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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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Age Scotland brings in business experts to grow commercial arm

NEWS 10 January 2017 by Susan Smith
Health & Social Care
Scotland's leading older people's charity is setting up a new commercial enterprise in a bid to grow income while protecting the charity's name

https://tfn.scot/news/age-scotland-brings-in-business-experts-to-grow-commercial-arm

New volunteering charter for Glasgow

NEWS 10 June 2016 by Graham Martin
Management
Charities, public bodies and the private sector are being called upon to sign up to Glasgow’s first Volunteering Charter

https://tfn.scot/news/new-volunteering-charter-for-glasgow

Over 5,000 children in Scotland will be homeless this Christmas

NEWS 2 November 2016 by Molly Millar
Regeneration & Housing
Shelter Scotland has released new research on the increased number of children who will be without a home at Christmas, and urges us to do more

https://tfn.scot/news/over-5000-children-in-scotland-will-be-homeless-this-christmas

Benefits should be automatic and lifelong for people with MND

NEWS 24 October 2016 by Gavin Stuart
Health & Social Care
People with motor neuron disease (MND) should be able to access certain benefits without assessment for the rest of their lives, a charity has said

https://tfn.scot/news/benefits-should-be-automatic-and-lifelong-for-people-with-mnd

Providing affordable credit to those who need it most

OPINION 14 October 2022 by Alastair Davis
Management
Funding & Finance
At SIS, we see the provision of affordable credit as a very critical part of helping to create a socially and economically inclusive Scotland.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/providing-affordable-credit-to-those-who-need-it-most

An indictment of the time we live in: why we've opened a warm bank

OPINION 14 December 2022 by James Wells
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
#CostOfLivingCrisis
James Wells of the LifeCare Edinburgh charity on the reasons it is opening its doors

https://tfn.scot/opinion/an-indictment-of-the-time-we-live-in-why-weve-opened-a-warm-bank

A revolutionary new vision for social security, designed by and for disabled people

OPINION 11 August 2025 by Erica Young
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
Erica Young on potentially transformative benefit proposals

https://tfn.scot/opinion/a-revolutionary-new-vision-for-social-security-designed-by-and-for-disabled-people

It may yet be eight months or so away, but make no mistake, we are now in an election campaign.

OPINION 1 September 2025 by Graham Martin

https://tfn.scot/opinion/it-may-yet-be-eight-months-or-so-away-but-make-no-mistake-we-are-now-in-an-election-campaign

We’ll never stop fighting for an end to child poverty

OPINION 9 October 2025 by Lily Humphreys
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
This Challenge Poverty Week, Children First policy manager Lily Humphreys lays out what needs to change to end child poverty in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/well-never-stop-fighting-for-an-end-to-child-poverty

Trustees' Week: do you have what it takes to help run a charity?

OPINION 31 October 2025 by Simon Rennie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Simon Rennie on the vital role played by trustees

https://tfn.scot/opinion/trustee-week-do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-help-run-a-charity

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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.