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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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Oh, the scams online are frightful…

OPINION 4 December 2020 by Alison Stone
Management
Alison Stone reveals that 2020 has also been the year of the cyber scam

https://tfn.scot/opinion/oh-the-scams-online-are-frightful

Charity moves into student accommodation

NEWS 8 October 2024 by Rab Armour
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
Students face affordable rent crisis

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-moves-into-student-accommodation

SCVO response to the Social Justice & Social Security Committee: Charities (Regulation & Administration) (Scotland) Bill

Jason Henderson
7 February 2023
Posted in
to respond to the Social Justice and Social Security Committee’s consultation on the Scottish Government’s,We draw on evidence from: Responses analysed and published as part of the Scottish Government’s original,consultation process in 2019.Responses and contributions published following the Scottish Government’s,The need for a wider review When the Scottish Government first launched the original consultation on,It will only be by working together – the voluntary sector, regulators, and the Scottish Government –

https://scvo.scot/p/56983/2023/02/07/scvo-response-to-the-social-justice-social-security-committee-charities-regulation-administration-scotland-bill

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
1 comment
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

Urgent change needed to create safer roads for everyone

OPINION 2 April 2024 by Denise Hamilton
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Serious injuries and deaths on our roads are unacceptable and preventable says Cycling Scotland’s Denise Hamilton

https://tfn.scot/opinion/urgent-change-needed-to-create-safer-roads-for-everyone

Is this the end of sleepovers?

OPINION 24 October 2017 Guest post
Management
2 comments
Annie Gunner Logan says that Living Wage move looks like it will lead to an end to sleepovers

https://tfn.scot/opinion/in-order-to-save-the-sleepover-it-became-necessary-to-destroy-it

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

Wee pipers call the tune in life affirming film

NEWS 8 January 2016 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
2 comments
Charity and workers co-op combine to produce fantastic film

https://tfn.scot/news/wee-pipers-call-the-tune-in-life-affirming-film

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

Scottish Sector Stats: six highlights from 2021

Ilse Mackinnon
23 March 2023
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Scottish Government grants saw large increases, alongside the Job Retention Scheme and grant funding,from the UK Government and bodies such as Creative Scotland.

https://scvo.scot/p/90432/2023/03/23/2021-scottish-sector-stats-six-highlights

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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.