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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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Older Scots urged to claim council tax help

NEWS 5 March 2018 by Rab Armour
Health & Social Care
​Thousands are not getting financial breaks they're entitled to

https://tfn.scot/news/older-scots-urged-to-claim-council-tax-help

Charity workers went all out to beat the Beast from the East

NEWS 8 March 2018 by Graham Martin
Regeneration & Housing
Staff at a homelessness charity have been thanked for going the extra mile to help people caught by the Beast from the East

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-workers-went-all-out-to-beat-the-beast-from-the-east

Introduced as a boon for civil liberties, freedom of information legislation has as many detractors as it has acolytes. Journalists, of course, love it.

OPINION 1 October 2024 by Rab Armour

https://tfn.scot/opinion/introduced-as-a-boon-for-civil-liberties-freedom-of-information-legislation-has-as-many-detractors-as-it-has-acolytes-journalists-of-course-love-it

Help lotteries raise much more, Dame Ellen MacArthur tells MSPs

NEWS 23 May 2018 by Susan Smith
Management
Campaign is calling for the limit on how much society lotteries can raise in a year to increase from £10m to £100m

https://tfn.scot/news/help-lotteries-raise-much-more-dame-ellen-macarthur-tells-msps

Move to transform use of temporary accommodation

NEWS 30 May 2018 by Gareth Jones
Regeneration & Housing
The Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group has made a series of recommendations to tackle homeless in the first place

https://tfn.scot/news/move-to-transform-use-of-temporary-accommodation

MSP wants rid of “hated” disability assessments

NEWS 23 April 2018 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
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Bid to remove disability assessments from Scotland's new social security system

https://tfn.scot/news/last-ditch-attempt-to-ban-disability-assessments

Ministers set to pass social security bill

NEWS 25 April 2018 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
New dawn for a Scottish welfare system

https://tfn.scot/news/ministers-set-to-pass-social-security-bill

Assembly co-ordinates war on poverty

NEWS 22 October 2015 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
Campaigners gather to discuss the next steps in the war against poverty in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/assembly-will-co-ordinate-the-war-on-poverty

Poverty is sexist says world’s leading stars

NEWS 8 March 2016 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
An open letter marking International Women's Day demands governments address gender inequality

https://tfn.scot/news/poverty-is-sexist-says-worlds-leading-stars

DWP job advisers to be placed in libraries and schools

NEWS 9 March 2016 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
​Controversial move will see many more DWP advisers in community settings

https://tfn.scot/news/dwp-job-advisers-to-be-placed-in-libraries-and-schools

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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.