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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

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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It's time to deliver for Scotland's nature and climate

Deborah Long explains how Cornavirus has made Scotland's environmental charities less resilient at the time they are most needed

https://tfn.scot/opinion/its-time-to-deliver-for-scotlands-nature-and-climate

We are co-architects, not the emergency plumber

“There’s hope, but we need speedy change”: Anna Fowlie on the recent Civil Society Summit held by Labour leader Keir Starmer

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-are-co-architects-not-the-emergency-plumber

Drug deaths: Westminster’s refusal to enable the flexibility required to save lives is untenable

Kirsten Horsburgh: "we are operating under legislation that predates the current drug landscape, modern harm reduction science and our understanding of dependency and public health"

https://tfn.scot/opinion/drug-deaths-westminsters-refusal-to-enable-the-flexibility-required-to-save-lives-is-untenable

A tough task

Jamie Livingstone, head of Oxfam Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/a-tough-task

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

​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

Third sector conference faces up to the running costs crisis

CVS Inverclyde’s recent meeting provided a day of thought-provoking and impactful presentations

https://tfn.scot/news/third-sector-conference-faces-up-to-the-running-costs-crisis

Campaigners demand end to five week benefits wait

Families being forced into destitution

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-demand-end-to-five-week-benefits-wait

Scotland bill will “make things worse for the poor”

The new bill pledging more powers to Scotland is a dangerous “fudge” which will harm the poor, says charity chief

https://tfn.scot/news/scotland-bill-will-make-things-worse-for-the-poor

Scotland needs new child poverty targets say MSPs

Child poverty targets are currently too distant says committee

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

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