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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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Coronavirus: voluntary sector rises to the challenge to help those in need

NEWS 17 March 2020 by Rab Armour
Management
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Scotland's communities respond to help those most in need

https://tfn.scot/news/community-efforts-soar-as-sector-tackles-lockdown

Increase in Scots living with MS

NEWS 4 February 2020 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
More than 15,000 people are now living with the condition, research has shown

https://tfn.scot/news/increase-in-scots-living-with-ms

Radical revamp of care in Scotland required

NEWS 5 February 2020 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
Lives are being lost to a system that is fractured and bureaucratic, an independent review of care in Scotland has found

https://tfn.scot/news/radical-revamp-of-care-in-scotland-required

60,000 join World’s Big Sleep Out

NEWS 9 December 2019 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
Events calling for an end to homelessness took place in 52 cities across the world, with Scots amongst those taking part

https://tfn.scot/news/50000-join-worlds-big-sleep-out

Exploitation happening across Scotland

NEWS 26 October 2020 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
The first national study of child sexual exploitation in Scotland has been published

https://tfn.scot/news/exploitation-happening-across-scotland

Council funding cuts could devastate the third sector

NEWS 21 November 2016 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
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The cuts crisis crashing across Scotland’s voluntary sector continues apace – with fresh warnings of closures

https://tfn.scot/news/brace-yourselves-cuts-to-crash-into-sector

Exclusive: OSCR blamed for bankrupting charity - and leaving founder suicidal

NEWS 14 March 2017 by Rab Armour
Management
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​Probe by charity watchdog blamed for award-winning charity's rapid demise

https://tfn.scot/news/exclusive-oscr-blamed-for-bankrupting-leading-social-enterprise

Exclusive: charities blackmailed into dropping work scheme

NEWS 29 April 2015 by Rab Armour
Management
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Workfare campaigners is accused of blackmailing and bullying charities taking part in government work schemes

https://tfn.scot/news/exclusive-charities-blackmailed-into-dropping-workfare

The largest poverty indicator that nobody's talking about 

OPINION 11 October 2023 by Jade Stein
Social Justice & Poverty
Engender's Jade Stein explores the need to make visible how poverty and economic inequality are experienced at higher rates by women and marginalised groups across our society

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-largest-poverty-indicator-that-no-ones-talking-about

Funding cuts and volunteering: you can only take out so much before there's a collapse

OPINION 9 February 2023 by Sarah Latto
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
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The resilience of volunteers is under strain like never before

https://tfn.scot/opinion/funding-cuts-and-volunteering

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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.