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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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£5m to tackle mental health stigma and discrimination

NEWS 28 September 2021 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
See Me has had its funding confirmed for the next five years

https://tfn.scot/news/5m-to-tackle-mental-health-stigma-and-discrimination

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

Familiar face becomes chair at housing charity

NEWS 14 August 2026 by Rab Armour
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
Led Aberlour for 11 years

https://tfn.scot/news/familiar-face-becomes-chair-at-housing-charity

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

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

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

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

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

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

Is there a future for Scotland’s National Performance Framework? 

Paul Bradley
6 June 2023
Posted in
The latest statutory review of Scotland's National Outcomes, which the Scottish Government is obliged,The Scottish Government's consultation on the National Outcomes, due to close on 12 June, provides the,Here, SCVO will call on the government to address the glaring omission of the voluntary sector.,The Scottish Government's latest correspondence to the Scottish Parliament says that it will publish,Still, the Scottish Government should have focused on visibility, accountability, and collaboration in

https://scvo.scot/p/60098/2023/06/06/is-there-a-future-for-scotlands-national-performance-framework

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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.