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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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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

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

Campaigners say chancellor can do more to protect people in fuel poverty

NEWS 25 March 2026 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
The Poverty Alliance repeated its call for a social tariff

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-say-chancellor-can-do-more-to-protect-people-in-fuel-poverty

Sector welcomes Programme for Government

NEWS 2 September 2020 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
There was a generally positive response from organisations to the plans, which focus on how Scotland will recover from Covid-19

https://tfn.scot/news/sector-welcomes-programme-for-government

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

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

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
3 comments
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

Fear and loathing: Scotland's most vulnerable hit worst by UK welfare reforms

NEWS 18 March 2025 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
1 comment
Scots will find it harder financially to live with a disability

https://tfn.scot/news/fear-and-loathing-scotlands-most-vulnerable-hit-worst-by-uk-welfare-reforms

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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.