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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

£16.9m emergency hospice funding agreed

NEWS 24 March 2021 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
#NeverMoreNeeded
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

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

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

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

Starmer slashes foreign aid to pay for defence budget uplift

NEWS 25 February 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
The Labour Prime Minister announced overseas spending will reduce from 0.5% of GDP to 0.3%.

https://tfn.scot/news/starmer-slashes-foreign-aid-to-pay-for-defence-budget-uplift

Scotland urged to choose right path on climate emergency

NEWS 21 March 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
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On Monday the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its Synthesis Report.

https://tfn.scot/news/scotland-urged-to-choose-right-path-on-climate-emergency

Charities call on first minister to do more to tackle fuel poverty

NEWS 19 November 2024 by Niall Christie
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Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
The letter was also signed by more than a dozen charities and campaigners working to end fuel poverty

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-call-on-first-minister-to-do-more-to-tackle-fuel-poverty

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

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

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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.