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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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More than 110 homelessness CEOs call for National Insurance support

NEWS 14 November 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#NIHike
Estimates suggest National Insurance rises will cost homelessness services between £50million and £60m per year.

https://tfn.scot/news/more-than-110-homelessness-ceos-call-for-national-insurance-support

Greenspace campaigners to learn their fate

NEWS 29 September 2015 by Robert Armour
Families & Young People
​After years of battling, campaigners expect a decision to see if a greenspace site in Glasgow will remain in the community

https://tfn.scot/news/greenspace-campaigners-to-learn-their-fate

Project aims to identify community legal rights

NEWS 28 May 2018 by Gareth Jones
Regeneration & Housing
Democracy Matters aims to get local people talking on how they can have an influence on important decisions

https://tfn.scot/news/project-aims-to-identify-community-legal-rights

Failings in the system fuel food poverty

NEWS 2 October 2019 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
A Menu for Change has produced a report which contains heart-breaking stories of poverty

https://tfn.scot/news/failings-in-the-system-fuel-food-poverty

The third sector director of the year is leading by example

FEATURE 10 April 2014 by Paul Cardwell
Management
Ronie Walters, financial director for Orkney Micro Renewables, has just been named the Insititute of Director's third sector director of the year

https://tfn.scot/features/the-third-sector-director-of-the-year-is-leading-by-example

Young Scots are moulding the future of volunteering

FEATURE 1 June 2018 by Gareth Jones
Management
Volunteers' Week 2018 is underway, with a focus on recruiting new volunteers through engagement with young people

https://tfn.scot/features/volunteering-should-be-for-all

Charities must merge and curb senior management pay to weather funding storm

NEWS 26 July 2016 by Graham Martin
Health & Social Care
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A whirlwind of closures is about to engulf care charities – which must make a choice between paying senior management salaries and providing services

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-must-merge-and-curb-senior-management-pay-to-weather-funding-stor

Daily coronavirus roundup for third sector, Monday 6 July

FEATURE 6 July 2020 by Gareth Jones
Culture & Leisure
Reporting on how the voluntary sector is responding to the pandemic #NeverMoreNeeded

https://tfn.scot/features/daily-coronavirus-roundup-for-third-sector-monday-6-july

Progressing the transfer from UK Personal Independence Payment to Scotland’s Adult Disability Payment

OPINION 10 May 2022 by Ben Macpherson
Management
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
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Ben Macpherson MSP updates on important changes to Scotland's social security system

https://tfn.scot/opinion/progressing-the-transfer-from-uk-personal-independence-payment-to-scotlands-adult-disability-payment

Resistance is fertile: take back our world from corporate power

NEWS 17 February 2017 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
Campaigners working from the grassroots up have the power to change the world, major conference hears

https://tfn.scot/news/resistance-is-fertile-take-back-our-world-from-corporate-power

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2025. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.