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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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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
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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

Starmer slashes foreign aid to pay for defence budget uplift

NEWS 25 February 2025 by Niall Christie
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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

“No soft-landing”: devastating effect of overseas aid cut yet to be felt, government warned

NEWS 7 May 2025 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Former CEO of Save the Children has hit out at Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to slash development budgets

https://tfn.scot/news/no-soft-landing-devastating-effect-of-overseas-aid-cut-yet-to-be-felt-government-warned

HMRC Charity Tax Compliance Consultation

Jason Henderson
20 July 2023
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In April, HMRC published a consultation on charity tax compliance to: “examine … charity taxation rules to help tackle non-compliance and protect the integrity of the charity sector without changing the overall purpose of the reliefs … [and] … ensure the rules continue to be fit...

https://scvo.scot/p/60910/2023/07/20/hmrc-charity-tax-compliance-consultation

Parents make audacious bid for community-led school

NEWS 20 February 2015 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
​Parents in Milngavie bid to run their own Catholic school after council announced plans to merge

https://tfn.scot/news/parents-make-audacious-bid-for-community-led-school

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

Government told to find out why charities aren’t making best use of technology

NEWS 30 November 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Management
Senior executives from Google and Twitter tell House of Lords committee on charities digital technology is crucial to sector

https://tfn.scot/news/government-told-to-find-out-why-charities-arent-making-best-use-of-technolo

Brexit could be “deeply damaging” to Scotland’s third sector

NEWS 26 August 2016 by Graham Martin
Management
Leaving the EU will put more demand on third sector services and increase funding pressures, third sector leaders have told Scottish ministers

https://tfn.scot/news/Brexit-could-be-deeply-damaging-to-Scotlands-third-sector

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

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

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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.