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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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Chief Encounters: Tressa Burke

FEATURE 28 September 2016 by Alex Turnbull
Health & Social Care
Tressa Burke, chief executive of Glasgow Disability Alliance, on the huge difference even a small charity can make

https://tfn.scot/features/chief-encounters-tressa-burke

Coronavirus roundup Tuesday 18 August

FEATURE 18 August 2020 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
​News from across the sector as lockdown continues to lift #NeverMoreNeeded

https://tfn.scot/features/coronavirus-roundup-tuesday-18-august

Claire Carpenter: a Social Enterprise Champion and a visionary

FEATURE 22 February 2017 by Susan Smith
Management
Susan Smith spoke to Claire Carpenter about how she became a Scotland's Social Enterprise Champion through the success of Edinburgh's Melting Pot

https://tfn.scot/features/a-social-enterprise-champion-and-a-visonary

GTS - Scotland’s first “social” security firm

FEATURE 16 July 2015 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
As Robert Armour discovers a security firm that aims to use its status as a social enterprise to create jobs and change the culture of the industry

https://tfn.scot/features/gts-scotlands-first-social-security-firm

Charity hits out at refund refusal firms

NEWS 19 May 2020 by Gareth Jones
Culture & Leisure
1 comment
Airlines, holiday providers and venues are amongst those who are failing to provide refunds for services cancelled by Covid-19

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-hits-out-at-refund-refusal-firms

Capital's third sector faces closures as council plans to slash budgets

NEWS 3 February 2023 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
Funding & Finance
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Officials warn that the council is facing a £76million black hole in its finances

https://tfn.scot/news/closures-facing-edinburghs-third-sector-as-council-plans-to-slash-budgets

Street Soccer founder to build innovative centre to tackle homelessness

NEWS 10 February 2017 by Paul Cardwell
Regeneration & Housing
1 comment
David Duke has unveiled plans to build a 32-bed homeless unit with community football pitch and café attached

https://tfn.scot/news/street-soccer-founders-new-venture

SCVO response to SCDI Business with Purpose Commission

David McNeill
28 June 2022
Posted in
Investment from government, funders or the public expects these organisations to achieve impact related,Publicly traded companies have had greater Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) expectations placed,(For example, through government policies.),Government planning at national and local levels should seek to more proactively engage whichever sector,Government and other stakeholders should celebrate examples of major societal and environmental impact

https://scvo.scot/p/51153/2022/06/28/scvo-response-to-scdi-business-with-purpose-commission

20 inspiring Scottish social entrepreneurs

LIST 16 May 2017 by Susan Smith
Culture & Leisure
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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

Glasgow foodbanks’ emergency appeal after school holidays leave shelves bare

NEWS 16 August 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Social Justice & Poverty
Poverty over the school holidays has lead to more families turning to foodbanks this summer and has left foodbanks in desperate need of donations

https://tfn.scot/news/glasgow-foodbanks-emergency-appeal-after-school-holidays-leave-shelves-bare

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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.