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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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Brexit is built on shifting - and rapidly disappearing - sands

With Brexit looming, Craig Wilson looks at its implications and the steps that are being taken to ensure the future of the voluntary sector in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/what-will-brexit-mean-for-the-voluntary-sector

How trusts and foundations can help create a mentally healthy Scotland

Richard Rutnagur talks about the crucial role trusts and foundations can play in closing the gap on mental health inequalities

https://tfn.scot/opinion/how-trusts-and-foundations-can-help-create-a-mentally-healthy-scotland

We are never more needed - in the fight to forge a better world

No return to normality after Covid - let our voices be heard in the fight for a society based on solidarity, not share price

https://tfn.scot/opinion/civil-society-is-never-more-needed-in-the-fight-to-create-better-world

Non-political? No thanks - let's make more noise

Baroness Stowell agrees with the Mail papers that charities must not challenge power - TFN editor Graham Martin disagrees

https://tfn.scot/opinion/non-political-no-thanks-lets-make-more-noise

Aid sector has no friends in the Tory party - as £4bn worth of deadly cuts prove

Graham Martin says that the positive case for aid must be made - and false saviours must be ditched

https://tfn.scot/opinion/aid-sector-has-no-friends-in-the-tory-party-as-4bn-worth-of-deadly-cuts-prove

My Earthshot? Take over the royal estates!

Princely benevolence will not save the planet, argues Graham Martin

https://tfn.scot/opinion/my-earthshot-take-over-the-royal-estates

Where the Engine Shed fit in

Marian MacDonald argues the demise of the Engine Shed means learning disabled adults are missing out on a tried and tested training ground for work

https://tfn.scot/opinion/where-the-engine-shed-fit-in

Whose town is it anyway?

Phil Prentice considers how Scots can contribute to making their towns better during National Towns' Week

https://tfn.scot/opinion/whose-town-is-it-anyway

Why branding matters: even to volunteers

Brand aid: how CSV became Volunteering Matters

https://tfn.scot/opinion/why-branding-matters-even-to-volunteers

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