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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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Co-chairs: could two heads be better than one for your charity?

OPINION 5 November 2024 by Helen Kidd
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Lawyer Helen Kidd explores the rise of the co-chair

https://tfn.scot/opinion/co-chairs-could-two-heads-be-better-than-one-for-your-charity

More exploitation than empowerment? Council cuts and community control

OPINION 4 March 2025 by Sarah Latto
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#CostOfLivingCrisis
In a time of considerable pressure on local authority finances, how do we ensure that community empowerment is truly empowering, and not seen as an easy option to cut services, asks Sarah Latto

https://tfn.scot/opinion/local-authority-budgets-vs-community-empowerment

Housing and health in Glasgow: a journey through film

OPINION 24 March 2025 Guest post
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
Regeneration & Housing
A recent event celebrated Glasgow's 850th birthday by taking a packed audience on a whistle-stop housing journey, reports Lucinda Broadbent of media co-op

https://tfn.scot/opinion/housing-and-health-in-glasgow-a-journey-through-film

Hunter relaunches Kiltwalk with pledge to end child poverty

NEWS 17 November 2015 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Leading philanthropist aiming to end child poverty in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/hunter-relaunches-kiltwalk-with-pledge-to-end-child-poverty

Mountain drama as air ambulance makes 1000th call-out

NEWS 30 March 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Health & Social Care
57-year-old man had to evacuated to hospital suffering severe from chest pains

https://tfn.scot/news/hilltop-drama-as-air-ambulance-makes-1000th-call-out

Charity warns children could be at risk this Christmas

NEWS 2 December 2020 by Gareth Jones
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
More than 600 concerns of child cruelty and neglect offences were recorded by Police Scotland last year

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-warns-children-could-be-at-risk-this-christmas

World leaders told: protect all our natural resources

NEWS 23 November 2015 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
The degradation of the world’s hatural resources must be halted if we are to stop the catastrophic effects of climate change

https://tfn.scot/news/world-leaders-told-protect-our-natural-resources

Young Scots mental health worsens year on year

NEWS 5 April 2018 by Susan Smith
Health & Social Care
Young people complain of stress, anxiety and hopelessness in a world where they struggle to feel "good enough"

https://tfn.scot/news/young-scots-mental-health-worsens-year-on-year

Tackling fuel poverty will save NHS up to £80m

NEWS 29 March 2016 by Rab Armour
Regeneration & Housing
New project to raise awareness of fuel poverty among health professionals

https://tfn.scot/news/tackling-fuel-poverty-will-save-nhs-up-to-80m

Slim pickings for third sector in party manifestos

NEWS 30 May 2017 by Graham Martin
Management
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TFN analyses what the parties are promising Scotland's third sector

https://tfn.scot/news/slim-pickings-for-third-sector-in-party-manifestos

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Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.