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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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Investing in people and ideas

OPINION 19 May 2014 Guest post
Funding & Finance
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Claire Carpenter believes the Big Lottery Fund in Scotland needs to invest in people and ideas to ensure social innovation can thrive in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/opinion/investing-in-people-and-ideas

Opening your home and heart to those fleeing persecution

OPINION 9 September 2015 Guest post
Regeneration & Housing
Rosie Kane, a former MSP, writes for TFN on her positive experience of taking in a refugee woman and child

https://tfn.scot/opinion/opening-your-home-and-heart-to-those-fleeing-persecution

Our most challenging year yet

OPINION 16 November 2020 by John MacMillan
Management
Health & Social Care
#NeverMoreNeeded
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John MacMillan reflects on the challenges the Eric Liddell Centre has faced in its 40th year

https://tfn.scot/opinion/our-most-challenging-year-yet

Shoppers can help build back better this Christmas

OPINION 11 December 2020 by TFN
Management
Duncan Thorp, of Social Enterprise Scotland, makes the case for the local ethical economy

https://tfn.scot/opinion/shoppers-can-help-build-back-better-this-christmas

Watch this space (very closely)

OPINION 18 December 2020 by Mhairi Snowden
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Mhairi Snowden says it is important that the voluntary sector prepares as much as it can for the impacts of Brexit

https://tfn.scot/opinion/watch-this-space-very-closely

Gizza job - upto 100,000 young job seekers need you

OPINION 16 March 2021 by Susan Smith
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
#NeverMoreNeeded
Young Person's Guarantee
Community Jobs Scotland
Kickstart
Susan Smith says the voluntary sector is Never More Needed in the Young Person's Guarantee drive to ensure jobs for 18 to 24 year olds after Covid

https://tfn.scot/opinion/gizza-job-upto-100000-young-job-seekers-need-you

Streamlining public sector printing: the benefits of the Scottish Procurement Framework for Managed Print

OPINION 15 October 2024 Sponsored content
Management
Sponsored content: how public sector organisations can take advantage of this framework

https://tfn.scot/opinion/streamlining-public-sector-printing-the-benefits-of-the-scottish-procurement-framework-for-managed-print

Navigating the Shifting Sands

OPINION 20 January 2025 by Kirsten Hogg
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#Society
#Technology
#Politics
#Environment
#Law
Kirsten Hogg on a new tool to help organisations plan for the future

https://tfn.scot/opinion/navigating-the-shifting-sands

Human rights must be defended - now more than ever

OPINION 8 December 2025 by Professor Angela O'Hagan
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Professor Angela O’Hagan on the newly published State of the Nation report from the Scottish Human Rights Commission

https://tfn.scot/opinion/human-rights-must-be-defended-now-more-than-ever

How technology helped MND sufferer find her voice

NEWS 28 January 2016 by Graham Martin
Health & Social Care
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A woman who lost her speech after she was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) has described the lifeline given to her by new technnology

https://tfn.scot/news/how-technology-helped-mnd-sufferer-find-her-voice

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