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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Supreme Court rules against Named Person

NEWS 28 July 2016 by Susan Smith
Health & Social Care
The UK's highest court has said the Scottish Government's Named Person scheme would be in breach of European human rights laws

https://tfn.scot/news/supreme-court-rules-against-named-person

Campaigners: Scottish Government must use devolved tax levers to reduce and prevent poverty

NEWS 8 December 2022 by Niall Christie
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Groups said reform is also needed to better tax wealth and carbon to fund national priorities

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-scottish-government-must-use-devolved-tax-levers-to-reduce-and-prevent-poverty

Charities warn Queen's Speech failed to promise the economic justice we all need

NEWS 10 May 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
1 comment
The UK government’s agenda was presented by Prince Charles in Westminster in lieu of the Queen, who cancelled for health reasons

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-warn-queens-speech-failed-to-promise-the-economic-justice-we-all-need

Charity sector responds to the Programme for Government

NEWS 8 September 2021 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#NeverMoreNeeded
The Scottish Government has set it out its plans for helping the country bounce-back from Covid-19

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-sector-responds-to-the-programme-for-government

"Bluntly - I'm angry" Holyrood hears sector fury over funding

NEWS 18 April 2024 by Graham Martin
Management
Funding & Finance
#RunningCostsCrisis
#EssentialSector
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Calls made for the relationship between voluntary groups and the Scottish Government to be reset

https://tfn.scot/news/bluntly-im-angry-holyrood-hears-sector-fury-over-funding

Mission impossible? How to maximise your returns and align with your mission

CCLA
In-person ( Harris suite ) 11:00-12:00
Finance, funding and fundraising
Fully booked

https://scvo.scot/the-gathering/events/a1vP100000DIWjVIAX/mission-impossible-how-to-maximise-your-returns-and-align-with-your-mission

Oxfam: Fair taxes on polluters could have paid for expansion in free bus travel

NEWS 18 September 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Funding & Finance
1 comment
Oxfam Scotland says First Minister Humza Yousaf should now urge the Prime Minister to hold the UK’s biggest polluters to account.

https://tfn.scot/news/oxfam-fair-taxes-on-polluters-could-have-paid-for-expansion-in-free-bus-travel

Charities call for change of direction in Scottish social security

NEWS 7 September 2021 by Gareth Jones
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Two charities have called on the Scottish Government to scrap a “cruel” disability assessment rule

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-call-for-change-of-direction-in-scottish-social-security

Charities savage Scottish Government as it ditches climate pledge

NEWS 18 April 2024 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
1 comment
"Re-writing Scotland’s climate rulebook is an acute global embarrassment"

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-savage-scottish-government-as-it-ditches-climate-pledge

In conversation with Kirsty McNeill MP, Minister for Scotland (Scotland Office)

SCVO
In-person ( Fintry suite ) 13:30-14:30
Policy

https://scvo.scot/the-gathering/events/a1vP100000DIXyvIAH/in-conversation-with-kirsty-mcneill-mp-minister-for-scotland-scotland-office

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2025. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.