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

NEWS 27 April 2022 by Rab 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

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 Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
2 comments
Current system places a reliance on emergency food aid

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

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

Early cancer detection targets missed, report finds

NEWS 26 July 2016 by Gavin Stuart
Health & Social Care
Just 25% of patients are diagnosed with the disease at its earliest stage, a report has found

https://tfn.scot/news/early-cancer-detection-targets-missed-report-finds

Amnesty International adverts banned in Edinburgh and Glasgow

NEWS 16 November 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Social Justice & Poverty
​Network Rail faces criticism for pulling Amnesty International adverts at Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central train stations

https://tfn.scot/news/amnesty-international-adverts-banned-in-edinburgh-and-glasgow

Lottery accused of “disempowering” Scots community

NEWS 27 October 2017 by Rab Armour
Management
1 comment
Community believes funder is deliberately wanting it to fail

https://tfn.scot/news/lottery-accused-of-disempowering-scots-community

Mid-career MOT call as workers cannot afford retirement

NEWS 27 October 2017 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
Age Scotland has found that almost half of workers will not be able to afford to stop working at state pension age

https://tfn.scot/news/mid-career-mot-call-as-workers-cannot-afford-retirement

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