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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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Hearing the cries of our children

OPINION 14 February 2014 by Alex Turnbull
Families & Young People
Duncan Dunlop, chief executive of Who Cares? Scotland on why MSPs have benefited from listening to young care leavers’ experiences.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/hearing-the-cries-of-our-children

Donald Trump’s new fragrances vs the real world

OPINION 12 December 2024 by Duncan Thorp
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Duncan Thorp on democracy in 2024

https://tfn.scot/opinion/donald-trumps-new-fragrances-vs-the-real-world

Scottish Government must do more to end child exploitation

OPINION 12 July 2023 by Daljeet Dagon
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Daljeet Dagon says vital intervention is needed for a problem that is on the rise

https://tfn.scot/opinion/scottish-government-must-do-more-to-end-child-exploitation

Access to justice for all 

OPINION 21 September 2023 by Eleanor Deeming Johnstone
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Regeneration & Housing
New paper focuses on access to justice for economic, social, cultural and environmental rights.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/access-to-justice-for-all

TFN Quiz of the Year 2014

FEATURE 16 December 2014 by Paul Cardwell
Culture & Leisure
With 2014 coming to a close sink your teeth into a mince pie and test your memory with these questions on third sector events of the previous 12 months

https://tfn.scot/features/third-force-news-christmas-quiz-2014

Fairer wage deductions: six months on, are workers better protected?

OPINION 30 October 2025 by Ahsan Mustafa
Management
Funding & Finance
Ahsan Mustafa on new rules around debt recovery

https://tfn.scot/opinion/fairer-wage-deductions-six-months-on-are-workers-better-protected

Holyrood election 2016 - the main parties pitch to the third sector on youth issues

NEWS 14 April 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Health & Social Care
Every week until the 5 May Holyrood poll, we will be asking the five main parties to spell out what they offer Scotland’s third sector.

https://tfn.scot/news/holyrood-election-2016-the-main-parties-tackle-the-big-youth-issues

With just three months to go, the GDPR clock is ticking

OPINION 21 February 2018 by TFN
Management
Alison Johnston, lead policy officer for the Information Commissioner’s Office, urges charities not to panic about GDPR

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-gdpr-clock-is-ticking-with-just-three-months-to-go

Charities must beware of the dominant individual

OPINION 12 April 2016 Guest post
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Alastair Keatinge, charity law partner at Lindsays, offers advice to charity executives and trustees who feel an individual is becoming too influential

https://tfn.scot/opinion/charities-must-beware-of-the-dominant-individual

How you can help Scotland go fossil free

OPINION 23 April 2018 Guest post
Environment & International
Sally Clark says it's time for the country to free itself from fossil fuels

https://tfn.scot/opinion/how-you-can-help-scotland-go-fossil-free

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2026. 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.