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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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Forum to tackle loneliness launches

NEWS 23 January 2025 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
It will discuss practice, policy and research

https://tfn.scot/news/forum-to-tackle-loneliness-launches

Next step on path to new National Park

NEWS 2 May 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Environment & International
Regeneration & Housing
3 comments
NatureScot will provide advice to the Scottish Government next week

https://tfn.scot/news/next-step-on-path-to-new-national-park

“UK must advocate for UNRWA”: Bosses of NGOs speak out over Israel’s agency ban 

NEWS 29 October 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Environment & International
Funding & Finance
Concerns have been raised about the devastating effect this could have on aid. 

https://tfn.scot/news/uk-must-advocate-for-unrwa-bosses-of-ngos-speak-out-over-israels-agency-ban

Watchdog demands charity elects new board

NEWS 28 July 2025 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
5 comments
Breakdown in relations between trustees

https://tfn.scot/news/watchdogs-demands-charity-elects-new-board

Ministers must fix chasm between child poverty targets

NEWS 4 November 2025 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#Politics
Targets have been consistently missed

https://tfn.scot/news/ministers-must-fix-chasm-between-child-poverty-targets

Housing body wants eviction period changed

NEWS 20 August 2020 by Robert Armour
Regeneration & Housing
Landlords and tenants are losing out

https://tfn.scot/news/housing-body-wants-eviction-period-changed

Plans to burn extra 1m tonnes of waste slammed

NEWS 28 September 2020 by Robert Armour
Environment & International
More incineration planned

https://tfn.scot/news/plans-to-burn-extra-1m-tonnes-of-waste-slammed

A sad day for dog welfare as Scottish Government brings back tail docking

NEWS 5 October 2016 by Molly Millar
Culture & Leisure
48 comments
The government's failure to ban highly controversial shock collars and its plans to reintroduce tail docking have come under fire from animal welfare charities

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-attack-government-for-disregard-for-dog-welfare

Groups challenge Scottish Government on climate change

NEWS 22 September 2017 by Rab Armour
Environment & International
​More must be done and can be done say campaigners

https://tfn.scot/news/groups-challenge-scottish-government-on-climate-change

Charity to go on anti-sectarian football tour

NEWS 28 January 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Culture & Leisure
Nil by Mouth will visit 10 Scottish towns in a bid to rid the country of bigotry.

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-to-go-on-anti-sectarian-football-tour

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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.