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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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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

SCVO response to pre-budget scrutiny 2023/24: the sector's role in reducing inequalities & alleviating poverty

Jason Henderson
14 September 2022
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services (funding, digital, membership support, and information).Parliamentary records and Scottish Government,policy submissions, engagement, and research with the sector throughout 21-22,including, ‘Scottish Government,We recognise that the UK Government must take major interventions to ensure the public and voluntary,to the Scottish Government.,and the Scottish Government’s emergency budgets.

https://scvo.scot/p/53665/2022/09/14/scvo-response-to-pre-budget-scrutiny-2023-24-the-sectors-role-in-reducing-inequalities-alleviating-poverty

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

New Horizons

Irene Oldfather
21 September 2022
Posted in
a Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) for discussion at the UK level between stakeholders and the UK Government,Last year the UK Government opened up Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for membership of the UK DAG, and,representation from the voluntary sector is crucial because these structures will enable the UK Government,We often think of trade as macro, high-level policy that should be left for Government-to-Government

https://scvo.scot/p/53747/2022/09/21/new-horizons

Energy price guarantee fails to give voluntary organisations certainty - SCVO

Press release
8 September 2022
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Responding to the UK Government’s announcement of a six-month energy price guarantee for businesses,,More funding from the UK Government to the Scottish Government is essential to support voluntary organisations

https://scvo.scot/p/53555/2022/09/08/energy-price-guarantee-fails-to-give-voluntary-organisations-certainty-scvo

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

Charity manifesto calls for better emotional support

NEWS 19 March 2021 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
MS Society Scotland has said more needs to be done to help the 15,000 people living with the condition

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-manifesto-calls-for-better-emotional-support

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

Britain’s biggest union ditches Pride Glasgow

NEWS 16 August 2019 by Rab Armour
Management
Has Pride become too commercial?

https://tfn.scot/news/biggest-union-ditches-pride-glasgow

Third sector leaders say: this is our moment, let’s seize it

NEWS 10 May 2016 by Graham Martin
Health & Social Care
Last week’s election result represents a chance for the third sector in Scotland to vigorously pursue its agenda, charity leaders have said

https://tfn.scot/news/third-sector-leaders-say-this-is-our-moment-lets-seize-it

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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.