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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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Charity saved from the brink after Scottish Government funding U-turn

NEWS 19 April 2023 by Rab Armour
Management
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Campaign leads to funding reversal

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-saved-from-the-brink-after-scottish-government-funding-u-turn

New chair for Scotland’s oldest military charity

NEWS 7 September 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
Jonathan Tweedie will be the next chair of Scottish Veterans’ Residences (SVR).

https://tfn.scot/news/new-chair-for-scotlands-oldest-military-charity

MSP calls for charities to be properly funded

NEWS 12 August 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
2 comments
The SNP’s Karen Adam defended Holyrood’s record. 

https://tfn.scot/news/msp-calls-for-charities-to-be-properly-funded

Social care can't wait for new National Care Service warns charity

NEWS 23 February 2024 by Rab Armour
Management
Health & Social Care
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
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A social care crisis is taking place

https://tfn.scot/news/social-care-cant-wait-for-new-national-care-service-warns-charity

Vermin and violence: exposé into the lives of homeless Scots children

NEWS 3 March 2025 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
Charity says authorities must act now

https://tfn.scot/news/vermin-and-violence-expose-into-the-lives-of-homeless-scots-children

The rich donate smaller proportion of wealth to charity than average person, study finds

NEWS 17 February 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Funding & Finance
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The report outlines steps that could be taken to increase giving.

https://tfn.scot/news/the-rich-donate-smaller-proportion-of-wealth-to-charity-than-average-person-study-finds

"Overlooked”: Voluntary sector body reacts to Scottish Government’s four-year spending plans for public services. 

Press release
31 May 2022
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The national membership organisation for the voluntary sector in Scotland believes the Scottish Government’s,SCVO, which has a community of over 3,000 members, has criticised the Scottish Government for what it,calls a half-hearted spending review that makes no mention of how the Scottish Government will invest,In its original response to the Scottish Government consultation on the Spending Review earlier this,“This four-year plan was the Scottish Government’s opportunity to make good on repeated commitments to

https://scvo.scot/p/50677/2022/05/31/overlooked-voluntary-sector-body-reacts-to-scottish-governments-four-year-spending-plans-for-public-services

St Andrews Environmental Network Limited

  • Membership number 8050
  • Charity registered in Scotland SC045253

https://scvo.scot/membership/members/8050/st-andrews-environmental-network-limited

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

Food crisis is far from over, study warns

NEWS 9 June 2020 by Gareth Jones
Social Justice & Poverty
The food insecurity crisis sparked by Covid-19 is set to enter a new phase, the Poverty and Inequality Commission has said

https://tfn.scot/news/food-crisis-is-far-from-over-study-warns

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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.