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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Scottish social finance body celebrates 300th loan

A Glasgow social enterprise grocer is the latest organisation to benefit from funding from Social Investment Scotland

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Arthritis forcing thousands of Scots to give up work

Versus Arthritis has said more needs to be done to help the 1.5 million people in Scotland who suffer with

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Top UK charities see cash grow by £500m

A new report into charity banking shows growth of cash assets and highlights which charities have the most cash and

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Crackdown on sexual predators working in international aid sector

Charities are set to be able to access a new database which allow them to carry out international criminal checks

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

‘Deeply flawed’ Universal Credit should be halted

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations and two charities have called for the implementation of the welfare system to stop

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Cosmetic surgery ad ban a victory for mental health

Mental health campaigners complained ads were promoting perfect bodies

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Staggering increase in winter deaths says Age Scotland

A dramatic increase in people dying of flu and pneumonia last winter has alarmed charities

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Applying for funding – TFN top tips

Here are a selection of TFN articles on how to start your trust and foundation funding journey

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

RNIB looks to the future as it marks 150th anniversary

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is celebrating 150 years of work today that has transformed the lives

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Charity shops aim to help people into work

A new initiative aims to help job seekers look sharp for interviews, without hitting them in the pocket

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Universal Credit delayed further to fix flaws

Leaked documents show ministers will lengthen the roll out and inject more cash in response to criticism

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Campaign tackles “flourishing” off-street sex industry

Campaign will target organised criminals and support victims

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Universal Credit needs £2bn urgently or will fail

Designer of troubled system says it is working but needs urgent cash injection

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Over a quarter of Scots say they would not attempt CPR to save a life

BHF Scotland urges more local authorities to teach life saving CPR in schools

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Worker for Scots aid charity jailed for attempted rape

Landmine charity responded swiftly allerting statutory authorities of the incident

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Social enterprise pub sold to private buyer

Chris Thewlis has sold Beer for Good social enterprise to Anna and Mike Christopherson, who run the Edinburgh Boda Swedish

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Yemen faces worst famine seen in 100 years

Saudi-led military coalition is implored to pledge for ceasefire

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Creative recyclers offered a share £1.4m

Competition launches to get businesses to use less plastics

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Scotland’s most deprived live in food deserts

More than a million people in live in “food deserts” –where poverty, poor public transport and a dearth of big

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

25 calls to improve lives of children

Children in Scotland has joined with partners to call for action to help young people

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SCVO
18th October 2018 admin

Homeless to receive free books

Ian Rankin and Nicola Sturgeon have backed an initiative which aims to provide some solace to those sleeping rough

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Uncategorized
18th October 2018 admin

#NICVAPeople – a minute with Bob Harper

The third #NICVAPeople interview is with Bob Harper.

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Uncategorized
18th October 2018 admin

Charities: keeping people safe

Charities are once again front page news Following reports at the beginning of the year about safeguarding problems at Oxfam

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Uncategorized
18th October 2018 admin

What our members need and what they think of NCVO: Year four

Every year since 2015 we’ve asked our members to tell us how we’re doing. This year we opened up the

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Uncategorized
17th October 2018 admin

Volunteering round-up: October 2018

NVF: Incentivised volunteering and rewarding volunteers We held our National Volunteering Forum on 2 October in Birmingham. It was a

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WCVA
16th October 2018 admin

Charity sector contributes to its first Digital Code of Practice

The Code, which will aim to help charities improve their digital skills and increase their take up of digital activity,

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Uncategorized
13th October 2018 admin

ACEVO Fellowships: the benefits of the Leadership Trust

All ACEVO Fellowship winners will receive a free place on a Leadership Trust programme worth up to £4,200. John Knight,

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WCVA
13th October 2018 admin

Enabling Natural Resources and Well-being in Wales 2019-2023 Grant Funding – Webinar Recording

Enabling Natural Resources and Well-being in Wales 2019-2023 Grant Funding: What is it? A Welsh Government grant scheme to help

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13th October 2018 admin

National Volunteering Forum: Incentivised volunteering and rewarding volunteers

We all know that effective volunteer management means rewarding and recognising volunteers for the great stuff they do. But is

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WCVA
13th October 2018 admin

Income tax revenue stays in Wales

From 6 April 2019, 10p in each of the three existing tax bands in Wales will be transferred straight to

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SCVO
12th October 2018 admin

Survey: charity trustees tell TFN about your experience

Good charity governance is more important than ever before. TFN is exploring what it’s like to hold a trustee role

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SCVO
12th October 2018 admin

SFA and charity team up with the goal of helping children

Children 1st has teamed up with the Scottish Football Association (SFA) to harness the power of the beautiful game

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SCVO
12th October 2018 admin

Charity champions cancer technology

Walk the Walk has been working to ensure that cancer patients have access to treatment that could save their hair

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SCVO
12th October 2018 admin

Closure-threatened charity condems Scottish Government’s “blatant inequality”

Male domestic abuse charity hits out as Scottish Government refuses eleventh hour plea

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SCVO
12th October 2018 admin

EVOC on the move

After 18 years at its current home, the organisation is set to move into new premises at the end of

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SCVO
12th October 2018 admin

Wellbeing in the workplace campaign launched

Some of Scotland’s biggest firms have joined with charities to reduce stigma around mental health at work

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SCVO
12th October 2018 admin

Stop for Soup campaign launches on World Homelessness Day

Bethany Christian Trust launches Stop for Soup campaign at Edinburgh soup café Union of Genius to raise funds for the

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Uncategorized
12th October 2018 admin

Effective complaints processes are a hallmark of high-quality person-centred care

As part of VODG’s (Voluntary Organisations Disability Group) commitment to the NHS England Ask, Listen, Do campaign, the infrastructure body

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Uncategorized
12th October 2018 admin

From formation to war: NICVA’s first two years

The NICVA story started in the boardroom of the recently built Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast, on 5 July

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Uncategorized
12th October 2018 admin

The inside track: October 2018

Welcome to our latest update on what’s going on in Westminster that might impact charities. This month’s round-up includes threats

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Uncategorized
12th October 2018 admin

Savings that support your social mission

Justin Hort, Head of Savings at Charity Bank, calls on charities and social enterprises to save with a bank that

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SCVO
11th October 2018 admin

Council bans charity fundraiser over square sausage

The revered square sausage does not meet nutritional standards according to council officials

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SCVO
11th October 2018 admin

Scotland facing child mental health crisis

The Mental Health Foundation has launched a new campaign to mark World Mental Health Day

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Uncategorized
11th October 2018 admin

Major report into state of national care and health services must drive further improvement

Today’s influential report into England’s care and health services reflects the high quality of provision, but also underlines the urgent

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Uncategorized
11th October 2018 admin

What next for mental health in the workplace?

This World Mental Health Day, David Smith, CEO of Hull and East Yorkshire Mind and ACEVO trustee, discusses how attitudes

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WCVA
11th October 2018 admin

Third Sector Support Wales Funding – Call for Case Studies

Applying for funding can be a difficult experience, particularly if your group is new to the process. Reading about another

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SCVO
10th October 2018 admin

Fair work test for those who want government support

The Scottish Government has said organisations that want funding or public sector contracts must pay their workers fairly

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SCVO
10th October 2018 admin

Funding to help 800 people into housing

The Scottish Government is set to invest £6.5m in the Housing First initiative, which prioritises finding permanent housing for the

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SCVO
10th October 2018 admin

Charities hit out as homeless Scots die on the streets

​Resources should urgently be allocated to probe cause of deaths

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SCVO
10th October 2018 admin

Staff faced harassment at Save the Children

The charity has urged to take action after a review found almost a fifth of staff said they had experienced

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SCVO
10th October 2018 admin

Pride Glasgow boss resigns after event fiasco

Alastair Smith faced calls to quit after hundreds of marchers were locked out this year’s event

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SCVO
10th October 2018 admin

£15m charity digital fund launched

The Big Lottery Fund has unveiled the new initiative to support those who want to make digital progress

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SCVO
9th October 2018 admin

Giving scheme faces claims of funding extremism

An investigation has been launched amid claims that Amazon shoppers have been able to support groups accused of extremism

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SCVO
9th October 2018 admin

The planet is plunging towards environmental collapse – action is needed now

Clock is ticking towards climate catastrophe unless radical, profound and system-changing action is taken

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SCVO
9th October 2018 admin

Recreations of artefacts used for contactless donations

The National Trust for Scotland is looking to boost donations by inviting visitors to use technology to hand over their

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SCVO
9th October 2018 admin

Insurance tax rises force charities to cut cover

Research from Zurich Municipal reveals charities are taking on more risk because of the rising cost of insurance premiums

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SCVO
9th October 2018 admin

Stores turn down lights and music to welcome autistic shoppers

A new National Autistic Society campaign is educating shops about how to make their stores less stressful for people with

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SCVO
9th October 2018 admin

Christians slate anti-hate campaign

Religious groups object to poster campaign

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SCVO
9th October 2018 admin

Charity to double the number of people it helps

Children 1st has launched a new campaign as it aims to dramatically increase the amount of families with trauma it

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SCVO
9th October 2018 admin

Highlands come out with Pride

Huge local support for both events

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Uncategorized
9th October 2018 admin

Leading social care interest groups warn government that its mental capacity reforms are not fit for purpose

Leading social care interest groups from across the care sector are calling on the Government to urgently rethink its Mental

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Uncategorized
9th October 2018 admin

Breaking the cycle: taking discussions on trust to the next level

ACEVO’s head of policy, Kristiana Wrixon, asks how we can break the cycle and move forward conversations on public trust

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Uncategorized
9th October 2018 admin

Free Fundraising Advice Clinics Across NI

Thanks to the generosity of Trusthouse Charitable Foundation, NICVA’s free fundraising advice clinics are going “on the road”.  

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WCVA
9th October 2018 admin

Indonesia Tsunami Appeal launched by Disasters Emergency Committee Cymru

Over 1,300 people are confirmed dead and 200,000 people are in urgent need of clean water, food, medical care and shelter.   Homes and entire

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Uncategorized
9th October 2018 admin

Plan A+ or Super Canada: What is the Brexiteer vision for Brexit?

During the Tory Party Conference last week, the headlines were dominated by splits within the party. Theresa May’s Chequers plan

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WCVA
9th October 2018 admin

Help4Wales Foundation wins Social Startup of the Year award

  The winners of the awards were announced on 21 September at a ceremony held at the Depot in Cardiff

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SCVO
8th October 2018 admin

Charity an essential part of Scottish society

Value of charity to everday society revealed

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8th October 2018 admin

Government must seize opportunity to strengthen social care

The opportunity to shore up the fragile social care system must not be overlooked in the forthcoming autumn budget, according

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SCVO
6th October 2018 admin

Third sector supports food workers pay demands

Push comes to shove for city’s fast-food workers

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SCVO
6th October 2018 admin

Arts centre set to return to its home

The CCA in Glasgow has been locked out its premises following a devastating blaze at the School of Art

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SCVO
6th October 2018 admin

Beyond hunger: how foodbanks can transform lives

Scotland’s foodbanks could play a pivotal role in tackling a range of social problems beyond hunger

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SCVO
6th October 2018 admin

Charity warns of Universal Credit explosion

Foodbanks can’t cope with pace of roll-out

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SCVO
6th October 2018 admin

Third sector at the heart of human rights work

The Scottish Parliament is examining how it considers and protects human rights in Scotland

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Uncategorized
6th October 2018 admin

How will Brexit impact the ethnic minority sector?

On Tuesday 2nd October, NICVA held our ninth roundtable in the Brexit series with the focus of this session on how

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Uncategorized
6th October 2018 admin

The Charity Commission’s ‘Statement of Strategic Intent’: what it says, and what it should say

Yesterday the Charity Commission published its strategy for the next five years (2018-2023). This is the first major act by

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SCVO
5th October 2018 admin

Doctors can now prescribe nature

GPs will now be able to prescribe nature to their patients thanks to a pioneering charity project

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SCVO
5th October 2018 admin

Financial firm to give £27m to charity

The Australian based group Macquarie is giving away bumper donations to organisations from across the world to mark its 50th

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SCVO
5th October 2018 admin

Charity has the answer to boosting youth mental health

A charity programme to overcome family conflict could help tackle youth mental health problems in schools across Scotland

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SCVO
5th October 2018 admin

Dame Kelly Holmes: good causes missing out on millions

Good causes are missing out on millions under outdated current rules

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SCVO
5th October 2018 admin

History of charity in Edinburgh to be celebrated

EVOC will use its annual event to celebrate the past and examine what can be done to create a fairer

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SCVO
5th October 2018 admin

Support projects for those with long term conditions gain funding

The Alliance has allocated £650,000 in funding to groups across Scotland

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SCVO
5th October 2018 admin

Charity marks sleepout’s 25th year

The Rock Trust is looking for those who have taken part in Sleep Out in Edinburgh over the years to

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SCVO
5th October 2018 admin

Indonesia emergency aid campaign launched

UK charities have announced they will work together to support those affected by an earthquake and a tsunami

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Uncategorized
5th October 2018 admin

First NICVA online learner receives his ILM certificate

We are delighted that Patrick Anderson, Training and Education Officer with AWARE has been awarded his well deserved ILM level 3 Award

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Uncategorized
5th October 2018 admin

The Fundraising Regulator needs your views

The Fundraising Regulator (FR) held a information and consultation event in NICVA to talk about the changes to the Code

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Uncategorized
4th October 2018 admin

The art of accountability beyond counting

Just try saying the word ‘accountability’ in your community organisation. Even the sound of it can make us think of

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SCVO
4th October 2018 admin

Charity defends its Universal Credit link

A charity has defended its involvement with the controversial roll-out of Universal Credit

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SCVO
4th October 2018 admin

Charity supports more families caring for seriously ill children than ever before

A charity for seriously ill children has helped more families than ever before

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SCVO
4th October 2018 admin

Mum raises over £50k through Facebook and scoops award

Dedicated volunteer fundraiser Linda Campbell was honoured at the Scottish Fundraising Awards alongside professional individuals and teams

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SCVO
4th October 2018 admin

Junk food crackdown could ban free prawn crackers

A Scottish Government consultation on plans aimed at reducing obesity has been welcomed by charities

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SCVO
4th October 2018 admin

New name for recently merged charities

Scotland Versus Arthritis is the organisation that has been created following the merger of Arthritis Research UK and Arthritis Care

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SCVO
4th October 2018 admin

Family of Sir David Frost fund lifesaving scheme

Miles Frost, son of Sir David, died aged just 31 as a result of an inherited heart condition

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WCVA
4th October 2018 admin

Do you want to make your organisation more sustainable?

Rising political, social, economic, and environmental pressures from issues such as climate change, Brexit, and social inequality will impact upon

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WCVA
4th October 2018 admin

Natural Resources Wales Quarterly Funding Update

The Natural Resources Wales Funding Update is updated each quarter with details of over 100 funding streams for projects and

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WCVA
4th October 2018 admin

Welsh Government – Well-being of Wales 2017-18 Report

Background into ‘Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act’ The  ‘Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act‘ is about improving the social, economic,

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SCVO
3rd October 2018 admin

Charity takes government cash to help with Universal Credit

A charity will help the UK government with the Universal Credit roll out – despite previously calling for the controversial

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SCVO
3rd October 2018 admin

Scots fundraisers told they can weather any storm

Recent fundraising scandals should give the profession confidence it can continue to weather any storm, a conference has heard

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SCVO
3rd October 2018 admin

Scotland in 2018: one in four kids in poverty

An independent poverty group has said reforms are needed to childcare, flexible working and benefits to help Scottish families

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SCVO
3rd October 2018 admin

Fuel poverty groups can apply for £2.5m fund

The Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme aims to support energy consumers in vulnerable situations

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SCVO
3rd October 2018 admin

Lack of data is hitting Scottish fundraising efforts

Charity fundraising is suffering in Scotland because no one knows the size and the shape of the sector

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