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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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Personal privacy is the next big civil liberties battle 

OPINION 10 March 2025 by Mhoraig Green
Families & Young People
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Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#Technology

https://tfn.scot/opinion/personal-privacy-is-the-next-big-civil-liberties-battle

Beware of the blame game on ‘choices’  

OPINION 14 April 2025 by David Hilferty
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
David Hilferty on the need for political action needed to deal with the debt crisis

https://tfn.scot/opinion/beware-of-the-blame-game-on-choices

You can now pledge your support online for campaign demanding schools teach pupils about LGBT issues

NEWS 29 September 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Families & Young People
Members of the public can now sign up and back the Time for Inclusive Education campaign online

https://tfn.scot/news/you-can-now-pledge-your-support-online-for-campaign-to-inlcude-lgbt-educati

Renewables could meet half of Scotland’s energy needs by 2030, report finds

NEWS 10 October 2016 by Gavin Stuart
Environment & International
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Half of Scotland’s energy could come from renewable sources by 2030, according to fresh analysis

https://tfn.scot/news/renewables-could-meet-half-of-scotlands-energy-needs-by-2030-report-finds

The role of social enterprise in economic transformation

OPINION 6 September 2021 by Duncan Thorp
Management
Scotland's economy needs social enterprises to build back better, says Duncan Thorp

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-role-of-social-enterprise-in-economic-transformation

'Pillars' for digital inclusion 

OPINION 1 August 2023 by Dr Tara French and Aaron Slater
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
A new paper has been published which presents a framework for digital inclusion in health and social care.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/pillars-for-digital-inclusion

Volunteers or climate change ‘revolutionaries’? 

OPINION 11 September 2023 by Sarah Latto
Management
Environment & International
Sarah Latto wonders whether it is time to rethink ‘volunteering’ and consider how we can best utilise people’s time to bring about real and lasting change

https://tfn.scot/opinion/volunteers-or-climate-change-revolutionaries

Charities back passive smoking target

NEWS 25 March 2014 by Rab Armour
Health & Social Care
Charities have backed a new Scottish campaign that aims to reduce the number of children affected by passive smoking by 50,000

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-back-passive-smoking-target

Benefits system should be overhauled in light of suicide

NEWS 26 March 2014 by Paul Cardwell
Social Justice & Poverty
​A Mental Welfare Commission report into a woman who killed herself after losing disability benefit exposes urgent need for reform, says CAS

https://tfn.scot/news/benefits-system-must-be-overhauled

Five times more Scots turn to foodbanks

NEWS 15 April 2014 by Susan Smith
Social Justice & Poverty
The number of Scots seeking help from foodbanks increased by five-fold last year

https://tfn.scot/news/five-times-more-scots-turn-to-foodbanks

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2025. 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.