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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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The Lens is focused on your ideas

NEWS 8 September 2015 by Susan Smith
Health & Social Care
New charity The Lens aims to encourage staff innovation and entrepreneurship within existing Scottish charities

https://tfn.scot/news/turning-the-focus-on-your-ideas

Deluge of criticism after DWP admits to faking case studies

NEWS 19 August 2015 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
​Civil servants used fake studies saying benefit sanctions helped claimants in their search for work

https://tfn.scot/news/deluge-of-criticism-after-dwp-admits-to-faking-case-studies

Less stepping back, more stepping up: Scotland’s next chapter in public service reform

OPINION 21 October 2025 by Giles Ruck
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Giles Ruck on an initiative that places the voices of local people and those with lived experience at the heart of funding decisions

https://tfn.scot/opinion/less-stepping-back-more-stepping-up-scotlands-next-chapter-in-public-service-reform

Volunteers needed urgently for dementia trials

NEWS 19 July 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Health & Social Care
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Those with dementia or experiencing early memory problems are urgently needed for new drug studies say scientists

https://tfn.scot/news/volunteers-needed-urgently-for-dementia-trials-opening-in-scotland

Charities missing out on millions in Gift Aid

NEWS 6 August 2016 by Graham Martin
Management
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Charities recouped a record £1.26 billion in Gift Aid tax relief last year – 20% more than they did five years ago

https://tfn.scot/news/record-amount-gained-from-gift-aid-but-charities-stlll-missing-out-on-billi

Charity tells Police Scotland to get its priorities right over young people

NEWS 25 October 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Families & Young People
Members of the Young Scot Police Scotland Youth Advisory Panel have secured five pledges from the force as to how it will work with children and young people

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-tells-police-to-get-its-priorities-right

Call for action as the number of young women suffering domestic abuse rises

NEWS 29 November 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Families & Young People
Charities launch campaign after figures show a rise 8.9% in reported incidents of domestic abuse where the victim is a woman under the age of 30

https://tfn.scot/news/call-for-action-as-the-number-of-young-women-being-abused-rises

Chief Encounters: John Macmillan, Eric Liddell Centre

NEWS 19 July 2017 by TFN
Health & Social Care
John Macmillan, chief executive of the Eric Liddell Centre, likes to take to the piste when he's not watching Game of Thrones

https://tfn.scot/news/chief-encounters-john-macmillan-eric-liddell-centre

UK welfare system savaged by those forced to use it

NEWS 14 November 2017 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
The UK’s welfare set up has been slated – by the very people forced to endure it

https://tfn.scot/news/uk-welfare-system-savaged-by-those-forced-to-use-it

Anger as “callous” Tory Esther McVey gets DWP top job

NEWS 10 January 2018 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
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Disability and poverty groups have reacted with anger at the appointment of Esther McVey as the UK’s new Work and Pensions Secretary

https://tfn.scot/news/fury-as-callous-tory-esther-mcvey-gets-dwp-top-job

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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.