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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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UK’s poverty tragedy laid bare

NEWS 22 May 2019 by Gareth Jones
Management
Callous welfare reforms have resulted in widespread poverty across the UK, with charities calling for urgent action

https://tfn.scot/news/uks-poverty-tragedy-laid-bare

Housing crisis leaves disabled desperate and homeless

NEWS 2 December 2016 by Graham Martin
Health & Social Care
Defuse ticking timebomb in disabled housing

https://tfn.scot/news/housing-crisis-leaves-disabled-desperate-and-homeless

Nicola Sturgeon reveals new LGBT policies

NEWS 1 April 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Families & Young People
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The first minister has promised another "leap forward" for equality

https://tfn.scot/news/nicola-sturgeon-reveals-new-lgbt-policies

Poor kids twice as likely to struggle with reading

NEWS 29 June 2015 by Paul Cardwell
Families & Young People
Some children are behind in language by the time they start school and will never catch up

https://tfn.scot/news/poorest-children-in-scotland-twice-as-likely-to-struggle-with-language-skil

To give up hope is to give up fighting for progress

OPINION 19 December 2023 by Emma Hutton
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
Emma Hutton says that support for human rights is stronger than ever in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/to-give-up-hope-is-to-give-up-fighting-for-progress

Penumbra’s new Self-Harm Network Scotland service

OPINION 3 October 2022 by Tina Koenig
Health & Social Care
Penumbra Mental Health is providing new services to support people who live with self-harm

https://tfn.scot/opinion/penumbras-new-self-harm-network-scotland-service

Tax could be a liberating tool for Scotland’s social economy 

OPINION 25 June 2026 by Duncan Thorp
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
It’s Fair Tax Week – and social enterprises, charities and other social economy organisations can benefit from tax justice and reform, writes Duncan Thorp 

https://tfn.scot/opinion/tax-could-be-a-liberating-tool-for-scotlands-social-economy

Behind the homelessness figures: long-term rough sleeping is still a challenge for Edinburgh

OPINION 1 October 2026 by Karen Barr
Karen Barr’s message to the Scottish Parliament

https://tfn.scot/opinion/behind-the-homelessness-figures-long-term-rough-sleeping-is-still-a-challenge-for-edinburgh

Home is the heart of the matter

OPINION 14 January 2015 Guest post
Regeneration & Housing
Housing in Scotland still faces a number of issues as the sector prepares for the biggest housing conference in the country

https://tfn.scot/opinion/home-is-the-heart-of-the-matter

Social enterprises confused by new work initiative

NEWS 6 October 2017 by Gareth Jones
Regeneration & Housing
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An opportunity to bin the 'old-fashioned approach' to getting people into work has been missed

https://tfn.scot/news/social-enterprises-confused-by-new-work-initiative

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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.