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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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Could having the CEO on the board strengthen your charity?

OPINION 6 February 2025 by Helen Kidd
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
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Money is tight. Charities are continually grappling with how best to tackle those challenges. And some are considering the structure of their board. Lawyer Helen Kidd explores the issue.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/could-having-the-ceo-on-the-board-strengthen-your-charity

You can't have a right without a remedy 

OPINION 31 August 2023 by Emma Hutton
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Emma Hutton welcomes the new Scottish Human Rights Bill - but wonders if it goes far enough

https://tfn.scot/opinion/on-the-right-path

New figures show 200,000 Scots relied on food banks last year

NEWS 27 April 2022 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Cost-of-living crisis could be here to stay

https://tfn.scot/news/new-figures-show-200000-scots-relied-on-food-banks-last-year

Campaigners hail victory as two-child cap is scrapped

NEWS 27 November 2025 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#Society
#Politics
Groups now urge cash freed up to be spent supporting struggling families

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-hail-costly-victory-as-two-child-cap-gets-scrapped

Scottish budget offers “sticking plasters” for social problems

NEWS 19 December 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#RunningCostsCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Campaigners and charities from across the third sector have hit out at the “short-term budget sticking plasters” offered by the Scottish Government.

https://tfn.scot/news/scottish-budget-offers-sticking-plasters-for-social-problems

Cut price deals fuel unhealthy diets

NEWS 2 September 2019 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
Parents have said junk food promotions tempt them into buying unhealthy food, a charity survey has found

https://tfn.scot/news/cut-price-deals-fuel-unhealthy-diets

Take heart – around the world, people want to see action on climate change

OPINION 27 February 2024 by Liz Murray
Environment & International
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Most people want climate action - despite what right wing UK government culture warriors would have us believe

https://tfn.scot/opinion/take-heart-around-the-world-people-want-to-see-action-on-climate-change

Deadly air pollution epidemic grips Scotland

NEWS 27 January 2017 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
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Scotland is in the grip of a deadly air pollution epidemic, a green group has warned

https://tfn.scot/news/deadly-air-pollution-epidemic-grips-scotland

Austerity brews up a perfect storm of extreme poverty

NEWS 16 March 2015 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
Half a million Scots are living in extreme or serious poverty, a new report says

https://tfn.scot/news/austerity-brews-up-a-perfect-storm-of-extreme-poverty

Opportunities for social enterprise in new programme for government

OPINION 16 September 2021 by Duncan Thorp
Management
Funding & Finance
Duncan Thorp of Social Enterprise Scotland analyses the Scottish Government's policy pledges

https://tfn.scot/opinion/opportunities-for-social-enterprise-in-new-programme-for-government

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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.