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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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Manifesto calls for community-led action to end child poverty in Scotland

NEWS 3 February 2026 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Voice-led transformation shifts power to families and communities and offers a proven blueprint ahead of the Scottish Parliament election

https://tfn.scot/news/manifesto-calls-for-community-led-action-to-end-child-poverty-in-scotland

Exclusive: Stonewall told it must stop taking "blood money" from the arms trade

NEWS 4 November 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Funding & Finance
Former and current staff have said the LGBTQ+ charity must end its partnerships with weapons manufacturers

https://tfn.scot/news/exclusive-stonewall-told-it-must-end-partnerships-with-arms-trade

Scottish charity workers recognised in New Years Honours List

NEWS 8 January 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Management
1 comment
Scottish charity workers and volunteers feature heavily in this year’s New Year Honours List

https://tfn.scot/news/new-year-honours-list

Why working parents are struggling to repel the rising tide of poverty

OPINION 4 December 2018 Guest post
Regeneration & Housing
Paul Brook tells the stories behind the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s UK Poverty 2018 report

https://tfn.scot/opinion/why-working-parents-are-struggling-to-repel-the-rising-tide-of-poverty

Just do it! From the dark ages to digital champion

FEATURE 1 January 2019 by Susan Smith
Management
Susan Smith talked to Jacqui Taylor about how she turned Lifelink into a digital pioneer

https://tfn.scot/features/just-do-it-from-the-dark-ages-to-digital-champion

Daily coronavirus roundup for third sector, Thursday 9 July

FEATURE 9 July 2020 by Gareth Jones
Regeneration & Housing
The latest on how Scottish charities are responding to Covid-19 #NeverMoreNeeded

https://tfn.scot/features/daily-coronavirus-roundup-for-third-sector-thursday-9-july

Sowing the Seeds for success

FEATURE 1 April 2021 by Gareth Jones
Management
Culture & Leisure
Funding & Finance
Gareth Jones meets Scotland’s first SCIO, to mark a decade of the new model for charities being cre-ated

https://tfn.scot/features/sowing-the-seeds-for-success

20 inspiring Scottish social entrepreneurs

LIST 16 May 2017 by Susan Smith
Culture & Leisure
2 comments
Some of them have been around for decades, others are barely out of school, but TFN believes all 20 of these social entrepreneurs are truly inspiring

https://tfn.scot/lists/20-inspiring-social-entrepreneurs

SCVO policy and public affairs: A busy three months to kick off 2022

Kyrstie Brown
28 April 2022
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Partnership with the public sector – to ensure governments, parliaments, and other public bodies recognise,SCVO responded to the Finance and Public Administration Committee’s inquiry on Scottish Government’s,SCVO submitted a consultation response to the Scottish Government's spending review framework, drawing,part of the Government’s wider “levelling up” agenda.,Identifying procurement priorities for the Scottish Government’s 2022/2023 Budget and Programme for Government

https://scvo.scot/p/50183/2022/04/28/scvo-policy-and-public-affairs-a-busy-three-months-to-kick-off-2022

Having Covid-19 was the most terrifying journey of my life

OPINION 15 January 2021 by Nikki O'Hara
Families & Young People
Management
Health & Social Care
2 comments
Nikki O'Hara, who is 53 and has no underlying health conditions, warns the coronavirus is real and everyone is at risk

https://tfn.scot/opinion/having-covid-19-was-the-most-terrifying-journey-of-my-life

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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.