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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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Civil society under attack as darkness spreads throughout the globe

FEATURE 27 February 2019 by Graham Martin
Management
Civil society under attack throughout the world

https://tfn.scot/features/civil-society-under-attack-as-darkness-spreads-throughout-the-globe

Grim sentence: death penalty on the rise

NEWS 2 April 2015 by Graham Martin
Social Justice & Poverty
The number of death sentences handed down throughout the globe is on the increase, a new report reveals

https://tfn.scot/news/grim-sentence-death-penalty-on-the-rise

Kids Company is being hung out to dry and its closure will be catastrophic

OPINION 10 August 2015 Guest post
Health & Social Care
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Catriona Grant on Kids Company's closure

https://tfn.scot/opinion/kids-company-is-being-hung-out-to-dry-and-its-closure-will-be-catastrophic

Covid-19: learnings for supporting migrant and minority ethnic communities

OPINION 11 January 2023 by Dr Paulina Trevena
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Dr Paulina Trevena on why not learning from the pandemic would be a lost opportunity

https://tfn.scot/opinion/covid-19-learnings-for-supporting-migrant-and-minority-ethnic-communities

Third sector can excel by focusing on the positives

NEWS 1 May 2018 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
Sean Duffy, new chief executive of the Wise Group, spoke to TFN after a series of Fair Start Scotland launch events were held

https://tfn.scot/news/third-sector-can-excel-by-focusing-on-the-positives

Scottish Budget 2023/24: We’ve heard things like this before

Kirsten Hogg
19 December 2022
Posted in
The budget does give a good sense of the Scottish Government’s priorities, and when we heard in advance,Behind or the prevention of drugs deaths will flow through or into the sector, but as the Scottish Government,As we laid out in our briefing on the budget, greater transparency about the Scottish Government’s funding,The clearest proxy we have to measure government support for the sector within the budget is the Third,to bring about the changes the sector so desperately needs across all government departments and areas

https://scvo.scot/p/56418/2022/12/19/scottish-budget-2023-24-weve-heard-things-like-this-before

Good Governance Checkup launch in Trustees' Week

Beth Mukushi
22 October 2021
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The Scottish Governance Code was developed to help boards understand what best practice looks like.,Good Governance Checkup which is vital for trustees supporting all types of voluntary organisation.,You’ll also get access to further resources that will help you in your journey to good governance, and,By completing the Checkup you will also help us to build a picture of good governance in the sector.,Find out more about the Good Governance Checkup at our Trustees’ Week webinar on 2 November where we

https://scvo.scot/p/45807/2021/10/22/good-governance-checkup-launch-in-trustees-week

Finding some glimmers of hope from 2022 - SCVO policy & public affairs

Paul Bradley
22 December 2022
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In responding to the committee's calls for multi-year funding for the sector, the government said it,Our role is to hold the government accountable for its promise to adopt fairer funding.,Not all funding comes from the Scottish Government or via other bodies in Scotland.,SCVO and the TSI Scotland Network have built solid relationships with the UK Government.,Following conversations between the voluntary sector and the UK Government, UK Finance, the membership

https://scvo.scot/p/56514/2022/12/22/finding-some-glimmers-of-hope-from-2022-scvo-policy-public-affairs

Scottish Budget Briefing 2023/2024

Sheghley Ogilvie
13 December 2022
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The Scottish Government can begin to act by committing to: multi-year funding of three years or more ,Similarly, the Scottish Government dedicates significant time and resources to annual processing and,Similarly, the Scottish Government’s Open Government Action Plan commits to fiscal openness and transparency,The Scottish Government should include sector funding as part of this work.,The Scottish Government should collect data across all government departments to generate an accurate

https://scvo.scot/p/56262/2022/12/13/scottish-budget-briefing-2023-2024

Care at home: a crisis unfolding in front of our eyes

FEATURE 25 October 2016 Guest post
Health & Social Care
Pennie Taylor spoke to care at home providers about how the introducing the Scottish Living Wage to all care staff will affect their business model

https://tfn.scot/features/care-at-home-a-crisis-unfolding-in-front-of-our-eyes

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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.