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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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Director of RSPB Scotland to step down

NEWS 19 October 2016 by Molly Millar
Environment & International
RSPB ​Director Stuart Housden will retire from the charity next year

https://tfn.scot/news/director-of-rspb-scotland-to-step-down

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

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

The NHS needs to shape up says stressed and overworked Scottish nurses

NEWS 18 June 2016 by Susan Smith
Health & Social Care
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A Royal College of Nurses survey has uncovered disturbing levels of dissatisfaction amongst nurses working in the NHS

https://tfn.scot/news/the-nhs-needs-to-shape-up-says-stressed-and-overworked-scottish-nurses

How charities help offenders turn their lives around

NEWS 12 July 2016 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Nearly 250 young people with previous convictions have been employed by charities across Scotland, through Community Jobs Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/how-charities-help-offenders-turn-their-lives-around

We will remain free - advice on poverty must not be commercialised

OPINION 30 June 2025 by David Hilferty
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
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Even with concessions, welfare reform cuts remain a threat to disabled people – but they’re not the only one, writes David Hilferty

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-will-remain-free-advice-on-poverty-must-not-be-commercialised

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

Scottish mums’ campaign for cancer drug wins victory

NEWS 10 April 2017 by Paul Cardwell
Health & Social Care
The Scottish Medicines Consortium agreed to license a life-extending cancer drug after bowing to the pressure from a group of mums with breastcancer

https://tfn.scot/news/life-extending-cancer-drug-made-available-on-nhs-in-scotland

Politicians praise role of voluntary sector

NEWS 1 November 2019 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
Legislation achieved by the sector working with Holyrood has been celebrated at an event at the Scottish Parliament

https://tfn.scot/news/politicians-praise-role-of-voluntary-sector

Charity welcomes child court move

NEWS 20 January 2020 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
New legislation will ensure that any child witness in the most serious criminal cases will have their evidence pre-recorded

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-welcomes-child-court-move

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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.