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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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Loneliness having serious mental health impact, study shows

NEWS 9 May 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Health & Social Care
In a survey of 1,000 adults a quarter of people say they felt lonely some or all of the time in the previous month.  

https://tfn.scot/news/loneliness-having-serious-mental-health-impact-study-shows

Commission calls for mandatory equality pay gap reporting

NEWS 2 November 2022 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
The commission found a significant need for more data on ethnicity pay gaps and disability in the workforce across Scotland and the UK. 

https://tfn.scot/news/commission-calls-for-mandatory-equality-pay-gap-reporting

Scotland must play its part in averting climate disaster, campaigners warn

NEWS 28 February 2022 by Niall Christie
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
We can’t talk a good game on the international stage and fail to deliver at home. We must give and we must act.”

https://tfn.scot/news/scotland-must-play-its-part-in-averting-climate-disaster-campaigners-warn

Scotland’s social security system reaches a significant milestone 

OPINION 18 November 2024 by Erica Young
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
Erica Young reflects on two years of Scotland’s Adult Disability Payment

https://tfn.scot/opinion/scotlands-social-security-system-reaches-a-significant-milestone

I’m getting tired of playing the cost of living game  

OPINION 2 June 2025 by David Hilferty
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
1 comment
David Hilferty: framing the cost of living crisis in terms of individual choices is entirely to miss the point

https://tfn.scot/opinion/im-getting-tired-of-playing-the-cost-of-living-game

What does Whole Family Support really mean?

OPINION 6 October 2025 by David Hilferty
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
David Hilferty on putting government plans into practice

https://tfn.scot/opinion/what-does-whole-family-support-really-mean

Ofgem’s plans on energy debt don’t go nearly far enough 

OPINION 10 November 2025 by David Hilferty
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
1 comment
David Hilferty on the inevitable winter fuel crisis

https://tfn.scot/opinion/ofgems-plans-on-energy-debt-dont-go-nearly-far-enough

Multi-year investment is a game-changer – and its timing couldn’t be more welcome

OPINION 23 February 2026 by David Hilferty
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
David Hilferty welcomes change – but we need more

https://tfn.scot/opinion/multi-year-investment-is-a-game-changer-and-its-timing-couldnt-be-more-welcome

The cost of living crisis isn’t back: it never went away 

OPINION 3 March 2025 by Derek Mitchell
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
1 comment
Derek Mitchell: further increases in energy prices will be devastating for so many households 

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-cost-of-living-crisis-isnt-back-it-never-went-away

We marched to demand action and a fairer society 

OPINION 27 October 2025 by Derek Mitchell
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
"The fact that the campaign emerged from Scotland’s charity sector is significant, because we see the reality of how people are living"

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-marched-to-demand-action-and-a-fairer-society

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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.