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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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Disabled people need a champion

OPINION 11 April 2024 by Jeremy Balfour MSP
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Jeremy Balfour MSP sets out his plans to create a Disability Commissioner for Scotland – and asks for your help in making it happen

https://tfn.scot/opinion/disabled-people-need-a-champion

Celebrating Scotland’s voluntary sector

OPINION 18 June 2024 SCVO partner
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Ahead of the 2024 Charity Awards, June Pennykid, managing director of Keegan and Pennykid, reflects on the importance of Scotland’s voluntary sector

https://tfn.scot/opinion/celebrating-scotlands-voluntary-sector

Project aims to break cycle of disadvantage

NEWS 2 December 2019 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
Venture Trust and Cycling Scotland are working in tandem to help disadvantaged young people through the power of bicycles

https://tfn.scot/news/project-aims-to-break-cycle-of-disadvantage

Public transport should be more affordable

NEWS 20 June 2019 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
The cost of transport is putting significant pressures on those on lower incomes, and poor services can leave people isolated

https://tfn.scot/news/public-transport-should-be-more-affordable

How paid internships can help break down barriers

OPINION 27 March 2023 by Sharon Homan-James
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
Funding & Finance
Creating new impactful opportunities for graduates while benefiting organisations across Scotland.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/great-opportunities-for-paid-internships

Want to make a difference with a pioneering mental health charity?

OPINION 11 February 2022 by Fiona Brown
Management
Health & Social Care

https://tfn.scot/opinion/want-to-make-a-difference-with-a-pioneering-mental-health-charity

Is Scotland blazing a trail for low cost community energy?

OPINION 24 July 2015 by TFN
Regeneration & Housing
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Energy Action Scotland hails the launch of a new community energy scheme. But are such schemes able to realistically tackle fuel poverty?

https://tfn.scot/opinion/is-scotland-blazing-a-trail-for-low-cost-community-energy

Community services improve lives and save money

OPINION 28 October 2015 by Susan Smith
Health & Social Care
Susan Smith argues the Scottish Parliament report into loneliness highlights the need to ramp up preventative health spending

https://tfn.scot/opinion/community-services-improve-lives-and-save-money

Does the third sector have a definable ideology?

OPINION 1 August 2019 by Graham Martin

https://tfn.scot/opinion/does-the-third-sector-have-a-definable-ideology

Comic book aims to tackle knife crime

NEWS 25 September 2019 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
A new resource for young people aims to get them talking about knife crime, as a prevention initiative marks 10 years

https://tfn.scot/news/comic-book-aims-to-tackle-knife-crime

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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.