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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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Campaigners demand urgent salmon farm inspections

NEWS 22 July 2019 by Gavin Stuart
Environment & International
Advocacy group SumOfUs warns fish deaths and disease will spike without a crackdown on welfare abuses.

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-demand-urgent-salmon-farm-inspections

Theatres in social distancing plea

NEWS 11 May 2021 by Gareth Jones
Culture & Leisure
Arts organisations say the 2m rule places pressure on an industry which is already struggling to survive

https://tfn.scot/news/theatres-in-social-distancing-plea

Raft of funds available for community groups and charities

NEWS 14 July 2021 by Rab Armour
Management
Funding & Finance
Funds open for applications

https://tfn.scot/news/raft-of-funds-available-for-community-groups-and-charities

Families on benefits will be forced to cut back on basic essentials, charity warns

NEWS 15 February 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
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For families subject to the benefit cap, the loss will be even greater.

https://tfn.scot/news/families-on-benefits-will-be-forced-to-cut-back-on-basic-essentials-charity-warns

"Unjust": Charity calls for end to UK Government benefit cap

NEWS 23 June 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
The Poverty Alliance has now written to the Chancellor, calling on him to scrap the cap, or at least raise it in line with living costs.

https://tfn.scot/news/unjust-charity-calls-for-end-to-uk-government-benefit-cap

Warning over increasing homelessness numbers in Scotland

NEWS 28 June 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Between March 2022 and March 2023 there were 9,121 social housing completions against a target of 7,770.

https://tfn.scot/news/warning-over-increasing-homelessness-numbers-in-scotland

Tory ministers told cuts will kill - but pushed ahead with them anyway

NEWS 2 August 2023 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
Foreign aid cash slashed to balance the books - condemning thousands to death

https://tfn.scot/news/tory-ministers-told-cuts-will-kill-but-pushed-ahead-with-them-anyway

Scottish charity joins legal challenge of UK Government’s blocking of gender reforms

NEWS 10 August 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
A Scottish charity has been given permission to join a legal challenge to the UK Government’s veto of gender reforms. 

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-charity-joins-legal-challenge-of-uk-governments-blocking-of-gender-reforms

Mixed response to budget plans

NEWS 7 February 2020 by Gareth Jones
Regeneration & Housing
Voluntary sector organisations are split over the Scottish Government's draft budget

https://tfn.scot/news/mixed-response-to-budget-plans

Scotland told to show climate leadership after COP28

NEWS 13 December 2023 by Niall Christie
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
The climate talks failed to reach an agreement on urgently phasing out fossil fuels.

https://tfn.scot/news/scotland-told-to-show-climate-leadership-after-cop28

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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.