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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 Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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SCVO calls for dialogue with ministers on fair work proposals

NEWS 8 December 2022 by Niall Christie
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Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis

https://tfn.scot/news/scvo-calls-for-dialogue-with-ministers-on-fair-work-proposals

Esteem for the sector: we need parity, not parroting

OPINION 1 July 2022 by Kirsten Hogg
Management
Kirsten Hogg wonders where the substance is beneath the first minister’s warm words

https://tfn.scot/opinion/esteem-for-the-sector-we-need-parity-not-parroting

Social investment comes of age

OPINION 21 April 2021 by Alastair Davis
Management
Funding & Finance
Alastair Davis writes about 20 years of Social Investment Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/social-investment-comes-of-age

Community wealth building and the wellbeing economy: routes to a better future

OPINION 31 July 2025 by Lukas Bunse
Families & Young People
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Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
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Regeneration & Housing
Lukas Bunse reflects on this year's community wealth building summit

https://tfn.scot/opinion/community-wealth-building-and-the-wellbeing-economy-routes-to-a-better-future

Olive Cooke’s data was sold by charities 43 times

NEWS 27 November 2015 by Rab Armour
Management
​Leaked FRSB report reveals details on how many times and the frequency Olive Cooke was contacted by charities asking for cash

https://tfn.scot/news/olive-cookes-data-was-sold-by-charities-43-times

Housing boss admits voyeurism and sex assault

NEWS 17 March 2017 by Graham Martin
Regeneration & Housing
The disgraced former financial chief of Scotland’s biggest social landlord used hidden cameras to film colleagues on the toilet, a court has heard

https://tfn.scot/news/housing-boss-filmed-colleagues-on-the-toilet

RSPB anger after hen harrier killing charges are dropped

NEWS 5 May 2017 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
RSPB Scotland has reacted with fury after charges against a gamekeeper charged with killing a rare bird of prey were dropped

https://tfn.scot/news/rspb-anger-after-hen-harrier-killing-charges-dropped

Women's Aid considers legal action following council defunding

NEWS 25 February 2021 by Rab Armour
Health & Social Care
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Charity believes North Lanarkshire Council's tender lacked scrutiny

https://tfn.scot/news/womens-aid-considers-legal-action-following-council-defunding

Concerns over advocacy reforms

NEWS 10 March 2020 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
The Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance has said it has significant concerns over tendering for the new social security system

https://tfn.scot/news/concerns-over-advocacy-reforms

SCVO response to Building Community Wealth consultation (Scottish Government)

Kyrstie Brown
15 May 2023
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impact the sector and which are a primary focus of SCVO's policy work, such as Fair Funding and procurement,From budgets and procurement to current and future legislative frameworks, they must strive to ensure,involved in public procurement.,CWB action plans should explicitly commit to using the flexibilities in commissioning and procurement,Participants we spoke to echoed SCVO’s previously stated concerns around competitive procurement.

https://scvo.scot/p/59630/2023/05/15/scvo-response-to-building-community-wealth-consultation-scottish-government

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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.