Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Cop28: Scotland must show leadership on the climate crisis

NEWS 30 November 2023 by Graham Martin

Social Justice & Poverty

Environment & International

"With talks being hosted by one of the world’s biggest exporters of fossil fuels, many are very doubtful we will end up with agreements anywhere near what is needed"

https://tfn.scot/news/cop28-scotland-must-show-leadership-on-the-climate-crisis

Impossible situation as many forced into unpaid care

NEWS 10 June 2024 by Rab Armour

Management

Health & Social Care

Unpaid care for friends, family and loved ones is not a choice for many Scots

https://tfn.scot/news/impossible-situation-as-many-forced-into-unpaid-care

Homeless, penniless, stateless and destitute

FEATURE 19 June 2017 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

An independent advocacy service could be a first step in a new preventative approach to tackling the destitution facing by asylum seekers in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/features/homeless-penniless-stateless-and-destitute

Help inform a multi-year spending review that delivers for Scotland’s voluntary sector

Paul Bradley

7 March 2022

Posted in

Policy

Fair Funding

The Scottish Government’s consultation on its first multi-year resource spending review since 2011 closes,By deliver, we mean the mainstreaming of multi-year funding from both the Scottish and local government,power, following the UK Government’s multi-year spending review last year.,While I hope the committee will make important recommendations to the Scottish Government in its official,report, which will be published soon, we need the Scottish Government to hear our voices loud and clear

https://scvo.scot/p/49187/2022/03/07/help-inform-a-multi-year-spending-review-that-delivers-for-scotlands-voluntary-sector