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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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Urgent change needed to create safer roads for everyone

OPINION 2 April 2024 by Denise Hamilton
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Serious injuries and deaths on our roads are unacceptable and preventable says Cycling Scotland’s Denise Hamilton

https://tfn.scot/opinion/urgent-change-needed-to-create-safer-roads-for-everyone

Wee pipers call the tune in life affirming film

NEWS 8 January 2016 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
2 comments
Charity and workers co-op combine to produce fantastic film

https://tfn.scot/news/wee-pipers-call-the-tune-in-life-affirming-film

Unheard voices reshape health and care in pioneering arts research project

NEWS 15 July 2025 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Research led by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh proposes a redesign of health and care services.

https://tfn.scot/news/unheard-voices-reshape-health-and-care-in-pioneering-arts-research-project

Access for all? Connectivity in a cost-of-living crisis

Jason Railton
4 October 2022
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The internet has been called ‘the great leveller’, making our access to services, products and opportunities easier and more affordable. But we are facing, once again, an unprecedented crisis. The cost of living is set to spiral, and millions of families will have tough choices...

https://scvo.scot/p/54303/2022/10/04/access-for-all-connectivity-in-a-cost-of-living-crisis

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

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

Council funding cuts threaten Edinburgh family centre

NEWS 29 November 2016 by Jolene Campbell
Health & Social Care
An Edinburgh support centre that works with some of the city's most vulnerable families is cutting services after losing council funding

https://tfn.scot/news/council-funding-cuts-threaten-edinburgh-family-centre

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

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

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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.