Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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

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

NEWS 7 September 2021 by Graham Martin

Management

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

One in three carers on the breadline as financial plight worsens

NEWS 3 November 2021 by Rab Armour

Health & Social Care

Urgent financial help is a must says charity

https://tfn.scot/news/one-in-three-carers-on-the-breadline-as-financial-plight-worsens

Third sector conference faces up to the running costs crisis

NEWS 1 December 2022 by Graham Martin

Management

Funding & Finance

#RunningCostsCrisis

#CostOfLivingCrisis

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

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

SCVO Letter to Neil Gray MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy

Sheghley Ogilvie

24 April 2023

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Policy

forward to meeting with you on 10 May to discuss how we collectively ensure that the Scottish Government's,That is the Scottish Government’s recently released Fair Work First Guidance, which includes new criteria,1 July 2023, which is just over two months away, yet we still need clarity on how the Scottish Government,Please be assured that SCVO supports the Scottish Government’s aspirations for Scotland to become a Fair

https://scvo.scot/p/59321/2023/04/24/scvo-letter-to-neil-gray-msp-cabinet-secretary-for-wellbeing-economy-fair-work-and-energy