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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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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

The first 100 days of the new Scottish Government

OPINION 31 May 2021 by Duncan Thorp
Management
Duncan Thorp analyses the priorities of the new Scottish Government, and what impact they will have for social enterprises

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-first-100-days-of-the-new-scottish-government

Murphy: we need a new relationship between third sector and the state

NEWS 26 February 2015 by Graham Martin
Funding & Finance
2 comments
Labour leader pledges to restructure relationship between government and the voluntary sector

https://tfn.scot/news/murphy-we-need-a-new-relationship-between-third-sector-and-the-state

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

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

We hear you: you want a wide-ranging, sector-led review of charity regulation

OPINION 28 March 2025 by Shirley-Anne Somerville
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#Politics
1 comment
Shirley-Anne Somerville: practical changes now while we address the future

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-hear-you-you-want-a-wide-ranging-sector-led-review-of-charity-regulation

Councils told: cough up cash to third sector staff

NEWS 29 January 2016 by Graham Martin
Health & Social Care
3 comments
Tens of thousands of key third sector workers in Scotland could be in for a substantial pay hike

https://tfn.scot/news/councils-told-cough-up-cash-to-third-sector-staff

Warning that Scots wont live long enough to get a state pension if age rises much higher

NEWS 18 November 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Health & Social Care
​Possibility of state pension age being raised to 68 would be a disaster for many people north of the border

https://tfn.scot/news/warning-that-scots-wont-live-long-enough-to-get-a-state-pension-if-age-rise

More people are volunteering post Brexit

NEWS 3 October 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Management
The Charities Aid Foundation says the public has faith in charities to reunite communities

https://tfn.scot/news/More-people-are-volunteering-post-Brexit

People power victory against controversial energy plan

NEWS 6 October 2016 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
Green groups hail Scottish Government’s decision to turn its back on controversial energy extraction technique as a “victory for people power"

https://tfn.scot/news/people-power-victory-against-controversial-energy-plan

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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.