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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

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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Autumn budget 2017: what’s in it for charities?

Julie Hutchison highlights some of the ways the the autumn statement could impact on Scottish charities

https://tfn.scot/opinion/autumn-budget-2017-whats-in-it-for-charities

Plans won’t empower communities says MSPs

MSPs have said plans to give people more power over their community services need to change

https://tfn.scot/news/plans-wont-empower-communities-says-msps

Promoting cyber resilience in the voluntary sector

Sponsored content: In collaboration with the Scottish Govt and SCVO, SBRC has created free webinars for third sector organisations to better their cyber resilience

https://tfn.scot/opinion/third-sector-cyber-resilience

Is this power to the people?

Can legislation really help to empower communities? Ian Cooke, director of the Development Trusts Association Scotland, believes so

https://tfn.scot/opinion/is-this-power-to-the-people

The key to partnership is trust

Angela Morgan explains why learning to trust potential partners is essential for the development of strong third sector services

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-key-to-partnership-is-trust

The rise of the SCIO: is your constitution still fit for purpose?

Kelly Sleight explains why charities may need to do a constitutional health check before becoming a SCIO

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-rise-of-the-scio-is-your-constitution-still-fit-for-purpose

We must all fight to keep the Human Rights Act

Carole Ewart, coordinator of Human Rights Consortium Scotland, believes it is our duty to protect UK human rights laws

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-must-all-fight-to-keep-the-human-rights-act

We need more than warm words to beat fuel poverty

Lori McElroy argues as temperatures plunge the Scottish Government must use its winter budget to commit to essential energy efficiency measures

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-need-more-than-warm-words-to-beat-fuel-poverty

Recruit the best volunteers in this competitive market

Stephanie Murtagh says recruiting the best volunteers will be crucial to the success of charities in times of austerity

https://tfn.scot/opinion/recruit-the-best-volunteers-in-this-competitive-market

Scotland can be the fairest nation on earth

Poverty scars our communities, in May we can begin to build the fairest nation on earth, says Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy

https://tfn.scot/opinion/scotland-can-be-the-fairest-nation-on-earth

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