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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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Scottish Wildlife Trust purchases site bigger than Dundee after largest ever donation

NEWS 3 March 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Environment & International
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
The nature charity plans to restore wildlife and habitats on the site to help tackle the nature and climate crises.  

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-wildlife-trust-purchases-site-bigger-than-dundee-after-largest-ever-donation

Let’s Talk Pensions

FEATURE 28 April 2017 by Alex Turnbull
Management
1 comment
TFN takes a look at the state of pension deficits in the third sector by asking three experts to answer some basic questions.

https://tfn.scot/features/lets-talk-pensions

SCVO UK Spring Statement Summary 2022

Sheghley Ogilvie
28 March 2022
Posted in
Following the UK Government Spring Statement 2022, SCVO produced this summary of commitments impacting

https://scvo.scot/p/49661/2022/03/28/scvo-uk-spring-statement-summary-2022

Circular Economy 360

Naomi Johnson
2 May 2022
Posted in
Climate change is one of the key underlying objectives of the Scottish Government and as impact reporting

https://scvo.scot/p/50228/2022/05/02/circular-economy-360

The third sector is a major social and economic actor

Shona Robison
6 May 2022
Posted in
told us that means fair and sustainable funding, less bureaucracy, better engagement, and Scottish Government,As a government we will therefore lead the way, focusing on how we can enable change through collaboration

https://scvo.scot/p/50158/2022/05/06/the-third-sector-is-a-major-social-and-economic-actor

Help inform a multi-year spending review that delivers for Scotland’s voluntary sector

Paul Bradley
7 March 2022
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The Scottish Government’s consultation on its first multi-year resource spending review since 2011 closes,By deliver, we mean the mainstreaming of multi-year funding from both the Scottish and local government,power, following the UK Government’s multi-year spending review last year.,While I hope the committee will make important recommendations to the Scottish Government in its official,report, which will be published soon, we need the Scottish Government to hear our voices loud and clear

https://scvo.scot/p/49187/2022/03/07/help-inform-a-multi-year-spending-review-that-delivers-for-scotlands-voluntary-sector

Council broke law 800 times when housing homeless as Taylor Swift and Fringe swept Edinburgh

NEWS 2 October 2024 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
1 comment
Large-scale events in Edinburgh forced the capital’s council to break the law hundreds of times by placing homeless households in unsuitable accommodation.

https://tfn.scot/news/council-broke-law-800-times-when-housing-homeless-as-taylor-swift-and-fringe-swept-edinburgh

SCVO praised for flexible working opportunities

Press release
29 March 2022
Posted in
Arnold Clark, Centrica, Dentons, Scottish Water, Shoosmiths, Pursuit Marketing and the Scottish Government,Flexibility Works is a social business funded and supported by the Scottish Government to support organisations,We are funded and supported by the Scottish Government and the Social Innovation Partnership.

https://scvo.scot/p/49670/2022/03/29/scvo-praised-for-flexible-working-opportunities

Oh, the scams online are frightful…

OPINION 4 December 2020 by Alison Stone
Management
Alison Stone reveals that 2020 has also been the year of the cyber scam

https://tfn.scot/opinion/oh-the-scams-online-are-frightful

Charity moves into student accommodation

NEWS 8 October 2024 by Rab Armour
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
Students face affordable rent crisis

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-moves-into-student-accommodation

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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.