Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Ten top tips for trustees

OPINION 3 October 2017 Guest post

Management

Tracey Bird explores the vital steps that those who volunteer as charity trustees should take

https://tfn.scot/opinion/ten-top-tips-for-trustees

Charities have been shooting themselves in the foot

OPINION 16 March 2016 Guest post

Management

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Caroline Slocock says charities have allowed themselves to be forced into competition with each other for state income

https://tfn.scot/opinion/x

The third sector is enabling a better state

OPINION 24 March 2015 Guest post

Health & Social Care

Jenny Brotchie argues that in difficult times the third sector has a critical role in the shift toward a successful enabling state

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-third-sector-is-enabling-a-better-state

Scotland strikes for climate change

NEWS 20 September 2019 by Gareth Jones

Environment & International

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Environmental campaigners and other voluntary sector groups have joined school pupils in hitting the streets to call for action

https://tfn.scot/news/scotland-strikes-for-climate-change

Gathering 2015: new army of volunteers will fight poverty and inequality

NEWS 25 February 2015 by Graham Martin

Management

Minister says 110 groups will benefit from £1.1 million volunteering cash

https://tfn.scot/news/gathering-2015-new-army-of-volunteers-will-fight-poverty-and-inequality

Housing First will be “pivotal” to fight against homelessness

NEWS 27 November 2018 by Graham Martin

Management

Permanent housing should be the first and not the last step a person takes as they move out of homelessness, a summit will hear

https://tfn.scot/news/housing-first-will-be-pivotal-to-fight-against-homelessness

Wind farm battle is over but wild land war is still on

NEWS 29 July 2016 by Graham Martin

Environment & International

A campaigning charity has dropped its legal bid to halt the construction of a massive wind farm

https://tfn.scot/news/wind-farm-battle-is-over-but-wild-land-war-is-still-on

Vulnerable people struggling to access food

NEWS 4 June 2020 by Gavin Stuart

Social Justice & Poverty

Charities call for urgent action to ensure no-one goes without essential supplies.

https://tfn.scot/news/vulnerable-people-struggling-to-access-food

Cancer patients left homeless due to benefit cuts

NEWS 11 January 2016 by Rab Armour

Health & Social Care

People with cancer say they fear being made homeless over proposed changes to Employment and Support Allowance

https://tfn.scot/news/warning-benefit-cuts-will-leave-cancer-patients-homeless

We’ll make Scotland less lonely, government pledges

NEWS 18 December 2018 by Susan Smith

Health & Social Care

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The Scottish Government has vowed to take action to tackle the growing problem of loneliness in Scottish society

https://tfn.scot/news/well-make-scotland-less-lonely-government-pledges

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Charities have been shooting themselves in the foot

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Scotland strikes for climate change

Gathering 2015: new army of volunteers will fight poverty and inequality

Housing First will be “pivotal” to fight against homelessness

Wind farm battle is over but wild land war is still on

Vulnerable people struggling to access food

Cancer patients left homeless due to benefit cuts

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