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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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Blowing the whistle in the third sector

OPINION 18 December 2018 Guest post
Management
Jamie Meechan analyses the latest report on whistleblowing within Scotland's charity sector

https://tfn.scot/opinion/blowing-the-whistle-in-the-third-sector

Investments needn’t be a minefield

OPINION 12 February 2019 Guest post
Management
Investments needn’t be a minefield

https://tfn.scot/opinion/investments-neednt-be-a-minefield

Rowntree Charitable Trust defends funding Cage

NEWS 3 March 2015 by Rab Armour
Funding & Finance
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​Charity Commission investigates JRCT for funding controversial group which defended "Jihadi John"

https://tfn.scot/news/rowntree-trust-defends-funding-cage

Cost of living crisis: SCVO and Volunteer Scotland briefing for MPs

Paul Bradley
29 November 2022
Posted in
As Scottish organisations, we recognise that the fiscal approach taken by the UK Government has a significant,Our specific calls on the Scottish Government to act to support voluntary organisations through this,Our calls include: reassurance that the government will raise benefits in line with inflation, as usual,The real prospect of further cuts to public spending will hit voluntary organisations, and governments,If, as suggested, changes are to be made to the type of support available, we hope the UK Government

https://scvo.scot/p/55743/2022/11/29/cost-of-living-crisis-scvo-and-volunteer-scotland-briefing-for-mps

It's time to make the real Living Wage a reality for Scotland's voluntary sector workforce

Sheghley Ogilvie
14 November 2022
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SCVO support the Scottish Government’s plans for Scotland to become a Fair Work Nation by 2025, plans,To support organisations to pay the Living Wage we need the Scottish Government to lead by example and,Over the last few months and in both Emergency Budget Responses, the Scottish Government has recognised,Scottish Government, local government, and funders across Scotland need to do more to ensure that voluntary,The upcoming publication of the Scottish Government's refreshed Fair Work Action Plan and the Scottish

https://scvo.scot/p/55395/2022/11/14/its-time-to-make-the-real-living-wage-a-reality-for-scotlands-voluntary-sector-workforce

#ChristiePlus10: Radical Scotland? Not yet, but we can be if we choose.

OPINION 28 July 2021 by Adam Lang
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
#NeverMoreNeeded
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#ChristiePlus10: a series of expert blogs reflecting on ten years since the publication of the Christie Commission.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/christieplus10-radical-scotland-not-yet-but-we-can-be-if-we-choose

Song of the Clyde: saving Scotland’s greatest river

FEATURE 23 February 2018 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
How the community and voluntary sector is reviving Scotland's greatest river

https://tfn.scot/features/song-of-the-clyde-saving-scotlands-greatest-river

Scotland publishes plan that aims to build a country that cares

NEWS 31 March 2021 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
Plan 21-24 is the first of three plans created on the back of the Independent Care Review

https://tfn.scot/news/scotland-publishes-plan-that-aims-to-build-a-country-that-cares

Deadliest period on record for aid workers this World Humanitarian Day

NEWS 19 August 2025 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Over 400 humanitarian workers have been killed since October 2023 in Gaza

https://tfn.scot/news/deadliest-period-on-record-for-aid-workers-this-world-humanitarian-day

Extending freedom of information - could voluntary organisations be affected?

Paul Bradley
9 December 2022
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Campaigners say the Scottish Government has been too slow to act on the committee's recommendations,,The Scottish Government has since published its own consultation, which closes the following month on

https://scvo.scot/p/56065/2022/12/09/extending-freedom-of-information-could-voluntary-organisations-be-affected

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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.