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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Shoppers can help build back better this Christmas

OPINION 11 December 2020 by TFN
Management
Duncan Thorp, of Social Enterprise Scotland, makes the case for the local ethical economy

https://tfn.scot/opinion/shoppers-can-help-build-back-better-this-christmas

Watch this space (very closely)

OPINION 18 December 2020 by Mhairi Snowden
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Mhairi Snowden says it is important that the voluntary sector prepares as much as it can for the impacts of Brexit

https://tfn.scot/opinion/watch-this-space-very-closely

Gizza job - upto 100,000 young job seekers need you

OPINION 16 March 2021 by Susan Smith
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
#NeverMoreNeeded
Young Person's Guarantee
Community Jobs Scotland
Kickstart
Susan Smith says the voluntary sector is Never More Needed in the Young Person's Guarantee drive to ensure jobs for 18 to 24 year olds after Covid

https://tfn.scot/opinion/gizza-job-upto-100000-young-job-seekers-need-you

Care worker recruitment crisis in Scotland

NEWS 17 October 2017 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
Half of service providers in Scotland face difficulties finding staff, new figures have revealed

https://tfn.scot/news/care-worker-recruitment-crisis-in-scotland

Crisis is no distant threat

OPINION 13 July 2021 by Anna Fowlie
Environment & International
Anna Fowlie says the climate catastrophe is not a nightmare – it's our waking reality and we must act urgently

https://tfn.scot/opinion/crisis-is-no-distant-threat

Chief encounters: Marguerite Hunter Blair, Play Scotland

NEWS 29 September 2014 by Paul Cardwell
Management
Chief executive of Play Scotland Marguerite Hunter Blair on playing guitar, Bruce Springsteen, and how modern technology has revolutionised meetings

https://tfn.scot/news/chief-encounters-marguerite-hunter-blair-play-scotland

Bringing museums to life with science

OPINION 9 November 2017 Guest post
Families & Young People
Clare Meakin, science engagement manager for National Museums Scotland, on why the organisation is on tour teaching science and technology to pupils

https://tfn.scot/opinion/bringing-museums-to-life-with-science

Opening your home and heart to those fleeing persecution

OPINION 9 September 2015 Guest post
Regeneration & Housing
Rosie Kane, a former MSP, writes for TFN on her positive experience of taking in a refugee woman and child

https://tfn.scot/opinion/opening-your-home-and-heart-to-those-fleeing-persecution

Adventurers enter electric car in 10,000 mile rally

NEWS 14 July 2017 by Gavin Stuart
Culture & Leisure
An Aberdeenshire couple are set to make history as the first people to enter an electric car in the 10,000 mile Mongol Rally.

https://tfn.scot/news/adventurers-enter-electric-car-in-10000-mile-rally

Food charities struggle with fresh, healthy produce

NEWS 6 July 2016 by Susan Smith
Families & Young People
A survey of UK food charities has found they struggle to meet demand during peak times and don't have the resources to distribute fresh produce

https://tfn.scot/news/food-charities-need-help-to-give-out-fresh-healthy-produce

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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.