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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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Trustees Week: charities encouraged to consider greater diversity

To mark Trustees Week, Euan Morrison argues for board diversity

https://tfn.scot/opinion/trustees-week-charities-encouraged-to-consider-greater-diversity

Unintended consequences – Insurance Premium Tax

Alan Eccles summarises some of the effects of the budget

https://tfn.scot/opinion/unintended-consequences-insurance-premium-tax

Volunteering or voluntold?

Calum Irving explains why volunteering bodies across Scotland are rejecting the government's Community Work Placem

https://tfn.scot/opinion/volunteering-or-voluntold

We must invest more in housing after the referendum

Alan Ferguson argues that housing must be a priority of the future Scottish Government regardless of the outcome of the referendum

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-must-invest-more-in-housing-after-the-referendum

We need to offer care services we’d want for ourselves

Ranald Mair, from Ayrshire, has been awarded an OBE in recognition of his services to the care sector

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-need-to-offer-care-services-wed-want-for-ourselves

What a difference 14 years makes

Maureen Mallon reflects on her return to the third sector as new chief executive of OSCR

https://tfn.scot/opinion/what-a-difference-14-years-makes

Psychiatrist shortages are a ticking timebomb

Sophie Pilgrim is shocked by the shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists in the NHS in Scotland, which is leaving many families struggling

https://tfn.scot/opinion/psychiatrist-shortages-are-a-ticking-timebomb

Scotland on the basic income frontline

Gail Irvine on Scotland's strides towards a basic income

https://tfn.scot/opinion/scotland-on-the-basic-income-frontline

SDS isn’t working for people with mental health issues

Carolyn Lochhead explains why SDS isn't working for people with mental health issues and what needs to be done to change that

https://tfn.scot/opinion/sds-isnt-working-for-people-with-mental-health-issues

Seeking social innovators to spend £5,000

Social enterprise agency Firstport is on the hunt for a new cohort of social innovators

https://tfn.scot/opinion/seeking-social-inovators-to-spend-5000

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