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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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Annie Lennox's global campaign calls for cash support to fight gender-based violence

NEWS 8 March 2024 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Coincides with International Women's Day

https://tfn.scot/news/annie-lennoxs-global-campaign-calls-for-cash-support-to-fight-gender-based-violence

Chief exec to step down

NEWS 4 October 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Alan Laidlaw will leave RHASS after eight years.

https://tfn.scot/news/chief-exec-to-step-down

Citizens Advice Scotland project expanded with additional funding

NEWS 17 March 2025 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
People with Council Tax debt will be supported.

https://tfn.scot/news/citizens-advice-scotland-project-expanded-with-additional-funding

More must be done to ensure safety of charity workers in Gaza, aid groups warn

NEWS 18 March 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
The call comes after the death of eight at the weekend.

https://tfn.scot/news/more-must-be-done-to-ensure-safety-of-charity-workers-in-gaza-aid-groups-warn

"Life-enhancing spaces": men's shed movement's election asks

NEWS 4 March 2026 by Graham Martin
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Actions aim to unlock their full potential as hubs of connection, purpose and wellbeing

https://tfn.scot/news/life-enhancing-spaces-mens-shed-movement-makes-election-asks

"Performative cruelty": charities slam asylum changes which could see kids handcuffed

NEWS 1 April 2026 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
They urge the Home Office to withdraw plans which could see children being forcibly restrained

https://tfn.scot/news/performative-cruelty-charities-slam-asylum-changes-which-could-see-kids-handcuffed

Extending freedom of information - could voluntary organisations be affected?

Paul Bradley
9 December 2022
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Campaigners say the Scottish Government has been too slow to act on the committee's recommendations,,The Scottish Government has since published its own consultation, which closes the following month on

https://scvo.scot/p/56065/2022/12/09/extending-freedom-of-information-could-voluntary-organisations-be-affected

Charity labels 500 hospital deaths as “tragic”

NEWS 13 September 2019 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
Age Scotland has said the amount of patients who die while waiting for discharge shows the need for urgent action in social care

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-labels-500-hospital-deaths-as-tragic

Care organisations hit out at visa plan

NEWS 21 July 2020 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
Social care staff have not been included in plans to give health workers from the EU priority to work in post-Brexit Britain

https://tfn.scot/news/care-organisations-hit-out-at-visa-plan

Health charity in NHS warning

NEWS 1 June 2020 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
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Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland says third sector organisations need long-term funding to help the NHS avoid a permanent state of crisis

https://tfn.scot/news/health-charity-in-nhs-warning

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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.