Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

How can we unlock the £23 billion of unclaimed support?

OPINION 25 November 2024 by Derek Mitchell

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Regeneration & Housing

Derek Mitchell: “Here we are in a cost-of-living crisis, yet there’s billions of pounds just sitting there, unclaimed”

https://tfn.scot/opinion/how-can-we-unlock-the-23-billion-of-unclaimed-support

“At this moment perhaps more than any other, we should be looking to project our power and influence for good around the world…

OPINION 1 March 2025 by Graham Martin

https://tfn.scot/opinion/at-this-moment-perhaps-more-than-any-other-we-should-be-looking-to-project-our-power-and-influence-for-good-around-the-world

Personal privacy is the next big civil liberties battle

OPINION 10 March 2025 by Mhoraig Green

Families & Young People

Management

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

'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

A bold manifesto to put volunteering at the top of the political agenda

OPINION 9 October 2025 by Ewan MacLeod and Bethany Sikes

Families & Young People

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Environment & International

Culture & Leisure

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

Regeneration & Housing

Volunteer Scotland has published its 2026 Scottish Parliament Manifesto: Creating a Nation of Volunteers - Ewan MacLeod and Bethany Sikes tells us all about it

https://tfn.scot/opinion/launch-of-volunteer-scotlands-2026-scottish-parliament-election-manifesto