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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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Remembering the week everyone hated us

OPINION 28 May 2024 by Derek Mitchell
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
Regeneration & Housing
CAS chief executive Derek Mitchell on being at the heart of a Twitter storm

https://tfn.scot/opinion/remembering-the-week-everyone-hated-us

Time for Citizens Advice Scotland’s board to resign?

OPINION 23 February 2016 by Rab Armour
Management
How do you sack a board not fit for purpose? With great difficulty, says Robert Armour. And not before major reputation damage has been committed

https://tfn.scot/opinion/citizens-advice-scotlands-board-should-resign

Is the youth work sector there yet?

OPINION 5 May 2014 by YouthLink Scotland
Families & Young People
1 comment
Jim Sweeney, chief executive of YouthLink Scotland, examines the impact of the new National Youth Work Strategy ahead of a debate in the Scottish Parliament

https://tfn.scot/opinion/are-we-there-yet

It’s doable – so let’s do it

OPINION 14 December 2020 by John Cassidy
Health & Social Care
#NeverMoreNeeded
John Cassidy analyses Scottish Communities for Health and Wellbeing’s Blueprint for a Healthier Scotland and looks at how communities have responded to Covid-19

https://tfn.scot/opinion/its-doable-so-lets-do-it

The importance of getting social security right   

OPINION 14 July 2025 by Jonathan Boyd
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
Jonathan Boyd on making sure free, confidential and impartial advice is accessible to everyone

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-importance-of-getting-social-security-right

Fears for homeless Scots this Christmas

NEWS 8 December 2015 by Rab Armour
Regeneration & Housing
New report shows number of Scots in temporary accommodation remains static

https://tfn.scot/news/fears-for-homeless-scots-this-christmas

Advertising feature: helping deliver Scotland’s Social Enterprise Strategy

OPINION 16 February 2017 Guest post
Funding & Finance
Roger Moors examines the role of social investment and how it’s so much more than just about money

https://tfn.scot/opinion/advertising-feature-helping-deliver-scotlands-social-enterprise-strategy

Charity members: help or hindrance?

OPINION 2 September 2019 Guest post
Management
Charities’ membership models (or lack of them) may be damaging their sustainability. Alastair Keatinge explains why, and what to do about it

https://tfn.scot/opinion/charity-members-help-or-hindrance

Malawi drought: Gladys had hoped to send her gifted son to school, now she can’t feed him

OPINION 1 August 2016 Guest post
Social Justice & Poverty
Keryn Banks has been in Malawi talking to families living through a devastating drought that has left a third of the population without enough food

https://tfn.scot/opinion/communities-in-malawi-urgently-need-our-support

Decision makers sat on their hands while children died

OPINION 30 March 2016 Guest post
Families & Young People
2 comments
Liam Stevenson pulls no punches as he tells how TIE is tackling LGBT-phobia in our schools

https://tfn.scot/opinion/decision-makers-sat-on-their-hands-while-children-died

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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.