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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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Health and social care integration slammed by public finance watchdog

NEWS 15 November 2018 by Gareth Jones
Management
The Accounts Commission has called for improved leadership and better collaboration with the third sector to ensure health and social care integration success

https://tfn.scot/news/need-for-greater-third-sector-involvement-in-health-and-social-care-integra

Half of LGBT Scots battle depression

NEWS 10 January 2019 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
A study by Stonewall Scotland has revealed the poor level of mental health among LGBT people

https://tfn.scot/news/half-of-lgbt-scots-battle-depression

Sturgeon “must take action” after golden eagles disappear on grouse moor

NEWS 1 July 2019 by Gavin Stuart
Management
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Campaigners call for urgent review of wildlife policing after more raptors go missing in suspicious circumstances.

https://tfn.scot/news/sturgeon-must-take-action-after-golden-eagles-disappear

Scots aid charity rewarded for its climate change work

NEWS 9 February 2023 by Rab 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

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
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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

Survey lays bare grim reality of child poverty

NEWS 11 September 2024 by Rab 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

Job cuts at Foreign Office will limit UK’s ability to deliver on international aid commitments

NEWS 16 December 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Environment & International
Funding & Finance
The PCS union has said up to 1,885 jobs could go in a planned restructure. 

https://tfn.scot/news/job-cuts-at-foreign-office-will-limit-uks-ability-to-deliver-on-international-aid-commitments

Two child limit entrenching families into poverty

NEWS 21 October 2024 by Rab 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

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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.