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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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Planning Aid Scotland announce appointment of new chief executive

NEWS 12 August 2022 by Niall Christie
Management
Environment & International
Regeneration & Housing
She succeeds Petra Biberbach who is stepping down after successfully leading the organisation for the last 18 years.

https://tfn.scot/news/planning-aid-scotland-announce-appointment-of-new-chief-executive

"Poverty is a political choice": cost of living summit demands more from Holyrood

NEWS 17 June 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
The summit will hear from over 40 of Scotland’s civic, community and trade union organisations on pay, benefits, energy poverty, housing and transport.

https://tfn.scot/news/poverty-is-a-political-choice-cost-of-living-summit-demands-more-from-holyrood

Goodmovers | Who is going where in the voluntary sector | 20 October 2015

FEATURE 20 October 2015 by Paul Cardwell
Health & Social Care
Find out who has been appointed to fill some of the biggest roles in the third sector in our latest Goodmovers round-up

https://tfn.scot/features/goodmovers-who-is-going-where-in-the-voluntary-sector-20-october-2015

Council run organisations will continue to receive charity tax breaks

NEWS 29 November 2017 by Gareth Jones
Management
The Scottish Government has announced it will not follow a recommendation to make Aleos pay higher rates

https://tfn.scot/news/council-run-organisations-will-continue-to-receive-charity-tax-breaks

Campaigner wants improvements in neurological care

NEWS 6 December 2017 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
Sue Ryder is calling for the Scottish Government to push health boards to ensure that progress is made

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigner-wants-improvements-in-neurological-care

A general election won’t cure poverty

OPINION 14 April 2015 by TFN
Social Justice & Poverty
​A different political landscape won't cure poverty argues Peter Schroeder

https://tfn.scot/opinion/a-general-election-wont-cure-poverty

Scottish Parliament can and must ban fracking says charity

NEWS 2 June 2016 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
1 comment
The Scottish Parliament can and must use its powers to completely ban fracking, environmental activists say

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-parliament-can-and-must-ban-fracking-says-charity

Striking for their future: school pupils walk out to save the planet

NEWS 14 March 2019 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
School pupils in Scotland will join tens of thousands throughout the globe in a strike against environmental destruction

https://tfn.scot/news/striking-for-their-future-school-pupils-walk-out-to-save-the-planet

Sturgeon: negative forces are trying to exploit third sector

NEWS 21 February 2018 by Robert Armour
Management
High praise for the third sector but public confidence is being undermined by negative reporting

https://tfn.scot/news/sturgeon-negative-forces-are-trying-to-exploit-third-sector

Scrap Work Programme calls as Westminster accused of breaching Smith deal

NEWS 4 December 2014 by Graham Martin
Management
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Work Programme must be abolished says SCVO

https://tfn.scot/news/scrap-work-programme-calls-as-westminster-accused-of-breaching-smith-deal

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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.