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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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Campaigners welcome period poverty U-turn

NEWS 20 February 2020 by Gavin Stuart
Health & Social Care
The Scottish Government is to support a bill making sanitary products free for all.

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-welcome-period-poverty-u-turn

120 Scots organisations urge PM to save international development

NEWS 14 July 2020 by Robert Armour
Environment & International
​Organisations want UK government pledge

https://tfn.scot/news/120-scots-organisations-urge-pm-to-save-international-development

Outrage after “shocking” delay to Low Emissions Zone plans

NEWS 26 August 2020 by Gavin Stuart
Environment & International
Campaigners say 18-month delay poses risk to public health

https://tfn.scot/news/outrage-after-shocking-delay-to-low-emissions-zone-plans

Plans to improve voluntary sector funding welcomed

NEWS 12 November 2019 by Gareth Jones
Management
Moves to ensure greater stability for voluntary sector funding have been welcomed

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

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

Charities can help break down barriers to employment

OPINION 20 November 2024 by Colin Smyth MSP
Families & Young People
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Social Justice & Poverty
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Regeneration & Housing
Colin Smyth MSP highlights how Scotland’s third sector can improve employment prospects for more disabled people

https://tfn.scot/opinion/breaking-down-barriers-to-employment

Compassion, not cost-cutting, should be at the heart of welfare reform

OPINION 7 July 2025 by Erica Young
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Erica Young on the government’s proposed social security changes

https://tfn.scot/opinion/compassion-not-cost-cutting-should-be-at-the-heart-of-welfare-reform

Public bodies forced to prioritise poverty and equality

NEWS 19 July 2017 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
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New legislation in Scotland will make public bodies consider how the wider public is affected by decision making

https://tfn.scot/news/public-bodies-forced-to-prioritise-poverty-and-equality

SNP disability regulations underwhelming and unambitious

OPINION 27 January 2022 by Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP
Social Justice & Poverty
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Plans for Scotland’s replacement for Personal Independence Payment do not go far enough

https://tfn.scot/opinion/snp-disability-regulations-underwhelming-and-unambitious

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

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2025. 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.