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The road to financial inclusion starts with something simple - a bank account

OPINION 13 October 2025 by Sarah-Jayne Dunn
Social Justice & Poverty
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Sarah Jayne Dunn on a new campaign to help unbanked people

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-road-to-financial-inclusion-starts-with-something-simple-a-bank-account

Less stepping back, more stepping up: Scotland’s next chapter in public service reform

OPINION 21 October 2025 by Giles Ruck
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
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Regeneration & Housing
Giles Ruck on an initiative that places the voices of local people and those with lived experience at the heart of funding decisions

https://tfn.scot/opinion/less-stepping-back-more-stepping-up-scotlands-next-chapter-in-public-service-reform

When power turns legal: how do we stop SLAPPs?

OPINION 24 October 2025 by Ahsan Mustafa
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Regeneration & Housing
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Ahsan Mustafa examines how SLAPPs threaten charity journalism and accountability

https://tfn.scot/opinion/when-power-turns-legal

We marched to demand action and a fairer society 

OPINION 27 October 2025 by Derek Mitchell
Families & Young People
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Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
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"The fact that the campaign emerged from Scotland’s charity sector is significant, because we see the reality of how people are living"

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-marched-to-demand-action-and-a-fairer-society

Fairer wage deductions: six months on, are workers better protected?

OPINION 30 October 2025 by Ahsan Mustafa
Management
Funding & Finance
Ahsan Mustafa on new rules around debt recovery

https://tfn.scot/opinion/fairer-wage-deductions-six-months-on-are-workers-better-protected

Trustees' Week: do you have what it takes to help run a charity?

OPINION 31 October 2025 by Simon Rennie
Families & Young People
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Environment & International
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Health & Social Care
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Simon Rennie on the vital role played by trustees

https://tfn.scot/opinion/trustee-week-do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-help-run-a-charity

Do we value our trustees enough?

OPINION 4 November 2025 by Helen Kidd
Families & Young People
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Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
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Regeneration & Housing
As the role of trustees is celebrated through Trustees' Week, Helen Kidd asks: “do charities do enough to help them do their jobs effectively?”

https://tfn.scot/opinion/do-we-value-our-trustees-enough

New charity accounting standards - what you need to know

OPINION 5 November 2025 by Euan Morrison
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
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Euan Morrison details the news SORP guidelines

https://tfn.scot/opinion/new-charity-accounting-standards

Scotland’s community charities deserve better from government and funders

OPINION 7 November 2025 by Stuart Duffin
Families & Young People
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Environment & International
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Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
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Stuart Duffin makes an impassioned and important call for funding parity for our small charities

https://tfn.scot/opinion/open-letter-scotlands-community-charities-deserve-better-from-government-and-funders

Ofgem’s plans on energy debt don’t go nearly far enough 

OPINION 10 November 2025 by David Hilferty
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
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David Hilferty on the inevitable winter fuel crisis

https://tfn.scot/opinion/ofgems-plans-on-energy-debt-dont-go-nearly-far-enough

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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.