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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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Food poverty is a national emergency - governments must act now

NEWS 14 June 2022 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
The crisis is acute – but the response from those in power has been lacking

https://tfn.scot/news/food-poverty-is-a-national-emergency-governments-must-act-now

£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

Charities can help break down barriers to employment

OPINION 20 November 2024 by Colin Smyth MSP
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
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

Hidden change to benefits could make more people homeless

NEWS 9 June 2016 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
1 comment
Charities lobby government to drop hidden changes to housing benefit which vulnerable can't afford

https://tfn.scot/news/hidden-change-to-benefits-could-make-more-people-homeless

Criminalising emotional neglect could see disabled parents lose children

NEWS 31 May 2018 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
Campaigners have highlighted the importance of providing support for parents with learning disabilities before making emotional neglect a crime

https://tfn.scot/news/criminalising-emotional-neglect-could-see-disabled-parents-lose-children

Plans to remove rate relief for private schools progress

NEWS 26 June 2018 by Gareth Jones
Management
The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on its plans to make private schools pay extra taxes, sparking calls to examine charity status

https://tfn.scot/news/plans-to-remove-rate-relief-for-private-schools-progress

SNP disability regulations underwhelming and unambitious

OPINION 27 January 2022 by Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP
Social Justice & Poverty
1 comment
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

Election 2019: Scottish National Party

OPINION 20 November 2019 Guest post
Management
Ian Blackford of the SNP makes his party's pitch to the third sector

https://tfn.scot/opinion/election-2019-scottish-national-party

Welfare cuts will make 1,000 vulnerable young Scots homeless

NEWS 28 July 2015 by Rab Armour
Regeneration & Housing
1 comment
​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

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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.