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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

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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Scottish Government slammed for failing to meet child poverty targets

Call to double Scottish Child Payment

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-government-slammed-for-failing-to-meet-child-poverty-targets

Scottish child payment hailed as a “game changer”

Payment is now being distributed across Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-child-payment-hailed-as-a-game-changer

“Morally reprehensible” plans to strip asylum seekers of benefits

​Moves to halt benefits for failed asylum seekers condemned

https://tfn.scot/news/morally-reprehensible-plans-to-strip-asylum-seekers-of-benefits

Scots freed from bedroom tax

New powers from Westminister will allow the Scottish Government to create a fund to cover all bedroom tax payments

https://tfn.scot/news/bedroom-tax-cap-to-be-axed

Poll: Is it time to end the council tax freeze?

A new report from the Scottish Government's independent adviser on poverty says end the council tax freeze, do you agree?

https://tfn.scot/polls/is-it-time-to-end-the-council-tax-freeze

The importance of the neighbourhood: Tackling the implementation gap

paper pulls out the main messages from JRF and other research findings to suggest what central government,But government policy can create an enabling framework ? or it can make the situation worse.

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-importance-of-the-neighbourhood-tackling-the-implementation-gap

Responsibility for All: A National Strategy for Social Inclusion

It aims to consider the action necessary for people both in and out of government to take in order to,combat poverty, and emphasises that responsibility does not lie solely with the government, but that

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/responsibility-for-all-a-national-strategy-for-social-inclusion

Child poverty in Scotland: taking the next steps

and by independent analyses of evidence, new policy and proposed policy from the UK and Scottish Governments,It summarises and comments on the respective UK and Scottish Governments' strategies to tackle child

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/child-poverty-in-scotland-taking-the-next-steps

The Evidence Base for Third Sector Policy in Scotland: A Review of Selected Recent Literature

review the research evidence and assess the current contribution of the third sector to the Scottish Government,research evidence on the third sector in Scotland and identify how it contributes to the Scottish Government,where evidence suggests that the third sector is having an impact, but where it is not aligned to government

https://scvo.scot/research/reports/evidence-library/the-evidence-base-for-third-sector-policy-in-scotland-a-review-of-selected-recent-literature

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