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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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Local innovators must lead the way in Community Wealth Building

NEWS 16 May 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Regeneration & Housing
Social Enterprise Scotland submitted a response to The Scottish Government consultation this week.

https://tfn.scot/news/local-innovators-must-lead-the-way-in-community-wealth-building

Curtailed council budgets making Scots housing crisis worse

NEWS 18 May 2023 by Rab Armour
Management
Regeneration & Housing
Councils are not meeting their statutory obligations on homelessness

https://tfn.scot/news/curtailed-council-budgets-making-scots-housing-crisis-worse

Environmental charities unite to demand political leadership on nature and climate

NEWS 26 September 2025 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
Manifesto calls for action to protect Scotland’s species and habitats, and greater ambition for native woodlands, peatlands and seas

https://tfn.scot/news/environmental-charities-unite-to-demand-political-leadership-on-nature-and-climate

Regulator sees deputy chair appointment

NEWS 27 January 2026 by Graham Martin
Management
OSCR said he has extensive experience working within the public and charity sectors

https://tfn.scot/news/regulator-sees-deputy-chair-appointment

Massive support for animal circus ban

NEWS 26 June 2015 by Rab Armour
Culture & Leisure
​Most Scots back a ban on wild animals being made to perform in circuses

https://tfn.scot/news/massive-support-for-animal-circus-ban

Charities criticise Home Office for UK ban on teenage refugees

NEWS 17 November 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Families & Young People
Unaccompanied teenage refugees from countries other than Syria and Sudan will not be allowed to enter the UK from Calais

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-criticise-home-office-for-uk-ban-on-teenage-refugees

Charities welcome plan to improve lives of disabled people

NEWS 5 December 2016 by Gavin Stuart
Health & Social Care
Charities have welcomed the publication of the Scottish Government’s plan to transform the lives of disabled people

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-welcome-plan-to-improve-lives-of-disabled-people

Benefits system is unjust says local CAB advisers

NEWS 18 February 2014 by Paul Cardwell
Social Justice & Poverty
Benefit claimants have been left feeling suicidal because of unjust benefits sanctions placed on them according to a local citizen’s advice bureaux (CAB)

https://tfn.scot/news/benefits-system-is-unjust-says-local-cab-advisers

£3m up for grabs for new social enterprise startups

NEWS 12 April 2017 by Paul Cardwell
Funding & Finance
The Scottish Government has announced new funding as part of its social enterprise strategy, which also includes the creation of a Buy Social certificate

https://tfn.scot/news/1m-up-for-grabs-for-new-social-enterprise-startups

One in five Scots earns less than the real living wage

NEWS 19 December 2016 by Gavin Stuart
Social Justice & Poverty
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Employers urged to pay their staff fairly as it emerges half a million Scots are paid less than the real living wage

https://tfn.scot/news/report-shows-one-in-five-scots-earns-less-than-the-real-living-wage

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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.