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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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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

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

Salmon farm decision splits conservation groups

NEWS 28 August 2025 by Rab Armour
Management
Environment & International
Many are against while others have come out in favour

https://tfn.scot/news/salmon-farm-decision-splits-conservation-groups

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

Workers at social care charity balloted for strike action. 

NEWS 10 September 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Hundreds of staff working for Enable are to be asked if they’re prepared to strike over pay.

https://tfn.scot/news/workers-at-social-care-charity-balloted-for-strike-action

Mike Flynn retires from Scottish SPCA after 37 years

NEWS 24 September 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Environment & International
Before he joined The Scottish SPCA, Mike worked with animals and was an elephant keeper at Edinburgh Zoo.

https://tfn.scot/news/mike-flynn-retires-from-scottish-spca-after-37-years

New members appointed to the Scottish Human Rights Commission

NEWS 5 August 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
The new commissioners include those with third sector experience. 

https://tfn.scot/news/new-members-appointed-to-the-scottish-human-rights-commission

Huge medical breakthrough hailed by charity but warning made over defunding services

NEWS 24 September 2025 by Rab Armour
Health & Social Care
Breakthrough hailed as miraculous but services in Scotland could suffer

https://tfn.scot/news/huge-medical-breakthrough-hailed-by-charity-but-warns-over-defunding-services

Manifesto is a route map to ending homelessness in Scotland

NEWS 10 October 2025 by Graham Martin
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Regeneration & Housing
Cyrenians say we need much more social housing but we cannot simply build our way out of homelessness

https://tfn.scot/news/manifesto-is-a-route-map-to-ending-homelessness-in-scotland

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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.