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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 Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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Fight still on to save UK aid department

NEWS 10 June 2020 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
Charities and MPs say DfID must be saved - but Tory threat remains

https://tfn.scot/news/fight-still-on-to-save-uk-aid-department

General election: Speak out now to beat hatred and division

NEWS 18 April 2017 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
Scotland’s third sector must be at the forefront of ensuring progressive ideas win over hatred and division in snap General Election campaign

https://tfn.scot/news/use-election-to-beat-hatred-and-division

Housing crisis just got worse: figures reveal almost 40,000 disabled on waiting lists

NEWS 16 February 2024 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
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Claims vulnerable disabled people have been abandoned by Scottish Government

https://tfn.scot/news/housing-crisis-just-got-worse-figures-reveal-almost-40000-disabled-on-waiting-lists

Scots leaving more donations in their wills

NEWS 5 April 2019 by Gareth Jones
Management
Scottish charities have saw the amount they bring in from legacy giving grow by a quarter, higher than the UK average

https://tfn.scot/news/scots-leaving-more-donations-in-their-wills

Leading fascists could see hardline splinter group in Scotland

NEWS 9 March 2022 by Niall Christie
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
Advocacy group Hope not Hate published their annual report - State of HATE 2022: On The March Again. 

https://tfn.scot/news/leading-fascists-could-see-hardline-splinter-group-in-scotland

Report shows human rights ignored in delivery of public services during Covid-19

NEWS 25 May 2021 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
1 comment
New research from Amnesty International and the Human Rights Consortium Scotland finds human rights were overlooked as major public service re-designs took place during the first lockdown

https://tfn.scot/news/report-shows-human-rights-ignored-in-delivery-of-public-services-during-covid-19

Outgoing regulator chair says charities must avoid "picking sides"

NEWS 5 February 2021 by Gareth Jones
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
2 comments
Baroness Tina Stowell is set to leave the Charity Commission at the end of this month

https://tfn.scot/news/outgoing-regulator-chair-says-charities-must-avoid-picking-sides

Care providers should be tougher at bargaining

OPINION 20 April 2017 Guest post
Management
Charities should not jeopardise their own sustainability by accepting service levels or fees that are unfeasible to deliver, says Alastair Keatinge

https://tfn.scot/opinion/care-providers-should-be-tougher-at-bargaining

Third sector hopes and fears for 2019

OPINION 10 December 2018 Guest post
Management
Anna Fowlie is urging organisations to complete SCVO's important State of the Sector survey to highlight the sector's hopes and fears for the future

https://tfn.scot/opinion/third-sector-hopes-and-fears-for-2019

How charities can ensure they are GDPR compliant

OPINION 22 August 2016 Guest post
Management
2 comments
Val Surgenor takes a closer look at the impact of the general data protection regulation (GDPR) on fundraising and marketing.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/how-charities-can-ensure-they-are-gdpr-compliant

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2026. 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.