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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Perfect storm could sink charities as living wage kicks in

NEWS 30 September 2016 by Graham Martin

Health & Social Care

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Charities could go to the wall as they struggle to meet rising demand, lower income and a new pay stipulation

https://tfn.scot/news/perfect-storm-rocks-charities-as-living-wage-kicks-in

Charities provide “whopping subsidy” to Scottish Government wages policy

NEWS 5 November 2018 by Susan Smith

Health & Social Care

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Social care charities say local authorities are not paying the full price of social care and expect charities

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-provide-whopping-subsidy-to-scottish-government-wages-policy

A failure in co-production

OPINION 9 December 2015 Guest post

Health & Social Care

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of small local groups working together to redesign local services, Edinburgh council wants to give the

https://tfn.scot/opinion/a-failure-in-co-production

#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

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

Atlantic rower aims to raise £100k for SAMH

FEATURE 17 April 2014 by Paul Cardwell

Health & Social Care

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Scotsman Niall Iain Macdonald aims to become the first person to row from New York to Stornoway to raise

https://tfn.scot/features/atlantic-rower-aims-to-raise-100k-for-samh

Charities: Programme for Government a “missed opportunity”

NEWS 4 September 2018 by Graham Martin

Management

The Scottish Government has missed an opportunity to tackle food poverty and its attendant problems,

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-programme-for-government-a-missed-opportunity

Scottish anti-abortion group denies links to religious extremists

NEWS 25 May 2022 by Niall Christie

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Questions have been asked about links between Compassion Scotland and American hate groups.

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-anti-abortion-group-denies-links-to-religious-extremists

Quarter of Scots do not trust charities, survey reveals

NEWS 21 February 2018 by Gareth Jones

Management

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New research, conducted before the Oxfam scandal unravelled, has revealed that only 73% of people feel

https://tfn.scot/news/quarter-of-scots-do-not-trust-charities-survey-reveals

Holyrood 2021: what the voluntary sector wants

NEWS 4 May 2021 by Graham Martin

Families & Young People

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Environment & International

Culture & Leisure

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

Regeneration & Housing

#NeverMoreNeeded

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TFN's guide to charity election manifestos

https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-2021-what-the-voluntary-sector-wants

SCVO response to the inquiry into Public Administration – Effective Scottish Government decision-making

Rachel Le Noan

16 February 2023

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Policy reports

Economy

I think that's slightly an avoidance strategy so we don’t have to talk about the real stuff, about trust,Decisions made about Scotland’s future must be designed with us and our beneficiaries in local and national,As Sheghley Ogilvie from SCVO explained in a blog post last year: ‘I’ve often heard the Programme for,When decisions relating to funding are made, this can often slip into the new financial year.,Even when a decision is made, organisations are often left waiting months for the payment of funds to

https://scvo.scot/p/57213/2023/02/16/scvo-response-to-the-inquiry-into-public-administration-effective-scottish-government-decision-making