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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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OSCR publishes probe into King Charles' charity

NEWS 7 January 2025 by Rab Armour
Management
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The Prince's Foundation was mired in controversy following press allegations

https://tfn.scot/news/oscr-publishes-probe-into-king-charless-charity

OSCR probe finds charity treasurer misused funds and trustees failed to govern

NEWS 4 July 2023 by Rab Armour
Management
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Damning report concludes after a six year investigation

https://tfn.scot/news/oscr-probe-finds-charity-treasurer-misused-funds-and-trustees-failed-to-govern

Scotland’s Essential Sector: SCVO publishes 2026 election manifesto

NEWS 22 September 2025 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
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Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
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Regeneration & Housing
Leading voluntary sector body outlines priorities for next Scottish Government  

https://tfn.scot/news/scotlands-essential-sector-scvo-publishes-2026-election-manifesto

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

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
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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 savage Scottish Government as it ditches climate pledge

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

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

Investing in Communities Fund (ICF) delays - SCVO, TSEF, and TSI Scotland Network letter to the Cabinet Secretary

Paul Bradley
12 December 2022
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Interface Scotland Network have written to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government

https://scvo.scot/p/56116/2022/12/12/investing-in-communities-fund-icf-delays-scvo-tsef-and-tsi-scotland-network-letter-to-the-cabinet-secretary

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

It's time to make the real Living Wage a reality for Scotland's voluntary sector workforce

Sheghley Ogilvie
14 November 2022
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SCVO support the Scottish Government’s plans for Scotland to become a Fair Work Nation by 2025, plans,To support organisations to pay the Living Wage we need the Scottish Government to lead by example and,Over the last few months and in both Emergency Budget Responses, the Scottish Government has recognised,Scottish Government, local government, and funders across Scotland need to do more to ensure that voluntary,The upcoming publication of the Scottish Government's refreshed Fair Work Action Plan and the Scottish

https://scvo.scot/p/55395/2022/11/14/its-time-to-make-the-real-living-wage-a-reality-for-scotlands-voluntary-sector-workforce

Consumer Scotland: draft workplan 2022 to 2023 – SCVO response to the Scottish Government

Jason Henderson
14 March 2022
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Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Scottish Government’s,further investigation by ourselves or others, often with clarification sought from the Scottish Government,which exists wholly or mainly to benefit society or a profession as well as the activities of any government,With the Scottish Government and Consumer Scotland’s commitment to the Net Zero agenda, such a focus

https://scvo.scot/p/49288/2022/03/14/consumer-scotland-draft-workplan-2022-to-2023-scvo-response-to-the-scottish-government

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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.