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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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MND patients face years waiting for suitable housing

NEWS 24 March 2023 by Rab Armour
Health & Social Care
Charity called the situation "abysmal"

https://tfn.scot/news/mnd-patients-face-years-waiting-for-suitable-housing

Campaigners call on UK Government to remove two child limit

NEWS 6 April 2023 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Charities said abolishing the two-child limit would lift 250,000 children out of poverty across the UK.

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-call-on-uk-government-to-remove-two-child-limit

Charity claims government must include targets to measure consumption progress

NEWS 11 March 2022 by Niall Christie
Environment & International
Regeneration & Housing
The potential ban will be put forward in a consultation on a new Circular Economy Bill, to be published in May.

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-claims-government-must-include-targets-to-measure-consumption-progress

Vital arts funding announced

NEWS 6 July 2020 by Gareth Jones
Culture & Leisure
Funding commitments from the Scottish and UK Government will remove the imminent threat of closure venues across the country were facing

https://tfn.scot/news/vital-arts-funding-announced

Scottish charities hit out at Labour Government over “sneaky” changes to citizenship rules

NEWS 14 February 2025 by Niall Christie
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Scottish Refugee Council and JustRight Scotland spoke up. 

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-charities-hit-out-at-labour-government-over-sneaky-changes-to-citizenship-rules

Government's strategy must look beyond narrow pursuit of economic growth, charities claim

NEWS 1 March 2022 by Niall Christie
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Ms Forbes said the strategy will offer renewed clarity on Scotland’s economic vision.

https://tfn.scot/news/governments-strategy-must-look-beyond-narrow-pursuit-of-economic-growth-charities-claim

"Overlooked”: Voluntary sector body reacts to Scottish Government’s four-year spending plans for public services. 

Press release
31 May 2022
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The national membership organisation for the voluntary sector in Scotland believes the Scottish Government’s,SCVO, which has a community of over 3,000 members, has criticised the Scottish Government for what it,calls a half-hearted spending review that makes no mention of how the Scottish Government will invest,In its original response to the Scottish Government consultation on the Spending Review earlier this,“This four-year plan was the Scottish Government’s opportunity to make good on repeated commitments to

https://scvo.scot/p/50677/2022/05/31/overlooked-voluntary-sector-body-reacts-to-scottish-governments-four-year-spending-plans-for-public-services

Because Data Saves Lives: The Importance of Monitoring and Evaluating the Effects of Digital Inclusion in Scotland

Fiona Williams
1 March 2023
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Scotland’s commitment to being an ethical digital nation has its basis in three Scottish Government’s

https://scvo.scot/p/57437/2023/03/01/because-data-saves-lives-the-importance-of-monitoring-and-evaluating-the-effects-of-digital-inclusion-in-scotland

Epilepsy charity campaigns for life-saving technology

NEWS 25 March 2014 by Paul Cardwell
Health & Social Care
Muir Maxwell Trust is calling on the Scottish Government to ensure technology that can save the life of children with epilepsy is free on the NHS

https://tfn.scot/news/one-off-chance-to-secure-epilepsy-alarm-funding

Charity will openly address questions from OSCR

NEWS 15 December 2017 by Gareth Jones
Management
The Royal Incorporation of Architects is facing a probe by Scotland's charity regulator

https://tfn.scot/news/architects-body-to-address-concerns-openly

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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 Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.