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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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Fears as first minister signals universal free school meals could end

NEWS 4 May 2023 by Rab Armour
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Humza Yousaf favours a more "targeted approach"

https://tfn.scot/news/fears-as-first-minister-signals-universal-free-school-meals-could-end

Leading charity chief revealed as convicted killer

NEWS 31 May 2023 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Management
Health & Social Care
6 comments
Charity says chief executive's past is a matter of public record

https://tfn.scot/news/leading-charity-chief-revealed-as-convicted-killer

Triple hit as charities and third sector projects announce closure

NEWS 18 December 2023 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#RunningCostsCrisis
Funding challenges have contributed to the closures, which will come into effect next year.

https://tfn.scot/news/triple-hit-as-charities-and-third-sector-projects-announce-closure

Protecting children from criminal exploitation

NEWS 26 April 2024 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Action for Children’s service to help children coerced into exploitative criminal activity in Edinburgh launched in November 2020

https://tfn.scot/news/protecting-children-from-criminal-exploitation

No easy journey: families punished by barriers to prison visits

NEWS 30 April 2024 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Failure to support contact impacts the family, who have not committed an offence but nevertheless suffer the consequences

https://tfn.scot/news/no-easy-journey-families-punished-by-barriers-to-prison-visits

Female entrepreneur to inspire the next generation at charity academy

NEWS 24 June 2024 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
“I’ve always loved the vibrancy of working with young people - the world is a blank slate, and you make a tangible impact on their lives by helping them become their best selves"

https://tfn.scot/news/female-entrepreneur-to-inspire-the-next-generation-at-charity-academy

Edinburgh charities still in limbo amid questions over IJB funding cuts

NEWS 29 November 2024 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Experts warned hundreds of third sector jobs were at threat if a proposal to pull funding went ahead. 

https://tfn.scot/news/edinburgh-charities-still-in-limbo-amid-questions-over-ijb-funding-cuts

Children in Need chair quits after launching tirade at CEO over funding to Scots charity

NEWS 21 November 2024 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Management
Funding & Finance
1 comment
She claims child abuse revelations ruined CEO's enjoyment of Bruce Springsteen concert

https://tfn.scot/news/children-in-need-chair-quits-after-launching-tirade-at-ceo-over-funding-to-scots-charity

Charities revolt at prospect of devastating cuts to Edinburgh’s community organisations

NEWS 29 October 2024 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
The council may step in and cover shortfalls for the remainder of this financial year.

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-revolt-at-prospect-of-devastating-cuts-to-edinburghs-community-organisations

Show must go on: community theatre fights for survival amid demolition threat

NEWS 29 October 2024 by Graham Martin
Culture & Leisure
This follows the discovery of dangerous, ‘bubbly’ RAAC concrete in 2023

https://tfn.scot/news/show-must-go-on-community-theatre-fights-for-survival-amid-demolition-threat

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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.