & International
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Commons rebellion stymied by the speaker

https://tfn.scot/news/tories-set-to-press-ahead-with-devastating-cuts-to-international-aid

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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.