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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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“At this moment perhaps more than any other, we should be looking to project our power and influence for good around the world…

OPINION 1 March 2025 by Graham Martin

https://tfn.scot/opinion/at-this-moment-perhaps-more-than-any-other-we-should-be-looking-to-project-our-power-and-influence-for-good-around-the-world

Personal privacy is the next big civil liberties battle 

OPINION 10 March 2025 by Mhoraig Green
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Social Justice & Poverty
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#Technology

https://tfn.scot/opinion/personal-privacy-is-the-next-big-civil-liberties-battle

Beware of the blame game on ‘choices’  

OPINION 14 April 2025 by David Hilferty
Families & Young People
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David Hilferty on the need for political action needed to deal with the debt crisis

https://tfn.scot/opinion/beware-of-the-blame-game-on-choices

Benefit sanctions are “like domestic abuse”

NEWS 18 March 2015 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
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​Woman tells a poverty investigation sanctions were humiliating and degrading

https://tfn.scot/news/paisley-woman-sanctions-are-like-domestic-abuse

Charities invited to apply for funding to be part of child mentoring scheme

NEWS 29 July 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Health & Social Care
£1 million is available to voluntary organisations as part of the first phase of a charity led programme that will support looked after children

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-invited-to-apply-for-funding-to-be-part-of-child-mentoring-scheme

Social enterprises face financial threat

NEWS 1 September 2020 by Gareth Jones
Funding & Finance
New research has laid bare the challenges organisations face as they struggle with the fallout of Covid-19 #NeverMoreNeeded

https://tfn.scot/news/social-enterprises-face-financial-threat

Further benefits cap will push more Scots to the brink say campaigners

NEWS 22 June 2022 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Cap means there will be no cost-of-living increase for thousands on benefits

https://tfn.scot/news/further-benefits-cap-will-push-more-scots-to-the-brink-say-campaigners

Public don't realise extent of homeless children in Scotland

NEWS 16 December 2021 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Regeneration & Housing
A classroom full of children are made homeless each day in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/public-dont-realise-extent-of-homeless-children-in-scotland

Community approach key to ending reliance on foodbanks, government told

NEWS 24 January 2022 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Where help to access food is needed, this should be provided in a way that maximises dignity, choice and reduces future need

https://tfn.scot/news/community-approach-key-to-ending-reliance-on-foodbanks-government-told

Radical plan to revolutionise land ownership in Scotland

NEWS 17 March 2021 by Graham Martin
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It has been described as “the tipping point" in the centuries-old debate over who owns Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/radical-plan-to-revolutionise-land-ownership-in-scotland

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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.