Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Age is no barrier to learning digital skills

OPINION 26 August 2015 Guest post

Health & Social Care

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Joyce Lamont, manager of Dalmuir Online, tells how her Silver Surfers have a head start on the younger generation

https://tfn.scot/opinion/age-is-no-barrier-to-learning-digital-skills

Tackling loneliness crucial for Scotland’s future health

OPINION 29 October 2015 by Rab Armour

Health & Social Care

The third sector plays a vital role in fighting the devastating effects of loneliness. Now the issue must take centre stage says Margaret McCulloch MSP

https://tfn.scot/opinion/tackling-loneliness-crucial-for-scotlands-future-health

Befriending saves lives

OPINION 3 November 2015 Guest post

Health & Social Care

Doreen Graham explains how important local befriending services are to tackling loneliness and improving people's health

https://tfn.scot/opinion/befriending-saves-lives

Road to becoming… Team manager

FEATURE 19 July 2019 Guest post

Management

Road to becoming... Team manager

https://tfn.scot/features/road-to-becoming...-team-manager

No need for first day nerves in my new role at Samaritans

OPINION 11 August 2015 Guest post

Health & Social Care

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Recently appointed Scottish Samaritans chief James Jopling on the challenges of his new role

https://tfn.scot/opinion/no-need-for-first-day-nerves-in-my-new-role-at-samaritans

A fresh start for fundraising as scandal is put to rest

OPINION 19 January 2016 by Susan Smith

Funding & Finance

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Susan Smith says the FRSB's final report into the circumstances of Olive Cooke's death is as uninspiring as the regulator has been

https://tfn.scot/opinion/a-fresh-start-from-fundraising-as-scandal-is-put-to-rest

We are all responsible for evil - we allow it to exist by doing nothing

OPINION 20 April 2016 Guest post

Social Justice & Poverty

Dundee-born Callum Jensen was so moved by his experiences working for charities in Angola he wrote a book on how human spirit can endure even the worst trauma

https://tfn.scot/opinion/out-of-africa1