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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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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

Families face “endless poverty” as cost of living outstrips earnings

NEWS 18 January 2017 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People

https://tfn.scot/news/families-face-endless-poverty-as-cost-of-living-outstrips-earnings

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

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

Scottish cities miss air pollution targets by a decade

NEWS 21 July 2014 by Paul Cardwell
Environment & International
UK government faces fines and a health crisis due to failing to meet EU air pollution targets claims campaigners

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-cities-miss-air-pollution-targets-by-a-decade

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

Holyrood minister praises vital work of pioneering charity

NEWS 19 May 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
The charity, established by philanthropists Garreth and Nicola Wood, has worked closely with the Scottish Government,

https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-minister-praises-vital-work-of-pioneering-charity

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

Cost-of-living crisis increasing hardship for women living on low incomes in Scotland

NEWS 16 November 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
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Women in low-paid work reported often missing out on social security support or cost-of-living payments

https://tfn.scot/news/cost-of-living-crisis-increasing-hardship-for-women-living-on-low-incomes-in-scotland

Charities among voices calling for pause of National Care Service

NEWS 9 February 2023 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
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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

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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.