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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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From dependency to empowerment

OPINION 14 February 2014 by Alex Turnbull
Health & Social Care
Out of the ashes of the welfare state, a more modern enabling state is emerging, suggests Jenny Brotchie, policy officer at the Carnegie UK Trust.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/from-dependency-to-empowerment

Vote to protect creative community expression

OPINION 8 May 2017 by Alex Turnbull
Culture & Leisure
Jemma Neville explains why the results of the UK general election could have a major impact on voluntary and community arts in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/vote-to-protect-creative-community-expression

Funding for youth work is an essential part of supporting those most affected by poverty

OPINION 22 September 2022 by Mike Strang
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
Mike Strang welcomes the publication of Youth Scotland's new report

https://tfn.scot/opinion/funding-for-youth-work-is-an-essential-part-of-supporting-those-most-affected-by-poverty

Cost of living crisis: the hard facts

OPINION 13 January 2023 by Matthew Linning
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Matthew Linning discusses new evidence on the impact of the cost of living crisis on volunteering

https://tfn.scot/opinion/cost-of-living-crisis-the-hard-facts

Raising our gaze towards a wellbeing economy

OPINION 28 October 2022 by Rachel Searle
Management
Funding & Finance
Rachel Searle on discussions around a new Foundation Scotland report

https://tfn.scot/opinion/raising-our-gaze

Savile: no wrongdoing say children’s charities

NEWS 2 March 2015 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
​Two children's charities release reports saying no evidence of wrongdoing in Jimmy Savile investigation

https://tfn.scot/news/saville-no-wrongdoing-say-childrens-charities

400 interns to promote business growth in voluntary sector

NEWS 12 August 2014 by Susan Smith
Management
A £2m grant fund will provide opportunities for 400 interns to help promote business growth within Scottish voluntary organisations

https://tfn.scot/news/400-interns-to-promote-business-growth

Cross-border confusion over charity EU poll campaigns

NEWS 14 March 2016 by Graham Martin
Management
Charities north and south of the border have been given conflicting advice on European referendum campaigning

https://tfn.scot/news/cross-border-confusion-over-charity-eu-poll-campaigns

How prepared is your organisation to defend against a cyber-attack?

OPINION 13 May 2022 Sponsored content
Management
The Scottish Business Resilience Centre is running free, non-technical workshops, to prepare voluntary organisations against possible cyber attacks

https://tfn.scot/opinion/how-prepared-is-your-organisation-to-defend-a-cyber-attack

Working in partnership across sectors should be the backbone of Levelling Up

Rachel Le Noan
8 April 2022
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previous blog, I noted how we would welcome greater engagement between the voluntary sector and the UK government,At the time, SCVO had three main concerns: The UK Government should set out how they plan to take forward,timely and appropriate decision-making in partnership with the Scottish Government and local authorities,The UK Government should swiftly get to work with the Scottish Government and local authorities to allocate,The UK Government should meaningfully engage with Scotland's voluntary sector as part of engagement activities

https://scvo.scot/p/49810/2022/04/08/working-in-partnership-across-sectors-should-be-the-backbone-of-levelling-up

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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.