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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

Tory brutality laid bare - now let’s shape the alternative

OPINION 28 February 2017 Guest post
Social Justice & Poverty
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Christina McKelvie on Scotland's new social security system

https://tfn.scot/opinion/tory-brutality-laid-bare-now-lets-shape-the-alternative

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

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

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

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

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
#CostOfLivingCrisis
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

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

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.