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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

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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Big Issue hosts 20 year celebration of street paper network

100 social entrepreneurs from 24 countries arrive in Glasgow to celebrate 20 years of changing the world

https://tfn.scot/news/big-issue-hosts-20-year-celebration-of-street-paper-network

Sanctions could double under Universal Credit

​Roll-out of the new payments system will bring with it a harsher sanction regime, a think tank warns

https://tfn.scot/news/sanctions-could-double-under-universal-credit

Universities must do more to accept people from poorer backgrounds

NUS Scotland calls on more to be done for applicants from most deprived areas

https://tfn.scot/news/universities-must-do-more-to-accept-people-from-poorer-backgrounds

Catholic charities could stall child abuse inquiry

​Historic child abuse inquiry years in the making - but Catholic charities seek legal challenge to chair's appointment

https://tfn.scot/news/catholic-charities-could-stall-child-abuse-inquiry

Edinburgh drastically cuts amount of rough sleepers

​Figures show council's intervention methods are working

https://tfn.scot/news/edinburgh-drastically-cuts-amount-of-rough-sleepers

Charities awarded cash to fund new ways to tackle poverty

The Community Capacity and Resilience Fund has awarded over £140,000 to help charities in Scotland investigate ideas

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-awarded-cash-to-fund-new-ways-to-tackle-poverty

If Surrey were Syria - Save the Children brings home horrors of war

The reality of living in a warzone has been brought home to people living in the UK in a remarkable stunt by a global aid agency

https://tfn.scot/news/horrors-of-the-syrian-civil-war-caught-on-camera-in-the-uk

Gender inequality impacts all organisations, including the third sector

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

Empty homes can solve Scotland’s housing crisis

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

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