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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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Holyrood election 2016 - the main parties pitch to the third sector on youth issues

NEWS 14 April 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Health & Social Care
Every week until the 5 May Holyrood poll, we will be asking the five main parties to spell out what they offer Scotland’s third sector.

https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-election-2016-the-main-parties-tackle-the-big-youth-issues

Scottish Government must do more to end child exploitation

OPINION 12 July 2023 by Daljeet Dagon
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Daljeet Dagon says vital intervention is needed for a problem that is on the rise

https://tfn.scot/opinion/scottish-government-must-do-more-to-end-child-exploitation

Access to justice for all 

OPINION 21 September 2023 by Eleanor Deeming Johnstone
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
New paper focuses on access to justice for economic, social, cultural and environmental rights.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/access-to-justice-for-all

Fairer wage deductions: six months on, are workers better protected?

OPINION 30 October 2025 by Ahsan Mustafa
Management
Funding & Finance
Ahsan Mustafa on new rules around debt recovery

https://tfn.scot/opinion/fairer-wage-deductions-six-months-on-are-workers-better-protected

Donald Trump’s new fragrances vs the real world

OPINION 12 December 2024 by Duncan Thorp
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Duncan Thorp on democracy in 2024

https://tfn.scot/opinion/donald-trumps-new-fragrances-vs-the-real-world

Scale of starvation in east Africa revealed - as once again the world fails to act

NEWS 18 May 2022 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
A new report outlines the desperate conditions on the ground in drought-ravaged Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia

https://tfn.scot/news/scale-of-starvation-in-east-africa-revealed-as-once-again-the-world-fails-to-act

COP26 Glasgow: daily third sector briefing

NEWS 9 November 2021 by Rab Armour
Management
Amazon people visit Argyll

https://tfn.scot/news/cop26-glasgow-daily-third-sector-briefing

Community call as coronavirus cases rise

NEWS 12 March 2020 by Gareth Jones
Regeneration & Housing
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Scots are being asked to ensure links within their community are strengthened as the prospect of mass social isolation grows

https://tfn.scot/news/community-call-as-coronavirus-cases-rise

Charities left “frustrated and worried” over lack of banking support

NEWS 3 December 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Funding & Finance
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Charities continue to face challenges engaging with banks as the financial institutions struggle to understand voluntary sector structures, a new report has warned. 

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-left-frustrated-and-worried-over-lack-of-banking-support

A fair wealth tax could raise almost half a billion pounds a year from richest families

NEWS 8 October 2025 by Niall Christie
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
New report reinforces case for stronger wealth taxes as a key building block of wider package of UK and Scottish fair tax reforms

https://tfn.scot/news/a-fair-wealth-tax-could-raise-almost-half-a-billion-pounds-a-year-from-richest-families

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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.