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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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Poorest Scots set for bleakest winter

NEWS 14 September 2020 by Robert Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
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Pandemic has exacerbated their problems

https://tfn.scot/news/poorest-scots-set-for-bleakest-winter

Sector wants Brexit health and social care probe

NEWS 21 November 2018 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
Organisations from across the UK have backed calls for an independent examination of how Brexit will affect health and social care

https://tfn.scot/news/sector-wants-brexit-health-and-social-care-probe

Survey lays bare grim reality of child poverty

NEWS 11 September 2024 by Robert Armour
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
Families face daily struggle to support children

https://tfn.scot/news/survey-lays-bare-grim-reality-of-child-poverty

Two child limit entrenching families into poverty

NEWS 21 October 2024 by Robert Armour
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
Removing the cap could lift 500,000 children out of poverty

https://tfn.scot/news/two-child-limit-entrenching-families-into-poverty

Save the Children warns of devastating impact of aid cuts on children worldwide 

NEWS 4 March 2025 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Both the US and UK Governments have announced swingeing cuts to overseas development funding.

https://tfn.scot/news/save-the-children-warns-of-devastating-impact-of-aid-cuts-on-children-worldwide

Free rail travel for companions a boon to those with sight loss

NEWS 24 March 2025 by Robert Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Pilot project hopes to become permanent

https://tfn.scot/news/free-rail-travel-for-companions-a-boon-to-those-with-sight-loss

Government warned Scotland must prepare for ageing population

NEWS 13 July 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
1 comment
Since 2000, the number of people aged 65 and over in Scotland has increased by a third, while the number of children has fallen by six per cent. 

https://tfn.scot/news/government-warned-scotland-must-prepare-for-ageing-population

Let's create a Scotland that cares about carers

NEWS 29 September 2022 by Graham Martin
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Major civil society campaign says the cost of living crisis has made an already perilous situation even worse

https://tfn.scot/news/lets-create-a-scotland-that-cares-about-carers

Scotland’s poorest families’ income deducted to cover debts to public bodies

NEWS 28 November 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#CostOfLivingCrisis
The report shows that more than half of families with children in Scotland receiving Universal Credit are having their incomes reduced by the DWP to pay off these debts.

https://tfn.scot/news/scotlands-poorest-families-income-deducted-to-cover-debts-to-public-bodies

Scots aid charity rewarded for its climate change work

NEWS 9 February 2023 by Robert Armour
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Tackling climate change has become a priority for aid groups

https://tfn.scot/news/scots-aid-charity-rewarded-for-its-climate-change-work

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2025. 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.