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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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Where third sector dreams come true

OPINION 25 February 2015 Guest post
Management
Martin Sime images a world where third sector dreams come true

https://tfn.scot/opinion/where-third-sector-dreams-come-true

Winter of discontent: snow is not fun for too many children

OPINION 13 March 2018 Guest post
Families & Young People
Rhona Cunningham reminds us that for thousands of children growing up in poverty, snow storms meant being cold and hungry

https://tfn.scot/opinion/winter-of-discontent-thousand-of-children-went-hungry-during-snow-mayhem

Our sector in 2015: challenges and opportunities

OPINION 6 January 2015 Guest post
Management
Shulah Allan looks ahead to 2015 and explains why it could be just as momentous a year for the third sector as 2014

https://tfn.scot/opinion/our-sector-in-2015-challenges-and-opportunities

Drug deaths: Westminster’s refusal to enable the flexibility required to save lives is untenable

OPINION 16 December 2025 by Kirsten Horsburgh
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Kirsten Horsburgh: "we are operating under legislation that predates the current drug landscape, modern harm reduction science and our understanding of dependency and public health"

https://tfn.scot/opinion/drug-deaths-westminsters-refusal-to-enable-the-flexibility-required-to-save-lives-is-untenable

£1m to help ease Brexit hunger

NEWS 9 January 2020 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
A new partnership between a supermarket giant and a charity, supported by the Scottish Government, is set to reduce hunger in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/1m-to-help-ease-brexit-hunger

We are co-architects, not the emergency plumber

OPINION 25 January 2024 by Anna Fowlie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
“There’s hope, but we need speedy change”: Anna Fowlie on the recent Civil Society Summit held by Labour leader Keir Starmer

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-are-co-architects-not-the-emergency-plumber

Mixed response to Scottish Government climate pledges

NEWS 3 September 2019 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon unveiled the Programme for Government this afternoon, with climate change at the top of the agenda

https://tfn.scot/news/mixed-response-to-scottish-government-climate-pledges

The good food nation bill must make the right to food a statutory, legal right

OPINION 17 May 2022 by Angela Moohan
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Angela Moohan says proposed legislation on food must be strengthened

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-good-food-nation-bill-must-make-the-right-to-food-a-statutory-legal-right

Campaigners demand end to five week benefits wait

NEWS 27 January 2020 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Families being forced into destitution

https://tfn.scot/news/campaigners-demand-end-to-five-week-benefits-wait

A manifesto for people and planet

NEWS 1 April 2015 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
Scotland's leading green groups have challenged the parties in the general election, imploring them to put the planet at the heart of their policies

https://tfn.scot/news/a-manifesto-for-people-and-planet

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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.