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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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Private firms barred from benefits assessments

NEWS 27 April 2017 by Graham Martin
Health & Social Care
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Profit-raking private firms will have no place in Scotland’s new social security system

https://tfn.scot/news/private-firms-barred-from-benefits-assessments

Cover blown: spycops “infiltrated Scottish charities”

NEWS 21 February 2018 by Graham Martin
Management
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Campaigners say the third sector will have been infiltrated by political police

https://tfn.scot/news/uncovered-did-spycops-infiltrate-charities

Surplus food or the right to food?

OPINION 15 July 2015 Guest post
Social Justice & Poverty
Graham Riches warns the UK is treading a dangerous path following in the footsteps of the North American foodbank culture

https://tfn.scot/opinion/surplus-food-or-the-right-to-food

Charities celebrate Scottish Government climate pledge

NEWS 7 December 2015 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
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A commitment by the Scottish Government to double the country’s Climate Justice Fund has been welcomed by charities and NGOs

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-celebrate-scottish-government-climate-pledge

No response from Scottish Labour MPs to questions over planned National Insurance hit

NEWS 4 December 2024 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#NIHike
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TFN contacted all MPs in Scotland to ask their thoughts on the NI hike looming over the sector. 

https://tfn.scot/news/no-response-from-scottish-labour-mps-to-questions-over-planned-national-insurance-hit

When power turns legal: how do we stop SLAPPs?

OPINION 24 October 2025 by Ahsan Mustafa
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Regeneration & Housing
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Ahsan Mustafa examines how SLAPPs threaten charity journalism and accountability

https://tfn.scot/opinion/when-power-turns-legal

Scottish Budget 2023/24: We’ve heard things like this before

Kirsten Hogg
19 December 2022
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The budget does give a good sense of the Scottish Government’s priorities, and when we heard in advance,Behind or the prevention of drugs deaths will flow through or into the sector, but as the Scottish Government,As we laid out in our briefing on the budget, greater transparency about the Scottish Government’s funding,The clearest proxy we have to measure government support for the sector within the budget is the Third,to bring about the changes the sector so desperately needs across all government departments and areas

https://scvo.scot/p/56418/2022/12/19/scottish-budget-2023-24-weve-heard-things-like-this-before

Scottish Budget Briefing 2023/2024

Sheghley Ogilvie
13 December 2022
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The Scottish Government can begin to act by committing to: multi-year funding of three years or more ,Similarly, the Scottish Government dedicates significant time and resources to annual processing and,Similarly, the Scottish Government’s Open Government Action Plan commits to fiscal openness and transparency,The Scottish Government should include sector funding as part of this work.,The Scottish Government should collect data across all government departments to generate an accurate

https://scvo.scot/p/56262/2022/12/13/scottish-budget-briefing-2023-2024

Because Data Saves Lives: The Importance of Monitoring and Evaluating the Effects of Digital Inclusion in Scotland

Fiona Williams
1 March 2023
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Scotland’s commitment to being an ethical digital nation has its basis in three Scottish Government’s

https://scvo.scot/p/57437/2023/03/01/because-data-saves-lives-the-importance-of-monitoring-and-evaluating-the-effects-of-digital-inclusion-in-scotland

TFN spotlight on charity status: Is the charity brand tarnished?

FEATURE 28 August 2018 by Susan Smith
Management
When even bankers are charities, is it time to rethink charity status?

https://tfn.scot/features/tfn-spotlight-on-charity-status-is-the-charity-brand-tarnished

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