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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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Why palliative and end of life care is everyone’s business

​ Richard Meade of Marie Curie says the government needs to invest in tackling the stigma of talking about death and dying

https://tfn.scot/opinion/why-palliative-and-end-of-life-care-is-everyones-business

Feeling the strain – Scotland's mental health

Jo Anderson argues more than six months of Coronavirus has exposed the holes in Scotland's faltering mental health system just when it is Never More Needed

https://tfn.scot/opinion/feeling-the-strain-scotlands-mental-health

Turning up the volume on kinship care

Allan Young explains why over 10,000 children in Scotland living in kinship care are being let down by a system which fails to recognise their needs

https://tfn.scot/opinion/turning-up-the-volume-on-kinship-care

What the public thinks of charities

Dan Corry from New Philanthropy Capital sees public attitudes to charities improving but organisations still need to work together

https://tfn.scot/opinion/what-the-public-thinks-of-charities

RISE: strengthen the third sector to revitalise Scotland

Third sector has a major role to play in revitalising communities, says RISE

https://tfn.scot/opinion/rise-strengthen-the-third-sector-to-revitalise-scotland

Give £30 a week back to cancer patients

Janice Preston explains why Macmillan is making the voices of cancer patients heard to fight for their right to have £30 a week in benefits reinstated

https://tfn.scot/opinion/give-30-a-week-back-to-cancer-patients

Homelessness is far from fixed in Scotland

Graeme Brown says with 5,000 children waking up each day without a permanent home, much more needs to be done to tackle homelessness in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/homelessness-is-far-from-fixed-in-scotland

Named Person is a benign and legitimate way to improve child wellbeing

Colin Young explains why the upcoming Named Person law is not a "state guardian" or a threat to family freedom

https://tfn.scot/opinion/named-person-is-a-benign-and-legitimate-way-to-improve-child-wellbeing

PIP: A step too far

Keith Robson calls for major changes to PIP - starting with an end to the 20 meter rule.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/pip-a-step-too-far

Investments that really do change lives

Monica Middleton on Oikocredit and how it is making a social and economic impact in disadvantaged parts of the world

https://tfn.scot/opinion/co-operative-oikocredit-invests-in-positive-impact

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