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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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Deaf people suffer months of face mask "misery"

NEWS 20 November 2020 by Robert Armour
Health & Social Care
Masks can prevent communication

https://tfn.scot/news/deaf-people-suffer-months-of-face-mask-misery

Festive cash boost will help struggling families

NEWS 1 December 2020 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
#NeverMoreNeeded
Child poverty campaigners have welcomed a one-off £100 grant that will be paid before Christmas

https://tfn.scot/news/festive-cash-boost-will-help-struggling-families

Urgent cash injection needed in Scotland's schools to tackle "hidden hunger"

NEWS 27 April 2022 by Robert Armour
Families & Young People
Health & Social Care
School pupils are going hungry

https://tfn.scot/news/urgent-cash-injection-needed-in-scotlands-schools-to-tackle-hidden-hunger

The worst crisis yet: inflation and cost of living set to ravage the voluntary sector

NEWS 20 May 2022 by Graham Martin
Management
Funding & Finance
Funding fails to keep up with inflation, demand rises and donations likely to fall

https://tfn.scot/news/the-worst-crisis-yet-inflation-and-cost-of-living-set-to-ravage-the-voluntary-sector

Concerns over 'short-term' approach to communities' net zero challenge

NEWS 18 January 2022 by Niall Christie
Environment & International
Funding & Finance
Funding constraints limit the ability of community groups to build capacity

https://tfn.scot/news/concerns-over-short-term-approach-to-communities-net-zero-challenge

Worrying rise in children being groomed online by criminal gangs

NEWS 22 October 2021 by Robert Armour
Families & Young People
Health & Social Care
Report lays bare how children are being exploited

https://tfn.scot/news/worrying-rise-in-children-being-groomed-online-by-criminal-gangs

Blood cancer patients warn of suffering of delayed diagnosis

NEWS 7 April 2022 by Niall Christie
Health & Social Care
The report, A Life Worth Living, warns half of myeloma patients have been left with life-altering spinal fractures and other avoidable complications after their cancer was repeatedly missed. 

https://tfn.scot/news/blood-cancer-patients-warn-of-suffering-of-delayed-diagnosis

Hospice charity rewarded for commitment to fair wages

NEWS 17 November 2021 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
Management
Health & Social Care
CHAS has been accredited as a real Living Wage employer

https://tfn.scot/news/hospice-charity-rewarded-for-commitment-to-fair-wages

Foodbanks could be history

NEWS 16 December 2021 by Robert Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
2 comments
Current system places a reliance on emergency food aid

https://tfn.scot/news/food-banks-could-be-history

Alcohol death rates soar - but charities could be key to combatting them

NEWS 29 August 2023 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
1 comment
Booze deaths at their highest rate in 14 years

https://tfn.scot/news/alcohol-death-rates-unacceptable-but-third-sector-could-be-key-to-combatting-the-problem

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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.