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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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Housing CEO urges chancellor to reconsider National Insurance hike

NEWS 5 December 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#NIHike
Angela Currie of Hanover Scotland joined over 80 leaders of not-for-profit social care organisations

https://tfn.scot/news/housing-ceo-urges-chancellor-to-reconsider-national-insurance-shift

Scots charities forced to draw from reserves despite funding stabilisation

NEWS 19 February 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Funding & Finance
New research from SCVO outlines the state of the sector’s finances.

https://tfn.scot/news/scots-charities-forced-to-draw-from-reserves-despite-funding-stabilisation

Major charity body looking to shed jobs as it seeks to close a £500k deficit

NEWS 20 February 2025 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#RunningCostsCrisis
A voluntary redundancy scheme has been opened at SCVO

https://tfn.scot/news/major-charity-body-looking-to-shed-jobs-as-it-seeks-to-close-a-500k-deficit

Charities must be vigilant against “dominant behaviour”, regulator warns

NEWS 2 August 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Funding & Finance
OSCR has published work into the effect that one person making all the decisions in a charity can have. 

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-must-be-vigilant-against-dominant-behaviour-regulator-warns

Largest social care charity warns funding crisis is impacting service users' lives

NEWS 9 April 2024 by Rab Armour
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
The charity saw four services affected by funding decisions

https://tfn.scot/news/largest-social-care-charity-warns-funding-crisis-is-impacting-service-users-lives

Charities missing out as employers stop offering Payroll Giving

NEWS 23 April 2024 by Graham Martin
Management
Funding & Finance
"Payroll Giving provides an incredibly powerful platform for companies to support giving in the workplace and can be a lifeline for charities"

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-missing-out-as-employers-stop-offering-payroll-giving

System exposes Scots children to harm

NEWS 21 March 2024 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
New laws needed to stop the exploitation of children.

https://tfn.scot/news/system-exposes-scots-children-to-harm

“Beyond devastated”: Charity gutted at being forced to close

NEWS 9 January 2024 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Autism Understanding Scotland announced it will shut its doors at the end of January.

https://tfn.scot/news/beyond-devastated-charity-gutted-at-being-forced-to-close

Scotland's PVG system raises safeguarding concerns says charity

NEWS 11 August 2023 by Rab Armour
Management
Health & Social Care
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Sex offender slipped through Disclosure checks

https://tfn.scot/news/scotlands-pvg-system-raises-safeguarding-concerns-says-charity

Poor must not bear the burden of austerity once again, PM is told

NEWS 27 August 2024 by Graham Martin
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Poverty Alliance on Starmer speech: "people living on low incomes cannot again pay the price for economic neglect"

https://tfn.scot/news/poor-must-not-bear-the-burden-of-austerity-once-again-pm-is-told

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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.