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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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Scottish charity launches pioneering guidance to tackle rape and sexual assault in the workplace. 

NEWS 8 September 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
The resource is the first of its kind to look at rape and sexual assault as a workplace issue.  

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-charity-launches-pioneering-guidance-to-tackle-rape-and-sexual-assault-in-the-workplace

"Its mission is the country's mission": FM hails child poverty charity on its 150th birthday

NEWS 12 September 2025 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Its roots stretch back to 1875 when Canon Charles Jupp opened an orphanage for four boys in Burnside Cottage, Aberlour

https://tfn.scot/news/its-mission-is-the-countrys-mission-fm-hails-child-poverty-charity-on-its-150th-birthday

Disabled people asked to speak out on access as part of major survey

NEWS 27 September 2024 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Euan’s Guide launches its 2024 Access Survey to uncover the state of disabled access

https://tfn.scot/news/disabled-people-asked-to-speak-out-on-access-as-part-of-major-survey

Everything you need to know about social enterprises

FEATURE 26 August 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Management
Want to start a social enterprise but not really sure how - here are the answers to some of the most asked questions

https://tfn.scot/features/everything-you-need-to-know-about-social-enterprises

Profile: meet Scotland’s Mr BIG

NEWS 5 December 2016 by Susan Smith
Health & Social Care
Susan Smith asked Martin Cawley, the new director of the Big Lottery Fund in Scotland, what it's like to have £70m a year to give away

https://tfn.scot/news/profile-meet-scotlands-mr-big

Daily coronavirus roundup for third sector, Thursday 11 June

FEATURE 11 June 2020 by Gareth Jones
Regeneration & Housing
The latest from voluntary organisations across Scotland #NeverMoreNeeded

https://tfn.scot/features/daily-coronavirus-roundup-for-third-sector-thursday-11-june

Survival mode: Scotland’s third sector fails to grow

NEWS 22 February 2017 by Susan Smith
Management
Scotland's third sector is failing to grow and financial optimism is rock bottom

https://tfn.scot/news/survival-mode-scotlands-third-sector-fails-to-grow

Regulator slams trustees for exposing women to sexual abuse

NEWS 13 July 2018 by Rab Armour
Management
​By not protecting staff, trustees breached their statutory obligations

https://tfn.scot/news/regulator-slams-trustees-for-exposing-women-to-sexual-abuse

Brexit must be halted - before society is damaged for good

NEWS 18 July 2017 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
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Leading figures from across Scottish civil society are demanding a halt to and a reversal of Brexit

https://tfn.scot/news/brexit-must-be-be-halted-before-society-is-damaged-for-good

Economic disruption is essential for social change

Professor Iain Black
28 March 2022
Posted in
"Why is it so hard to implement a vision that every stakeholder, including governments supports and wants,Our economic system includes institutions, infrastructure, governance, people, stuff and finance.,It is the number governments worry about above all else and the one most regularly reported and scrutinised

https://scvo.scot/p/49645/2022/03/28/economic-disruption-is-essential-for-social-disruption

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2025. 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.