Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

More Scots children in poverty due to benefit cuts

NEWS 13 October 2014 by Paul Cardwell

Social Justice & Poverty

Deputy First Minister tells charity conference the number of children living in poverty will increase by 100,000 by 2020

https://tfn.scot/news/more-scots-children-in-poverty-due-to-benefit-cuts

Government forced to reveal seal shootings

NEWS 8 July 2015 by Rab Armour

Environment & International

Fish farms will be forced to reveal how many seals they shoot

https://tfn.scot/news/government-forced-to-reveal-seal-shootings

Fury over VisitScotland’s links to mountain hare slaughter

NEWS 31 July 2017 by Gavin Stuart

Environment & International

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An organisation which promotes mountain hare shooting holidays has received more than £30,000 from Scotland’s national tourism agency

https://tfn.scot/news/report-reveals-visitscotlands-links-to-mountain-hare-shooting

Majority of Scots want tighter fireworks controls

NEWS 4 October 2019 by Gareth Jones

Culture & Leisure

A study on behalf of the Scottish Government has shown the majority of people want tighter controls around the sale and use of fireworks

https://tfn.scot/news/majority-of-scots-want-tighter-fireworks-controls

Dads Rock gets Scottish Government lifeline

NEWS 1 December 2017 by Gareth Jones

Families & Young People

A £50,000 grant from the Scottish Government has temporarily saved the threatened Edinburgh charity from closure

https://tfn.scot/news/funding-boost-for-under-threat-charity

Further delay for Named Person plans

NEWS 30 November 2017 by Gareth Jones

Families & Young People

Politicians have stressed the need for clear guidance to be provided to professionals who will be affected by the legislation

https://tfn.scot/news/further-delay-for-named-person-plans

A long way to go before British Sign Language is fully recognised

OPINION 7 September 2016 Guest post

Social Justice & Poverty

Aidan McCorry says that the response to the passing of the British Sign Language Act has been encouraging but not enough has changed

https://tfn.scot/opinion/more-needs-to-be-done-for-scotlands-bsl-users

Bold action needed on Sustainable Development Goals

NEWS 15 January 2020 by Gareth Jones

Regeneration & Housing

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Oxfam Scotland has said politicians must ensure that no one is left behind in the bid to meet the goals

https://tfn.scot/news/bold-action-needed-on-sustainable-development-goals

Charity calls for restrictions on junk food promotions

NEWS 4 September 2017 by Gareth Jones

Health & Social Care

A survey has found that more than half of parents feel multi-buy offers result in them buying more junk food than they want

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-calls-for-restrictions-on-junk-food-promotions

Civil society leading the way in making the UK a better place

NEWS 26 June 2019 by Gareth Jones

Management

The UK government has published a report on its progress towards implementing the Sustainable Development Goals

https://tfn.scot/news/civil-society-leading-the-way-in-making-the-uk-a-better-place

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