Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Something for Something: A National Youth Action Programme

We address the key high-level policy questions which need to be addressed by government and outline three

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/something-for-something-a-national-youth-action-programme

‘Promising Approaches Revisited: Effective action on loneliness in later life. (October 2020)

Five years on, thanks to the work of many organisations, there are government loneliness strategies in

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/promising-approaches-revisited-effective-action-on-loneliness-in-later-life-october-2020

State of the Sector: Covid-19 and Social Enterprise in Scotland. (August 2020)

been prepared by Social Enterprise Scotland to provide an update to aid and inform the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/state-of-the-sector-covid-19-and-social-enterprise-in-scotland-august-2020

A route map to an Enabling State

s report sets out 8 key steps that government should take to build a society which gives citizens and

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/a-route-map-to-an-enabling-state

Racial Inequality in Scotland: State of the Nation Volume 1

Whether you're working in government, the public sector, academia, community activism, trade unionism

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/racial-inequality-in-scotland-state-of-the-nation-volume-1

Social security bill has “failed” carers most in need

NEWS 9 February 2018 by Rab Armour

Health & Social Care

Groups hit out after Scottish Government refuses to pin carers' allowance to inflation

https://tfn.scot/news/social-security-bill-has-failed-carers-most-in-need

"Cruel and divisive": charities savage UK Government asylum plans

NEWS 18 November 2025 by Graham Martin

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Environment & International

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"When politicians use language that echoes the far-right, they don’t defeat extremism - they legitimise it”

https://tfn.scot/news/cruel-and-divisive-charities-savage-uk-government-asylum-plans

Charity in safeguarding probe after volunteer’s abuse conviction

NEWS 14 September 2026 by Niall Christie

Management

River Church in Banff has been given time to make improvements by OSCR.

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-given-reprieve-by-regulator-following-investigation-into-safeguarding-after-volunteers-abuse-conviction

Public wants action on energy efficient homes

NEWS 26 December 2016 by Graham Martin

Regeneration & Housing

Public and charities call for more to be spent on making homes warm and energy efficient

https://tfn.scot/news/public-wants-action-on-energy-efficient-homes

157 child refugees legally allowed to enter the UK are stuck in Calais thanks to red tape

NEWS 20 May 2016 by Paul Cardwell

Families & Young People

157 child refugees legally allowed to enter the UK are stuck in Calais thanks to red tape, says charity

https://tfn.scot/news/child-refugees-legally-allowed-to-enter-the-uk-are-stuck-in-europe-due-to-r

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