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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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Alcohol adverts are leading children to drink

NEWS 28 February 2017 by Rab Armour
Health & Social Care
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Drink industry adverts are making children view alcohol as positive, report warns

https://tfn.scot/news/alcohol-adverts-are-leading-children-to-drink

Thousands turn to crisis grants as welfare cuts hit hard

NEWS 25 July 2017 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
​Figures show thousands turn to emergency support as welfare cuts get tighten

https://tfn.scot/news/thousands-turn-to-crisis-grants-as-welfare-cuts-hit-hard

SNP MSP criticised for taking hospitality from ciggie giant

NEWS 21 August 2017 by Rab Armour
Management
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Questions raised as SNP MSP visited tobacco giant's factory in Switzerland

https://tfn.scot/news/snp-msp-criticised-for-taking-hospitality-from-ciggie-giant

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

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

NEWS 18 March 2025 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
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Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
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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

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

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

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

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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.