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

Lynn Williams

Former Policy Officer at SCVO

SCVO briefing - do the right thing: save the Human Rights Act

SCVO is delighted to support this motion and the work of Amnesty International in its campaign. As we watch the plight of many thousands of...  Read more

Compassion in social security – just a dream?

There are no guarantees that Scotland would create a more compassionate and caring benefits system says Lynn; we will need to fight for a...  Read more

We must group together and fight what's to come

Lynn reflects on the Welfare Reform Bill as UK Government announces £20 billion further cuts  Read more

SCVO Briefing - Welfare Reform and Work Bill

Introduction Sadly, SCVO and other third sector organisations find themselves having to brief MPs on further, devastating changes to tax and...  Read more

Poor bad, rich good says Osborne's budget

As I watched #budget2015 unfold in a BBC studio just along the road from some of the most deprived areas in Scotland, I found little comfort...  Read more

#Budget2015: staying silent is not an option

Lynn critiques the planned social security cuts and calls on activists to stand tall and fight back  Read more

Kick-starting a collective plan to fight inequality

It's time for those most affected by benefit reforms and austerity measures to have their say   Read more

Carers Week legacy – better social care

Carers Week hides the challenges facing social care and unpaid carers and its legacy must be a review of a fractured care system.  Read more

It could have been much worse…

Yet ideologically driven policy and blaming the poor are the marks of the first Queen’s Speech from this majority Conservative Government.  Read more

The end of social security?

The reappointment of Mr Duncan Smith to "finish the job he started" has sounded the death knell for even the most basic of social security...  Read more