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Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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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Charity mergers need not only be an emergency option, experts say

NEWS 8 September 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Funding & Finance
The potential for a spike in amalgamations has emerged on the back of research showing that eight-in-10 Scottish charities face cash challenges.

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-mergers-need-not-only-be-an-emergency-option-experts-say

Path fund is open for applications from community groups and charities

NEWS 11 August 2022 by Rab Armour
Environment & International
Funding & Finance
Supports path management as well as active travel

https://tfn.scot/news/path-fund-is-open-for-applications-from-community-groups-and-charities

Revealed: how women bear the brunt of the public debt crisis

NEWS 25 November 2025 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Aberlour, One Parent Families Scotland and Trussell commissioned the research as they campaign for reform of how debt is pursued

https://tfn.scot/news/revealed-how-women-bear-the-brunt-of-the-public-debt-crisis

Nursery closures will hit low-income parents hard

NEWS 21 May 2025 by Rab Armour
Management
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Campaigners hit out

https://tfn.scot/news/nursery-closures-will-hit-low-income-parents-hard

Revealed: how lack of Fair Funding impacts charity staff

NEWS 17 March 2026 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Insecurity, uncertainty and shortages impacting on pay and resources are all hitting hard

https://tfn.scot/news/revealed-how-lack-of-fair-funding-impacts-charity-staff

Revealed: how a lack of fair funding impacts charity workers and services

NEWS 29 December 2025 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
New research underlines pressures on third sector workforce

https://tfn.scot/news/revealed-how-a-lack-of-fair-funding-impacts-charity-workers-and-services

SCVO response to pre-budget scrutiny 2023/24: the sector's role in reducing inequalities & alleviating poverty

Jason Henderson
14 September 2022
Posted in
services (funding, digital, membership support, and information).Parliamentary records and Scottish Government,policy submissions, engagement, and research with the sector throughout 21-22,including, ‘Scottish Government,We recognise that the UK Government must take major interventions to ensure the public and voluntary,to the Scottish Government.,and the Scottish Government’s emergency budgets.

https://scvo.scot/p/53665/2022/09/14/scvo-response-to-pre-budget-scrutiny-2023-24-the-sectors-role-in-reducing-inequalities-alleviating-poverty

New Horizons

Irene Oldfather
21 September 2022
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a Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) for discussion at the UK level between stakeholders and the UK Government,Last year the UK Government opened up Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for membership of the UK DAG, and,representation from the voluntary sector is crucial because these structures will enable the UK Government,We often think of trade as macro, high-level policy that should be left for Government-to-Government

https://scvo.scot/p/53747/2022/09/21/new-horizons

Long-read exclusive: Girlguiding UK facing wide-ranging repercussions after ban on trans women and girls

NEWS 12 December 2025 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
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Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
Funding & Finance
After a major change to its equality and diversity policy, the UK-wide charity has found itself at the centre of a storm

https://tfn.scot/news/long-read-exclusive-girlguiding-uk-facing-wide-ranging-repercussions-after-ban-on-trans-women-and-girls

Energy price guarantee fails to give voluntary organisations certainty - SCVO

Press release
8 September 2022
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Responding to the UK Government’s announcement of a six-month energy price guarantee for businesses,,More funding from the UK Government to the Scottish Government is essential to support voluntary organisations

https://scvo.scot/p/53555/2022/09/08/energy-price-guarantee-fails-to-give-voluntary-organisations-certainty-scvo

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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.