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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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New support service launched for "exhausted" social workers

NEWS 4 June 2021 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
The Social Work Professional Support Service is being delivered by the Scottish Association of Social Work

https://tfn.scot/news/new-support-service-launched-for-exhausted-social-workers

Charities gain funds to help women in prostitution

NEWS 17 June 2021 by Gareth Jones
Social Justice & Poverty
The Scottish Government has allocated an extra £90,000 to help vulnerable women

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-gain-funds-to-help-women-in-prostitution

Campaigners hail victory as Scottish Government announces covid inquiry

NEWS 25 August 2021 by Robert Armour
Management
Health & Social Care
Ministers say they will use inquiry to inform responses better in future

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-hail-victory-as-scottish-government-announces-covid-inquiry

Outdoor centres face crisis as furlough comes to end

NEWS 21 October 2020 by Robert Armour
Management
Plea to save these centres from impending closure

https://tfn.scot/news/outdoor-centres-face-crisis-as-furlough-comes-to-end

Charity slams NHS bureaucracy as support service fails to reach most in need

NEWS 3 September 2021 by Robert Armour
Health & Social Care
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Call for bureaucratic barriers in the NHS to be removed and data sharing to be improved

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-slams-nhs-bureaucracy-as-support-service-fails-to-reach-most-in-need

Social Enterprise Academy opens India office

NEWS 4 December 2017 by Susan Smith
Management
Deputy First Minister John Swinney has opened the Scotland:India Impact Link in Mumbai

https://tfn.scot/news/social-enterprise-academy-opens-india-office

Women ignored by housing policy, report finds

NEWS 4 March 2020 by Gavin Stuart
Regeneration & Housing
Charity calls for gender equality to be enshrined in decision-making.

https://tfn.scot/news/women-ignored-by-housing-policy-report-finds

Working parents let down by nursery system, say campaigners

NEWS 15 August 2016 by Gavin Stuart
Families & Young People
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Working parents across Scotland are being let down by a lack of flexibility in the nursery system, according to the Fair Funding for our Kids campaign.

https://tfn.scot/news/working-parents-let-down-by-nursery-system-say-campaigners

Sturgeon challenges McVey to halt universal credit

NEWS 17 January 2018 by Robert Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
On a visit to a Stirling charity, Scotland's First Minister said the UK's new benefit system is failing those it is designed to support

https://tfn.scot/news/sturgeon-challenges-esther-mcvey-on-universal-credit

Secret papers show DWP knew benefit cuts would hit vulnerable hardest

NEWS 17 May 2016 by Robert Armour
Health & Social Care
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Government ministers knew back-to-work tests were hitting vulnerable hardest but took no action despite warnings

https://tfn.scot/news/secret-papers-show-dwp-knew-benefit-cuts-would-hit-vulnerable-hardest

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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.