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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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The value of the personal touch

OPINION 16 November 2016 Guest post
Health & Social Care
​Gerry O'Sullivan says that the most valuable part of his time at Bield was seeing the difference the charity has made first hand

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-value-of-the-personal-touch

“I awoke paralysed and struggling to speak”: how stroke changed my life

OPINION 28 March 2018 Guest post
Health & Social Care
Stroke campaigner Eric Sinclair on the night that changed everything

https://tfn.scot/opinion/i-awoke-paralysed-and-struggling-to-speak-how-stroke-changed-my-life

Wanted: innovative enterprising ideas to boost life for young Scots

OPINION 9 April 2018 Guest post
Management
Josiah Lockhart is calling for people who think they know a way to transform life for young Scots to apply to the Social Innovation Competition

https://tfn.scot/opinion/wanted-innovative-enterprising-ideas-to-improve-life-for-scotlands-young-pe

Labour: use new welfare powers to increase Child Benefit by £240

NEWS 27 February 2017 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
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​Scottish Labour leader pledges to increase Child Benefit

https://tfn.scot/news/new-welfare-powers-to-increase-child-benefit-by-240

Citizens advice service gave out one million pieces of advice in Scotland last year

NEWS 27 October 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Social Justice & Poverty
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Citizens Advice Scotland helped recover £120 million for some of the country's poorest while supporting 310,000 people in 2015/16

https://tfn.scot/news/citizens-advice-service-gave-one-million-pieces-of-advice-last-year

Scotland tells Trump: no division, no hatred, no racism

NEWS 31 January 2017 by Paul Cardwell
Social Justice & Poverty
After the success of the demonstrations, Scots are now being urged to converge on Edinburgh for a mass demo on 11 February

https://tfn.scot/news/thousands-turn-out-across-scotland-in-anti-trump-demonstations

Hillsborough campaigner to speak at The Gathering

NEWS 6 February 2017 by Alex Turnbull
Management
The line up for this year's Gathering includes Hillsborough Family Support Group chair Margaret Aspinall and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

https://tfn.scot/news/hillsborough-campaigner-to-speak-at-the-gathering

The power of bringing people together 

OPINION 8 December 2025 by Duncan Thorp
Social Justice & Poverty
Regeneration & Housing
Duncan Thorp on the need for community cohesion

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-power-of-bringing-people-together

Time for our schools to get Asthma Fit!

OPINION 12 May 2026 by Joseph Carter
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Health & Social Care
Joseph Carter on a new initiative designed to support pupils and teachers

https://tfn.scot/opinion/time-to-get-asthma-fit

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

OPINION 12 May 2020 by Graham Martin
Regeneration & Housing
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

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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.