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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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Cuts to homeless services could be devastating

NEWS 2 August 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Regeneration & Housing
The quality of accommodation and services for homeless people is already slipping with further cuts on the horizon

https://tfn.scot/news/fears-for-scotlands-homeless-accommodation-and-services

NHS missing mental health targets

NEWS 26 May 2015 by Susan Smith
Health & Social Care
Charities are calling for speedy improvements to the treatement of vulnerable children and young people struggling with mental health problems

https://tfn.scot/news/nhs-missing-mental-health-targets

Health and social care integration is failing and radical change is needed

NEWS 30 October 2018 by Graham Martin
Management
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The leadership of key organisations charged with transforming care in Scotland has been questioned by the country’s third sector

https://tfn.scot/news/health-and-social-care-intergration-is-failing-and-radical-change-is-needed

Councils have closed a quarter of public toilets

NEWS 4 September 2018 by Susan Smith
Health & Social Care
South Lanarkshire Council has closed all 19 public toilets it operated in 2010 while other councils have also made dramatic reductions

https://tfn.scot/news/councils-have-closed-a-quarter-of-public-toilets

New laws should ensure more female politicians

NEWS 22 March 2018 by Susan Smith
Management
Campaigners have called for a new law to ensure half of all political candidates in Scotland are women

https://tfn.scot/news/new-laws-should-ensure-more-female-politicians

Fight still on to save UK aid department

NEWS 10 June 2020 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
Charities and MPs say DfID must be saved - but Tory threat remains

https://tfn.scot/news/fight-still-on-to-save-uk-aid-department

Concerns over advocacy reforms

NEWS 10 March 2020 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
The Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance has said it has significant concerns over tendering for the new social security system

https://tfn.scot/news/concerns-over-advocacy-reforms

Climate campaign publishes a landmark manifesto

NEWS 13 October 2023 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
From farming to transport and from energy to our seas, the Climate Manifesto is the biggest collection of climate policies ever gathered by Scottish civil society

https://tfn.scot/news/climate-campaign-publishes-its-a-landmark-manifesto

Charities among voices calling for pause of National Care Service

NEWS 9 February 2023 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
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“There is a real risk these plans will create a schism between the Government and wider civic Scotland."

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-among-voices-calling-for-pause-of-national-care-service

Hundreds of thousands of Scots households set to be dragged into fuel poverty, charity warns

NEWS 8 March 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Regeneration & Housing
57 per cent of people living in the Western Isles will soon be spending more than 10 per cent of their income on energy.

https://tfn.scot/news/hundreds-of-thousands-of-scots-households-set-to-be-dragged-into-fuel-poverty-charity-warns

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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.