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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 Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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When is working together right for charities?

OPINION 9 April 2018 Guest post
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Jamie Davidson says charities can benefit from collaboration but trustees should proceed with caution

https://tfn.scot/opinion/when-is-working-together-right-for-charities

Here we are then. 2024.

OPINION 1 January 2024 by Graham Martin

https://tfn.scot/opinion/here-we-are-then-2024

What lies beneath: the strange, frozen world of Scottish politics

OPINION 18 February 2021 by Graham Martin
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The national question has created a queasy state of stasis - Graham Martin wonders where civil society will be when things start moving again

https://tfn.scot/opinion/what-lies-beneath-the-strange-frozen-world-of-scottish-politics

What Scotland's civil society and young people can teach us about building bridges

OPINION 19 May 2025 by Irene Oldfather
Families & Young People
Environment & International
Dr Irene Oldfather on the work of the Scottish Advisory Forum on Europe (SAFE) to champion youth mobility

https://tfn.scot/opinion/what-scotlands-civil-society-and-young-people-can-teach-us-about-building-bridges

Charity gagging orders: Tories attacking free speech

NEWS 9 November 2018 by Graham Martin
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The UK Tory government is so terrified of public debate it is gagging charities and groups which hold it to account

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-gagging-orders-tories-attacking-free-speech

Public should donate more to aid groups - not boycott them

NEWS 17 August 2018 by Graham Martin
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The public should double donations to charities in the wake of the abuse scandal that has engulfed aid organisations – instead of pulling support

https://tfn.scot/news/public-should-donate-more-to-aid-groups-not-boycott-them

Campaigners demand UK government ends “cruel” benefits’ freeze

NEWS 21 November 2017 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Groups and MSPs demand changes to welfare system punishing most vulnerable

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-demand-uk-government-ends-cruel-benefits-freeze

Few Scots make link between food and poverty

NEWS 27 February 2017 by Rab Armour
Culture & Leisure
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​Scots urged to find out more about where their food comes from to combat poverty

https://tfn.scot/news/few-scots-make-link-between-food-and-poverty

Sturgeon: negative forces are trying to exploit third sector

NEWS 21 February 2018 by Rab Armour
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High praise for the third sector but public confidence is being undermined by negative reporting

https://tfn.scot/news/sturgeon-negative-forces-are-trying-to-exploit-third-sector

Third sector at the heart of human rights work

NEWS 5 October 2018 by Gareth Jones
Social Justice & Poverty
The Scottish Parliament is examining how it considers and protects human rights in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/third-sector-at-the-heart-of-human-rights-work

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2025. 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.