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RNIB Group should change its restructuring plans

OPINION 18 August 2015 Guest post
Health & Social Care
Ian Welsh argues RNIB Group's restructuring plans are disempowering service users and underestimating the substance of post-referendum Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/rnib-group-should-change-its-restructuring-plans

Why do we need a third sector anyway?

OPINION 19 August 2015 by Susan Smith
Social Justice & Poverty
7 comments
Susan Smith argues that creating a fairer society requires a third sector willing to mount a challenge to growing external criticism

https://tfn.scot/opinion/why-do-we-need-a-third-sector-anyway

Come on Kezia: put your own house in order first

OPINION 21 August 2015 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
3 comments
Graham Martin on Kezia Dugdale's challenge to civil society

https://tfn.scot/opinion/come-on-kezia-put-your-own-house-in-order-first

The collapse of Kids Company – a lesson in prudence

OPINION 21 August 2015 Guest post
Families & Young People
Calum Munro argues prudence shouldn't be dismissed as a Victorian concept in charity governance – trustees

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-collapse-of-kids-company-a-lesson-in-prudence

Age is no barrier to learning digital skills

OPINION 26 August 2015 Guest post
Health & Social Care
2 comments
Joyce Lamont, manager of Dalmuir Online, tells how her Silver Surfers have a head start on the younger generation

https://tfn.scot/opinion/age-is-no-barrier-to-learning-digital-skills

Protecting our children is not a luxury – it is essential

OPINION 1 September 2015 Guest post
Families & Young People
Martin Crewe, director of Barnardo's Scotland, says the office of the children’s commissioner needs to be adequately funded to be effective

https://tfn.scot/opinion/protecting-our-children-is-not-a-luxury-it-is-essential

Not a political football, but a humanitarian emergency

OPINION 8 September 2015 Guest post
Social Justice & Poverty
Mercy Corps' Simon O'Connell on a human response to the refugee crisis

https://tfn.scot/opinion/not-a-political-football-but-a-humanitarian-emergency

The employability industry: a squalid world of profit and subsidy?

OPINION 8 September 2015 Guest post
Social Justice & Poverty
Is the employability sector up to the job?

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-employability-industry-a-squalid-world-of-profit-and-subsidy

Charitable status could put your sports club in a different league

OPINION 9 September 2015 Guest post
Culture & Leisure
Alastair Keatinge explains how becoming a charity can bring tax reliefs or new sources of funding to sports clubs

https://tfn.scot/opinion/charitable-status-could-put-your-sports-club-in-a-different-league

Opening your home and heart to those fleeing persecution

OPINION 9 September 2015 Guest post
Regeneration & Housing
Rosie Kane, a former MSP, writes for TFN on her positive experience of taking in a refugee woman and child

https://tfn.scot/opinion/opening-your-home-and-heart-to-those-fleeing-persecution

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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.