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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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New powers must be used to blitz child poverty

NEWS 21 October 2016 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
Activists have called on the Scottish Government to use new social security powers to eradicate child poverty

https://tfn.scot/news/new-powers-must-be-used-to-blitz-child-poverty

Record number of affordable homes being approved

NEWS 12 September 2017 by Rab Armour
Regeneration & Housing
​Scottish Government says it is tackling affordable homes crisis

https://tfn.scot/news/record-number-of-affordable-homes-being-approved

Care leavers win exemption from council tax

NEWS 11 October 2017 by Rab Armour
Health & Social Care
The move makes it easier for young people to afford accommodation

https://tfn.scot/news/care-levers-win-exemption-from-council-tax

Food poverty alliance declares war on hunger

NEWS 19 October 2015 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
The country’s first foodbank taskforce has convened, with the aim of eradicating hunger in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/food-poverty-alliance-declares-war-on-hunger

Women being hit hardest by Tory welfare cuts

NEWS 18 April 2017 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
​Statistics show inequality is rife when it comes to benefit cuts

https://tfn.scot/news/women-being-hit-hardest-by-tory-welfare-cuts

Health experts want action to tackle inequalities

NEWS 20 September 2017 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
The Child Poverty Action Group has said that more must be done to boost family incomes

https://tfn.scot/news/health-experts-want-action-to-tackle-inequalities

£65m awarded to Scots families in poverty

NEWS 30 July 2015 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
​Welfare fund continues to support thousands of Scots families, new figures reveal

https://tfn.scot/news/65m-awarded-to-scots-families-in-poverty

Advice charity warns of growing digital divide

NEWS 27 May 2016 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Many people still have no online access despite increasing reliance on e-technology

https://tfn.scot/news/advice-charity-warns-of-growing-digital-divide

New powers for Scotland: charities asked for input

NEWS 24 June 2015 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
Charities will play a crucial role in developing Scotland’s new powers, social justice secretary Alex Neil has pledged

https://tfn.scot/news/civil-society-crucial-to-application-of-new-powers

People in poverty would fill Hampden 18 times

NEWS 26 June 2015 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
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The number of people living in poverty in Scotland would fill Hampden Park multiple times, say campaigners

https://tfn.scot/news/people-in-poverty-would-fill-hampden-18-times

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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.