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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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Lockdown increases stress in 90% of cancer patients

NEWS 1 October 2020 by Gavin Stuart
Health & Social Care
Charity calls for mental health to be prioritised in government’s recovery plan

https://tfn.scot/news/lockdown-increases-stress-in-90-of-cancer-patients

City has more homeless children than all of Wales

NEWS 19 February 2025 by Rab Armour
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
Homelessness is spiralling out of control

https://tfn.scot/news/city-has-more-homeless-children-than-all-of-wales

Greens' leader challenges Swinney to ban controversial 'therapy'

NEWS 4 June 2026 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Most Scots want the practice abolished

https://tfn.scot/news/greens-leader-challenges-swinney-to-ban-controversial-therapy

What do we want our future to look like?

OPINION 29 March 2021 Guest post
Environment & International
Nick Hawkes explains how #oorfootprints can shape our future during the Holyrood election campaign

https://tfn.scot/opinion/what-do-we-want-our-future-to-look-like

Benefits crisis drives families to foodbanks

NEWS 21 September 2015 by Rab Armour
Health & Social Care
Increasing foodbank use down to benefit changes report finds

https://tfn.scot/news/foodbank-use-linked-to-benefit-problems-says-report

Communities can mobilise to fight climate change

OPINION 23 January 2020 by Rab Armour
Environment & International
​Catherine McWilliam believes communites play a vital role in combatting climate change

https://tfn.scot/opinion/communities-can-mobilise-to-fight-climate-change

Poverty in Britain must not be swept under the carpet

OPINION 19 November 2018 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
TFN reporter Gareth Jones analyses UN rapporteur Philip Alston's findings on poverty in modern Britain

https://tfn.scot/opinion/poverty-in-britain-must-be-at-the-forefront-of-the-news-agenda

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

An increasing child’s portion – we need a budget to prevent poverty and support struggling families

OPINION 2 December 2024 by Claire Telfer
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Claire Telfer of Save The Children on the upcoming Scottish budget

https://tfn.scot/opinion/an-increasing-childs-portion-we-need-a-budget-to-prevent-poverty-and-support-struggling-families

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

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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.