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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 Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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Council allows the trashing of a wildlife haven

NEWS 30 March 2017 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
Environmentalists have expressed dismay at a council’s decision to allow peat extraction next to a protected site

https://tfn.scot/news/council-alows-the-trashing-of-a-wildlife-haven

Gift Aid warning to charities over furniture donations

NEWS 23 December 2014 by Graham Martin
Funding & Finance
Charities could lose out on Gift Aid from donations

https://tfn.scot/news/gift-aid-warning-to-charities-over-furniture-donations

School staff need specialist mental health training

NEWS 17 January 2018 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
A charity has revealed that two thirds of teachers do not feel they have had adequate training

https://tfn.scot/news/school-staff-need-specialist-mental-health-training

Politicians should build on social cohesion

NEWS 6 October 2020 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
RNIB Scotland is calling on all political parties to build on the greater social cohesion that the coronavirus crisis has engendered

https://tfn.scot/news/politicians-should-build-on-social-cohesion

Charities demand action in face of hothouse Earth disaster

NEWS 7 August 2018 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
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Humanity may have pushed the environment to the threshold of a disastrous “hothouse Earth” scenario say scientists

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-demand-action-in-face-of-hothouse-earth-disaster

A See Me campaign is needed to transform perceptions of homelessness

NEWS 28 February 2019 by Graham Martin
Regeneration & Housing
Homelessness in Scotland needs the equivalent of the See Me campaign – which has been successful in tackling public perception of mental health issues

https://tfn.scot/news/a-see-me-campaign-is-needed-to-transform-perceptions-of-homelessness

Brexit bonfire of our basic rights

NEWS 27 March 2017 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
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Brexit will strip the most vulnerable people in our society of vital rights – and could create more inequality says civil society leaders

https://tfn.scot/news/brexit-bonfire-of-our-basic-rights

Burnt for profits: Scottish countryside set ablaze by grouse shooters

NEWS 18 March 2019 by Graham Martin
Culture & Leisure
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Huge swathes of Scotland’s uplands are being set ablaze to create profits for the shooting industry

https://tfn.scot/news/burnt-for-profits-scottish-countryside-set-ablaze-by-grouse-shooters

DWP refusing to release secret reviews into claimant deaths

NEWS 22 June 2016 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Campaigners say DWP is breaching the law by delaying release of nine secret reviews

https://tfn.scot/news/dwp-refusing-to-release-secret-reviews-into-claimant-deaths

Slow down: charities back move to blitz road speeds

NEWS 15 May 2017 by Graham Martin
Health & Social Care
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Charities are backing a move to reduce the speed limit in built up areas to 20mph

https://tfn.scot/news/slow-down-charities-back-move-to-blitz-road-speeds

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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.