Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Wildlife groups: shooting industry must be regulated

NEWS 26 May 2017 by Graham Martin

Environment & International

Wildlife conservation groups want a “progressive partnership” with the shooting community, to develop a licensing scheme for gamebird hunting

https://tfn.scot/news/wildlife-groups-shooting-industry-must-be-regulated

Tackling inequality should be central to recovery, report recommends

NEWS 21 January 2021 by Gareth Jones

Families & Young People

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

#NeverMoreNeeded

The Social Renewal Advisory Board has said creating a minimum income guarantee and helping those most affected by Covid-19 will result in a fairer Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/tackling-inequality-should-be-central-to-recovery-report-recommends

Coalition calls for sweeping changes to mental health and wellbeing

NEWS 23 February 2021 by Gareth Jones

Management

Health & Social Care

#NeverMoreNeeded

Scotland’s Mental Health Partnership has published its manifesto Promote, Prevent, Provide

https://tfn.scot/news/coalition-calls-for-sweeping-changes-to-mental-health-and-wellbeing

Shelter Scotland calls for “immediate intervention” against council

NEWS 12 December 2024 by Niall Christie

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Regeneration & Housing

#Society

#Politics

Councillors in Edinburgh voted to strip homeless households of human rights.

https://tfn.scot/news/shelter-scotland-calls-for-immediate-intervention-against-council

The referendum: which way for social justice in Scotland?

OPINION 12 September 2014 Guest post

Management

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Maggie Kelly of Third Sector Yes is a writer and policy and campaigns advisor having worked in the third sector in Scotland and London for 20 years

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-referendum-which-way-for-social-justice-in-scotland

Is the grass always greener?

FEATURE 1 February 2023 by Niall Christie

Environment & International

Niall Christie takes a deep dive into greenwashing, and asks whether charities are unwittingly getting caught up in schemes which allow big business planet polluters to cover up their dirty deeds

https://tfn.scot/features/is-the-grass-always-greener

SCVO response to the Finance & Public Administration Committee: Scotland's public finances in 2023-24 - the impact of the cost of living and public service reform

Sheghley Ogilvie

19 August 2022

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Policy reports

Parliamentary records and Scottish Government publications. ,Government in the 2023/24 UK Budget.,of the voluntary sector across all Scottish Government departments and local government be published,in the Open Government Action Plan.,The UK Government must provide additional support in the upcoming budget to the Scottish Government to

https://scvo.scot/p/52616/2022/08/19/scvo-response-to-the-finance-public-administration-committee-scotlands-public-finances-in-2023-24-the-impact-of-the-cost-of-living-and-public-service-reform