Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Scottish kids knock back 4 million sugary drinks a week

NEWS 4 December 2018 by Susan Smith

Health & Social Care

Cancer Research UK is calling for a clamp down on multi-buy supermarket offers

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-kids-knock-back-4-million-sugary-drinks-a-week

Shocking treatment of disabled people exposed yet again

NEWS 8 June 2016 by Paul Cardwell

Social Justice & Poverty

A UK disability charity has revealed a catalogue of errors surrounding personal independence payments it says has caused "truly shocking" levels of stress

https://tfn.scot/news/shocking-treatment-of-disabled-people-exposed-yet-again

Tributes paid to disability campaigner Lord Rix

NEWS 22 August 2016 by Gavin Stuart

Health & Social Care

Tributes have been paid to disability campaigner and actor Lord Rix, who died on Saturday aged 92.

https://tfn.scot/news/tributes-paid-to-disability-campaigner-lord-rix

Third Sector Summit told: “Attack on the weak” has created an unequal society

NEWS 21 November 2014 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

The net effect on the government's "attack on the weak" is more people are reliant society

https://tfn.scot/news/third-sector-summit-told-attack-on-the-weak-has-created-an-unequal-society

£5m fund to help voluntary sector transition to net zero

NEWS 29 November 2021 by Graham Martin

Management

Environment & International

Funding & Finance

Managed by Social investment Scotland, the fund will provide loans to successful applicants starting from £10,000

https://tfn.scot/news/5m-fund-to-help-voluntary-sector-transition-to-net-zero

Pressure grows on big pharma to loosen grip on vaccine patents

NEWS 6 December 2021 by Graham Martin

Environment & International

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Campaigners say Boris Johnson must join in calls for waiving of intellectual property rights to beat vaccine inequality

https://tfn.scot/news/pressure-grows-on-big-pharma-to-loosen-grip-on-vaccine-patents

Charities call for action on "vaccine apartheid"

NEWS 10 June 2021 by Gareth Jones

Environment & International

Health & Social Care

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Members of the international People’s Vaccine Alliance have called for intellectual property rules on vaccines to be waived to help global access to vaccination

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-call-for-action-on-vaccine-apartheid