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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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Human rights and the Programme for Government: if not now, when?

OPINION 2 September 2024 by Emma Hutton
Social Justice & Poverty
Emma Hutton looks ahead to this week’s Holyrood policy announcements – and says ministers must match talk with action

https://tfn.scot/opinion/human-rights-and-the-programme-for-government-if-not-now-when

System to help disabled into work sidelines mental health problems

OPINION 6 November 2015 Guest post
Health & Social Care
Toni Giugliano explains why the Access to Work system for disabled Scots is failing people with mental health problems

https://tfn.scot/opinion/system-to-help-disabled-into-work-sidelines-mental-health-problems

Calls for Scotland’s urgent transition to a wellbeing economy

NEWS 16 November 2022 by Niall Christie
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#CostOfLivingCrisis
They are calling for a “robust plan to put the wellbeing of people and nature at the heart of our economy.”

https://tfn.scot/news/calls-for-scotlands-urgent-transition-to-a-wellbeing-economy

Relief for voluntary sector as PVG fee waiver retained

NEWS 27 January 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
#Law
1 comment
The Scottish Government announced they would not go ahead with plans to replace the scheme. 

https://tfn.scot/news/relief-for-voluntary-sector-as-pvg-fee-waiver-retained

“Death sentence”: chancellor slammed by charities after cutting winter fuel payments for pensioners

NEWS 30 July 2024 by Niall Christie
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
1 comment
The new Labour government has been forced to deny it is implementing austerity. 

https://tfn.scot/news/death-sentence-chancellor-slammed-by-charities-after-cutting-winter-fuel-payments-for-pensioners

The Charities Bill has been introduced – help shape SCVO’s response

Jason Henderson
17 January 2023
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It is in that context, then, that the Scottish Government’s Charities (Regulation & Administration) (,We are therefore encouraged that the Scottish Government has now formally committed to carrying out a

https://scvo.scot/p/56756/2023/01/17/the-charities-bill-has-been-introduced-help-shape-scvos-response

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

Family Fund

  • Membership number 69
  • Charity registered in Scotland SC040810

https://scvo.scot/membership/members/69/family-fund

No deal Brexit catastrophic for disabled people

NEWS 18 January 2019 by Gareth Jones
Management
Inclusion Scotland has said leaving the EU without a deal could lead to chaos and destitution for those with disabilities

https://tfn.scot/news/no-deal-brexit-catastrophic-for-the-disabled

MSPs discover many councils failing vulnerable pupils

NEWS 15 May 2017 by Susan Smith
Families & Young People
A committee of MSPs has called on the Scottish Government to review funding Scottish state school pupils with additional support needs

https://tfn.scot/news/msps-discover-many-councils-failing-vulnerable-pupils

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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.