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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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Empty homes can solve Scotland’s housing crisis

NEWS 17 November 2015 by Rab Armour
Regeneration & Housing
Bringing empty homes back into use could go some way to solving the country's housing problems says leading charity

https://tfn.scot/news/empty-homes-can-solve-scotlands-housing-crisis

Osborne’s tampon tax concession receives social media backlash

NEWS 25 November 2015 by Rab Armour
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​Moves to divert VAT on women's sanitary products invokes social media backlash

https://tfn.scot/news/osbornes-tampon-tax-concession-receives-social-media-backlash

Scottish Women’s Aid celebrates 40 years of progress in helping women

NEWS 11 May 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Families & Young People
The charity was founded in 1976 in order to provide national representation for the growing network of Women’s Aid groups throughout Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-womens-aid-celebrates-40-years-of-progress-in-helping-women

It’s a scandal that we know more about Jedi Knights than our armed service community

NEWS 16 May 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Health & Social Care
Charity blasts fact we know more about Jedi Knights than our armed service community

https://tfn.scot/news/its-a-scandal-we-know-more-about-jedi-knights-than-armed-service-personnel

7,000th job for third sector celebrated

NEWS 17 May 2016 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Third sector boosted by success of Community Jobs Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/7000th-job-for-third-sector-celebrated

Furlough factor adds new dimension to ensuring fair play with third sector redundancies

OPINION 14 October 2020 by Ben Doherty
Management
Ben Doherty says that fairness must be at the centre of all decisions on redundancy

https://tfn.scot/opinion/furlough-factor-adds-new-dimension-to-ensuring-fair-play-with-third-sector-redundancies

Gender inequality impacts all organisations, including the third sector

OPINION 27 June 2023 Sponsored content
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Equally Safe at Work is an employer accreditation programme designed to support employers understand the causes of their gender pay gap by providing a framework to drive change.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/gender-inequality-impacts-all-organisations-including-the-third-sector

Helping people with debt? Support is here

OPINION 2 May 2025 Sponsored content
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Sponsored: StepChange Debt Charity has published a free, government-backed guide to help people in Scotland deal with financial difficulty and debt

https://tfn.scot/opinion/helping-people-with-debt-support-is-here

A letter of love to the sector

OPINION 12 March 2021 by George Thomson
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George Thomson reflects on his career in the voluntary sector as he announces his retirement

https://tfn.scot/opinion/a-letter-of-love-to-the-sector

Kids with learning disabilities vulnerable to child abuse predators

NEWS 10 September 2015 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Children with learning disabilities are more vulnerable to sexual exploitation than others, shock new research has found

https://tfn.scot/news/learning-disabled-kids-victims-of-child-abuse-predators

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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.