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Charities help save beaver family from a cruel cull

NEWS 1 December 2021 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
The move, known as a translocation, was carried out by the Beaver Trust

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-help-save-beaver-family-from-a-cruel-cull

Battered and bruised - but the sector still stands tall

NEWS 1 December 2021 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Voluntary groups have dug deep to meet the ongoing challenges of the pandemic

https://tfn.scot/news/battered-and-bruised-but-the-sector-still-stands-tall

Covid has intensified poverty across Scotland

NEWS 3 December 2021 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
Lone parents, black and minority ethnic families, and families with a disabled parent or child the most impacted

https://tfn.scot/news/covid-has-intensified-poverty-across-scotland

People power forces Shell's retreat from "toxic" Cambo oil development

NEWS 3 December 2021 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
Environmentalists say the work of campaigners made the petrochemical giant think twice

https://tfn.scot/news/people-power-forces-shells-retreat-from-toxic-cambo-oil-development

Pressure grows on big pharma to loosen grip on vaccine patents

NEWS 6 December 2021 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
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Campaigners say Boris Johnson must join in calls for waiving of intellectual property rights to beat vaccine inequality

https://tfn.scot/news/pressure-grows-on-big-pharma-to-loosen-grip-on-vaccine-patents

Pay rise for charity's frontline staff

NEWS 6 December 2021 by Graham Martin
Management
Health & Social Care
Enable Scotland now pays £10.40 per hour, going beyond the Scottish Government-funded pay increase

https://tfn.scot/news/pay-rise-for-charitys-frontline-staff

Human right to a healthy environment must be enshrined in law

NEWS 9 December 2021 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Petition launched calling for action to hold public bodies and polluters to account

https://tfn.scot/news/human-right-to-a-healthy-environment-must-be-enshrined-in-law

Charities hit as donations and fundraising fall during the pandemic

NEWS 9 December 2021 by Graham Martin
Management
Funding & Finance
However, around 9% of donors say they increased donations or started giving for the first time

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-hit-as-donations-and-fundraising-fall-during-the-pandemic

Useful steps: sector broadly welcomes Scottish budget commitments

NEWS 10 December 2021 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Read TFN's round-up of sector commentary

https://tfn.scot/news/useful-steps-sector-broadly-welcomes-scottish-budget-commitments

Campaigners hail "nail in coffin" of North Sea oil production

NEWS 13 December 2021 by Rab Armour
Environment & International
Work on new oilfield has been halted

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-hail-nail-in-coffin-of-north-sea-oil-production

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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.