Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Human rights and the Programme for Government: if not now, when?

OPINION 2 September 2024 by Emma Hutton

Social Justice & Poverty

Emma Hutton looks ahead to this week’s Holyrood policy announcements – and says ministers must match talk with action

https://tfn.scot/opinion/human-rights-and-the-programme-for-government-if-not-now-when

An imperfect plan: women's and child poverty must be explicitly linked

OPINION 21 April 2022 by Ruth Boyle

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Regeneration & Housing

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https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-child-poverty-delivery-plan-maintains-a-strong-focus-on-work-and-earnings-but-the-need-to-address-womens-poverty-is-less-visible

If not the bedroom tax, then what?

FEATURE 7 February 2014 by Alex Turnbull

Regeneration & Housing

Axing the under-occupancy charge doesn’t address the problems the UK government set out to solve so if not the bedroom tax then what?

https://tfn.scot/features/if-not-the-bedroom-tax-then-what

Public procurement - views and experiences: research

In September 2021, Scottish Government commissioned Blake Stevenson Ltd. to undertake research with third,They take account of the fact that while Scottish Government has a role to play in improving access to

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/public-procurement-views-and-experiences-research

CAF UK Giving Coronavirus Briefing: How charities and donors are reacting to COVID-19 (March/April 2020)

The majority of people (56%) agree that the Government should provide financial support to charities,This was followed by just under two-fifths saying Government mandating that other funders must relax

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/caf-uk-giving-coronavirus-briefing-how-charities-and-donors-are-reacting-to-covid-19-march-april-2020