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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

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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Benefits system is unjust says local CAB advisers

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

How Scotland has been encouraging England to improve transgender equality

​James Morton believes Scotland's progress with transgender rights is a model for the rest of the UK

https://tfn.scot/opinion/how-scotland-has-been-encouraging-england-to-improve-transgender-equality

Charities won’t be silenced by Lobbying Act

Lobbying Act will stifle debate

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-wont-be-silenced-by-lobbying-act

Benefits crisis drives families to foodbanks

Increasing foodbank use down to benefit changes report finds

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

Massive support for animal circus ban

​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

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

Poverty in Britain must not be swept under the carpet

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

What do we want our future to look like?

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

Communities can mobilise to fight climate change

​Catherine McWilliam believes communites play a vital role in combatting climate change

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

Partnership matters: insights from the Third Sector Tracker 

David Livey looks at the latest data

https://tfn.scot/opinion/partnership-matters-insights-from-the-third-sector-tracker

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