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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 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

Climate activists welcome Scottish Cop27 pledges

NEWS 8 November 2022 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
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But they insist extra money should be levied from polluters

https://tfn.scot/news/climate-activists-welcome-scottish-cop27-pledges

Worst year in memory for living standards of families on low incomes

NEWS 13 December 2022 by Robert Armour
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Despite ground-breaking financial support Scots families are still desperately struggling

https://tfn.scot/news/worst-year-in-memory-for-the-living-standards-of-families-on-low-incomes

Charity at loggerheads with union as pension scheme is dropped

NEWS 14 April 2023 by Robert Armour
Management
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Charity questions union's figures

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-at-loggerheads-with-union-as-pension-scheme-is-dropped

“10 years in”: UK benefit cap forcing families to live on £44 a week

NEWS 14 July 2023 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
#CostOfLivingCrisis
The research shows in the ten years since the policy was introduced, the number of families affected by it has grown substantially.

https://tfn.scot/news/10-years-in-uk-benefit-cap-forcing-families-to-live-on-44-a-week

Drastic immediate action needed as Scotland remains drug death capital of Europe

NEWS 21 August 2023 by Robert Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Leadership in tackling the problem is needed urgently

https://tfn.scot/news/drastic-immediate-action-needed-as-scotland-remains-drug-death-capital-of-europe

Huge majority support for carbon land tax on Scotland’s large estates

NEWS 23 August 2023 by Niall Christie
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Regeneration & Housing
1 comment
The John Muir Trust has now launched a public petition in support of the tax.

https://tfn.scot/news/huge-majority-support-for-carbon-land-tax-on-scotlands-large-estates

Council votes to ban sky lanterns and helium balloons 

NEWS 15 December 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
1 comment
The Scottish Borders Council voted unanimously at a meeting of the full council.

https://tfn.scot/news/council-votes-to-ban-sky-lanterns-and-helium-balloons

Scotland in the red: families use credit to pay for essentials

NEWS 26 June 2024 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
One in five have borrowed money to keep up with credit agreements

https://tfn.scot/news/scotland-in-the-red-families-use-credit-to-pay-for-essentials

New education assembly launches recruitment drive

NEWS 24 September 2024 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Hosted by Scotland’s parents’ organisation Connect and funded by the Scottish Government, SAPC is the first dedicated lived-experience panel for parents and carers in Scotland.  

https://tfn.scot/news/new-education-assembly-launches-recruitment-drive

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Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.