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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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Scots penalised in workplace because of their ethnicity

NEWS 28 January 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Culture & Leisure
A damning Scottish Parliament committee report finds Scotland’s ethnic minorities are on average more likely to be unemployed or in low-paid work

https://tfn.scot/news/scots-penalised-in-work-place-because-of-their-ethnicity

Revealed: how lack of Fair Funding impacts charity staff

NEWS 17 March 2026 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Insecurity, uncertainty and shortages impacting on pay and resources are all hitting hard

https://tfn.scot/news/revealed-how-lack-of-fair-funding-impacts-charity-staff

Resources needed for the voluntary sector to action Scottish Government Fair Work plans

Sheghley Ogilvie
9 December 2022
Posted in
SCVO have made clear that to support organisations to pay the Living Wage, public grant funding and procured

https://scvo.scot/p/56062/2022/12/09/resources-needed-for-the-voluntary-sector-to-action-scottish-government-fair-work-plans

What does the new action plan mean for our social enterprise community?

OPINION 9 April 2021 by Duncan Thorp
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
Duncan Thorp looks at bold pledges and initiatives to enhance and build our social enterprise movement.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/what-does-the-new-action-plan-mean-for-our-social-enterprise-community

Playing fair

FEATURE 1 April 2020 by Gareth Jones
Gareth Jones visits a small Scottish social enterprise which is aiming to spread the use of fairtrade footballs, and hears about the challenges of taking on the biggest sporting brands in the world

https://tfn.scot/features/playing-fair

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

Funding cuts and volunteering: you can only take out so much before there's a collapse

OPINION 9 February 2023 by Sarah Latto
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
The resilience of volunteers is under strain like never before

https://tfn.scot/opinion/funding-cuts-and-volunteering

It’s about time funders stepped up on Fair Work 

OPINION 1 February 2024 by Sheghley Ogilvie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Our workforce makes a huge contribution across Scotland, offering a lifeline to people, families, and communities as the cost-of-living crisis bites. This lifeline shouldn’t need to be extended to voluntary sector staff. 

https://tfn.scot/opinion/its-about-time-funders-stepped-up-on-fair-work

New employment programme will lead to private sector profits feast

NEWS 11 October 2017 by Gareth Jones
Management
£76.6m worth of employment contracts going to companies based outside of Scotland or working in partnership with international bodies

https://tfn.scot/news/new-work-programme-set-to-be-dominated-by-large-employability-organisations

Keeping the sector's vital heartbeat going

NEWS 30 April 2024 by Graham Martin
Management
Funding & Finance
#RunningCostsCrisis
#EssentialSector
New campaign highlights how charities are essential for communities to thrive

https://tfn.scot/news/keeping-the-sectors-vital-heartbeat-going

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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.