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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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Transgender girls given a deadline to leave Girlguiding

NEWS 24 March 2026 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Critics say the move "sends a message of rejection" to young people

https://tfn.scot/news/transgender-girls-given-a-deadline-to-leave-girlguiding

Report warns Scotland’s voluntary sector under growing and ongoing pressure

NEWS 26 May 2026 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
SCVO published the first of its Pulse reports as part of the Scottish Third Sector Tracker

https://tfn.scot/news/report-warns-scotlands-voluntary-sector-under-growing-and-ongoing-pressure

Kids Company is being hung out to dry and its closure will be catastrophic

OPINION 10 August 2015 Guest post
Health & Social Care
6 comments
Catriona Grant on Kids Company's closure

https://tfn.scot/opinion/kids-company-is-being-hung-out-to-dry-and-its-closure-will-be-catastrophic

Civil society under attack as darkness spreads throughout the globe

FEATURE 27 February 2019 by Graham Martin
Management
Civil society under attack throughout the world

https://tfn.scot/features/civil-society-under-attack-as-darkness-spreads-throughout-the-globe

Covid-19: learnings for supporting migrant and minority ethnic communities

OPINION 11 January 2023 by Dr Paulina Trevena
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Dr Paulina Trevena on why not learning from the pandemic would be a lost opportunity

https://tfn.scot/opinion/covid-19-learnings-for-supporting-migrant-and-minority-ethnic-communities

Third sector can excel by focusing on the positives

NEWS 1 May 2018 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
Sean Duffy, new chief executive of the Wise Group, spoke to TFN after a series of Fair Start Scotland launch events were held

https://tfn.scot/news/third-sector-can-excel-by-focusing-on-the-positives

Grim sentence: death penalty on the rise

NEWS 2 April 2015 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
The number of death sentences handed down throughout the globe is on the increase, a new report reveals

https://tfn.scot/news/grim-sentence-death-penalty-on-the-rise

Organisations seeking public sector grants to pay real Living Wage and provide effective workers’ voice from 1 July 2023

Sheghley Ogilvie
10 May 2023
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These changes are part of the Scottish Government’s commitment to become a Fair Work Nation by 2025.,Details of both criteria and wider Fair Work commitments are available in the Scottish Government’s recently,Fair Work has been a Scottish Government priority since 2016.,The Scottish Government consulted on Becoming a Fair Work Nation in December 2021.,Fair Funding is central to the Scottish Government’s Fair Work ambitions.

https://scvo.scot/p/59575/2023/05/10/organisations-seeking-public-sector-grants-to-pay-real-living-wage-and-provide-effective-workers-voice-from-1-july-2023

'Pillars' for digital inclusion

Aaron Slater
21 July 2023
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(SCVO) and Dr Tara French, Digital Inclusion Lead (Digital Health & Care Directorate, Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/61043/2023/07/21/pillars-for-digital-inclusion

Care at home: a crisis unfolding in front of our eyes

FEATURE 25 October 2016 Guest post
Health & Social Care
Pennie Taylor spoke to care at home providers about how the introducing the Scottish Living Wage to all care staff will affect their business model

https://tfn.scot/features/care-at-home-a-crisis-unfolding-in-front-of-our-eyes

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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.