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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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Cop26 must be postponed due to "vaccine apartheid" say campaigners

NEWS 7 September 2021 by Graham Martin
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Environment & International
#ClimateScotland
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Vaccine inequality, quarantine rules and expensive accommodation mean people from developing countries will be “locked out” of the event, it has been claimed

https://tfn.scot/news/cop26-must-be-postponed-due-to-vaccine-apartheid-say-campaigners

Scotland needs new child poverty targets say MSPs

NEWS 22 May 2017 by Rab Armour
Health & Social Care
Child poverty targets are currently too distant says committee

https://tfn.scot/news/scotland-needs-new-child-poverty-targets-say-msps

Regulator threatens to take over charity after serious failings

NEWS 16 June 2017 by Rab Armour
Environment & International
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Animal charity faces its biggest crisis after damning criticism from its members and the regulator

https://tfn.scot/news/regulatory-threatens-to-take-over-rspca-after-serious-failings

Social care charities “not consulted” on a National Care Service deal 

NEWS 2 November 2023 by Niall Christie
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Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
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The groups made the claim at Holyrood despite a commitment to co-designing the service.

https://tfn.scot/news/social-care-charities-not-consulted-on-a-national-care-service-deal

Edinburgh Rape Crisis announces temporary closure of East Lothian sexual abuse service

NEWS 22 December 2023 by Niall Christie
The charity said an “insecurity of funding” had led to the decision. 

https://tfn.scot/news/edinburgh-rape-crisis-announces-temporary-closure-of-east-lothian-sexual-abuse-service

New report calls for urgent action to defend UK’s democratic space

NEWS 2 August 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Leading civil society groups have used a new report to call for the not-for-profit sector to take a leadership role.

https://tfn.scot/news/new-report-calls-for-urgent-action-to-defend-uks-democratic-space

Scots pensioners rocked by fuel poverty

NEWS 11 August 2023 by Rab Armour
Health & Social Care
Half of all households of 55-64 year olds affected

https://tfn.scot/news/scots-pensioners-rocked-by-fuel-poverty

Scottish child payment must rise to £30 warns civil society

NEWS 28 November 2023 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
First minister must deliver on his leadership campaign commitment

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-child-payment-must-rise-to-30-warns-scottish-civil-society

Union bosses want answers over Oxfam jobs

NEWS 20 February 2018 by Rab Armour
Management
Charity agrees not to bid for government cash

https://tfn.scot/news/union-bosses-want-answers-over-oxfam-jobs

Warning that Scots wont live long enough to get a state pension if age rises much higher

NEWS 18 November 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Health & Social Care
​Possibility of state pension age being raised to 68 would be a disaster for many people north of the border

https://tfn.scot/news/warning-that-scots-wont-live-long-enough-to-get-a-state-pension-if-age-rise

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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.