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Poverty will soar among pensioners unless urgent action is taken

NEWS 2 October 2025 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
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One in seven could be poverty stricken by 2031

https://tfn.scot/news/poverty-will-sore-among-pensioners-unless-urgent-action-is-taken

Campaigners furious as Tories say Climate Change Act will be repealed

NEWS 2 October 2025 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
"Conservatives cannot now be trusted on the environment or the economy"

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-furious-as-tories-say-climate-change-act-will-be-repealed

Charity launches its election call for the ending of health inequalities

NEWS 2 October 2025 by Graham Martin
Management
Health & Social Care
Scotland’s health system must be refocused on preventing ill health

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-launches-its-election-call-for-the-ending-of-health-inequalities

Future of UK international aid: MPs launch inquiry amidst 40% budget cut

NEWS 3 October 2025 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
The UK Government has shifted funding from aid to defence. 

https://tfn.scot/news/future-of-uk-international-aid-mps-launch-inquiry-amidst-40-budget-cut

EXCLUSIVE: MND Scotland at ‘risk of closure’ as staff face redundancy and salary cuts

NEWS 3 October 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
6 comments
The charity’s CEO left last week, with the board's chair also exiting

https://tfn.scot/news/exclusive-mnd-scotland-at-risk-of-closure-as-staff-face-redundancy-and-salary-cuts

Scotland on course to miss child poverty reduction targets by ‘large margin’

NEWS 6 October 2025 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Analysis from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows around one in four children remain in poverty. 

https://tfn.scot/news/scotland-on-course-to-miss-child-poverty-reduction-targets-by-large-margin

Value of charity donations down by 30% in five years, new research shows

NEWS 6 October 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Funding & Finance
SCVO analysis shows individual giving fell in real-terms by more than £240 million in 2023

https://tfn.scot/news/value-of-charity-donations-down-by-30-in-five-years-new-research-shows

“Reckless”: Conservatives slammed for promise to cut aid even further

NEWS 7 October 2025 by Niall Christie
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Funding & Finance
Bond hit out at the proposal put forward by the official opposition at Westminster

https://tfn.scot/news/reckless-conservatives-slammed-for-promise-to-cut-aid-even-further

Calls for child payment amount to triple

NEWS 7 October 2025 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
This week is Challenge Poverty Week

https://tfn.scot/news/calls-for-child-payment-amount-to-triple

A fair wealth tax could raise almost half a billion pounds a year from richest families

NEWS 8 October 2025 by Niall Christie
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
New report reinforces case for stronger wealth taxes as a key building block of wider package of UK and Scottish fair tax reforms

https://tfn.scot/news/a-fair-wealth-tax-could-raise-almost-half-a-billion-pounds-a-year-from-richest-families

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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.