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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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Learning from history

OPINION 6 July 2020 Guest post
Management
Chris Martin believes we must look to the past to help society bounce back from Covid-19

https://tfn.scot/opinion/learning-from-history

More than 700 organisations share £3m

NEWS 29 June 2020 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
Charities across the country have used funding from the National Emergencies Trust to respond to the coronavirus pandemic #NeverMoreNeeded

https://tfn.scot/news/more-than-700-organisations-share-3m

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

Learning by doing – our experiences of Strengthening Collaboration

Kirsten Hogg
23 November 2022
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In 2020, as part of its response to the Advisory Group on Economic Recovery, Scottish Government sought,facing the third sector by bringing together SCVO, the TSI Scotland Network, COSLA and the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/55674/2022/11/23/learning-by-doing-our-experiences-of-strengthening-collaboration

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
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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

Emergency budget response - SCVO letter to Deputy First Minister

Sheghley Ogilvie
15 November 2022
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Fowlie has now offered to meet with Mr Swinney as we continue to work closely with the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/55548/2022/11/15/emergency-budget-response-scvo-letter-to-deputy-first-minister

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

Why working parents are struggling to repel the rising tide of poverty

OPINION 4 December 2018 Guest post
Regeneration & Housing
Paul Brook tells the stories behind the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s UK Poverty 2018 report

https://tfn.scot/opinion/why-working-parents-are-struggling-to-repel-the-rising-tide-of-poverty

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.