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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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“Seismic”: Foreign Office warns of impact of US foreign aid freeze

NEWS 5 February 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
UK Government department has particular concerns about the global health consequences. 

https://tfn.scot/news/seismic-foreign-office-warns-of-impact-of-us-foreign-aid-freeze

Charities among voices calling for reversal of job-threatening culture cuts

NEWS 20 February 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Culture & Leisure
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Creative Scotland faces having to use £7m from its £17m national lottery reserves to preserve “standstill” funding agreements for 120 organisations.

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-among-voices-calling-for-reversal-of-job-threatening-culture-cuts

Call for urgent action as number of legal plans for vulnerable children slumps to a new low

NEWS 13 December 2024 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Health & Social Care
Concerns raised as co-ordinated support plans drop. 

https://tfn.scot/news/call-for-urgent-action-as-number-of-legal-plans-for-vulnerable-children-slumps-to-a-new-low

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: What does it mean for Scotland's voluntary sector?

Anna Fowlie
26 April 2022
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Last week, the UK Government launched its long-awaited UK Shared Prosperity Fund prospectus.,Respect for the devolution settlement and alignment with relevant Scottish Government strategies/funding,regional/local partnerships, a consistent, proportionate management system and Scottish and UK Governments

https://scvo.scot/p/50180/2022/04/26/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-what-does-it-mean-for-scotlands-voluntary-sector

Asking some important questions: a collation of Scottish civil society questions for UK and Scottish Governments after UK withdrawal from the European Union

Rachel Le Noan
5 October 2021
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Contributors to this report are: • Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) • Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) • Inclusion Scotland • Human Rights Consortium Scotland • Engender • Scottish Environment LINK • Citizens’ Rights Project • Scottish...

https://scvo.scot/p/45299/2021/10/05/asking-some-important-questions-a-collation-of-scottish-civil-society-questions-for-uk-and-scottish-governments-after-uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union

Organisations on brink as Scottish Government fails to guarantee funding

NEWS 12 June 2020 by Robert Armour
Funding & Finance
​Cash has run out for vital community covid emergency food response

https://tfn.scot/news/organisations-on-brink-as-scottish-government-fails-to-guarantee-funding

Apprenticeship levy will costs us £130,000 this year

OPINION 16 May 2017 Guest post
Social Justice & Poverty
Edel Harris calls on charities to join her in campaigning for more support for organisations that can ill afford the new tax on apprenticeships

https://tfn.scot/opinion/apprenticeship-levy-will-costs-us-130000-this-year

Digital inclusion: room for improvement

OPINION 23 August 2024 by David McNeill
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
David McNeill analyses a major report on the state of digital inclusion in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/digital-inclusion-room-for-improvement

£100 million war on cancer launched in Scotland

NEWS 15 March 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Health & Social Care
1 comment
Charities welcome government’s “blueprint” but insist they will keep an eye on its implementation

https://tfn.scot/news/100-million-war-on-cancer-launched-in-scotland

Bid to ban private contractors from hated PIP assessments

NEWS 21 March 2017 by Robert Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
10 comments
Amendments to be tabled to social security bill banning private companies undertaking assessments on disabled people

https://tfn.scot/news/bid-to-ban-private-contractors-from-hated-pip-assessments

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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.