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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

Time to embrace neurodiversity

OPINION 20 July 2022 by Kat Allen
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
Many autistic people have impressive qualifications and CVs, so why the employment gap?

https://tfn.scot/opinion/time-to-embrace-neurodiversity

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

Social Security Scotland’s unique human rights approach to benefits

OPINION 4 December 2023 by Rab Armour
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
On the United Nation’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Professor Paul Knight OBE explains how the department is supporting disabled people

https://tfn.scot/opinion/social-security-scotlands-unique-human-rights-approach-to-benefits

If care system is reformed the pain of growing up in care won’t have been for nothing

OPINION 18 October 2016 Guest post
Health & Social Care
Harry O’Neill is one of the people with experience of being in care that met and influenced Nicola Sturgeon to announce a review of the care system

https://tfn.scot/opinion/if-care-changes-happen-the-pain-wont-have-been-for-nothing

Joining the Evidence Dots

OPINION 24 September 2020 Guest post
Health & Social Care
Janis McDonald discusses how deafscotland is using World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month to highlight the established link between dementia and hearing loss

https://tfn.scot/opinion/joining-the-evidence-dots

Let them eat leftover cake

OPINION 16 February 2015 Guest post
Social Justice & Poverty
1 comment
Shelagh Young explains why distributing food waste to the poor to tackle poverty will prove to be a pricey mistake in the long run

https://tfn.scot/opinion/let-them-eat-leftover-cake

Morality: differentiating right from wrong

OPINION 6 November 2018 Guest post
Health & Social Care
1 comment
Dan Mushens examines some of the dilemmas that third sector workers can face

https://tfn.scot/opinion/morality-differentiating-right-from-wrong

Revealed: the top ten issues charities have to deal with

NEWS 30 October 2014 by Graham Martin
Management
Accountant publishes the top 10 issues affecting charities

https://tfn.scot/news/revealed-the-top-ten-issues-charities-have-to-deal-with

Social Care 2018: ‘Plus ca change’

OPINION 17 December 2018 Guest post
Management
Nigel Henderson looks back at the major issues which have affected the social care sector in 2018

https://tfn.scot/opinion/social-care-2018.-plus-ca-change

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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.