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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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How fit are our personal finances?

Yvonne MacDermid on the big debate to be had over our personal debt, now at its highest level in a decade

https://tfn.scot/opinion/how-fit-are-our-personal-finances

New business models needed in social care

Alastair Keatinge makes the case for new business models in social care

https://tfn.scot/opinion/new-business-models-needed-in-social-care

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

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

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

Social care: charities should move onto the front foot

Kate Wyatt on why charities must be more proactive on social care

https://tfn.scot/opinion/social-care-charities-should-move-onto-the-front-foot

Why we need your help to change the conversation on social care

Tressa Burke, chief executive of Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA), looks at how austerity has hit social care

https://tfn.scot/opinion/why-we-need-your-help-to-change-the-conversation-on-social-care

Hungry for change – the third sector’s response to food poverty

Kiren Zubairi says the third sector is full of ideas on how to tackle our dysfunctional approach to food

https://tfn.scot/opinion/hungry-for-change-the-third-sectors-response-to-food-poverty

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

We want disabled people to have better experiences at work

Independent Living in Scotland’s Susie Fitton looks at the #myworkstorycampaign, which encourages disabled people to get talking about being themselves at work

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-want-disabled-people-to-have-better-experiences-at-work

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