Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Volunteering should be open to everyone

OPINION 13 May 2022 by Jane Deary

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Challenging stereotypes around volunteering

https://tfn.scot/opinion/volunteering-should-be-open-to-everyone

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

OPINION 5 November 2024 by Helen Kidd

Families & Young People

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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

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

Charity chief’s Nepal rescue mission

NEWS 1 May 2015 by Graham Martin

Environment & International

The head of a medical charity has told of his anguish at not knowing if his loved ones were safe after they were caught up in the Nepal earthquake

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-chiefs-nepal-rescue-mission

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

Revealed: what it’s like to be a young carer in Scotland

NEWS 21 February 2017 by Graham Martin

Health & Social Care

A new study maps out the day to day experiences of young carers in Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/revealed-what-its-like-to-be-a-young-carer-in-scotland

Shock as social enterprise closes after funding is pulled

NEWS 3 September 2014 by Rab Armour

Management

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Leading social enterprise to close

https://tfn.scot/news/engine-shed-announces-closure

Exposed: Scotland’s target-driven sanction regime

NEWS 26 August 2015 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

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Sanctions appear arbitrary but are being driven by targets imposed on Jobcentre managers by the DWP

https://tfn.scot/news/exposed-scotlands-target-driven-sanction-regime

UK funders unlikely to pull out of an independent Scotland

NEWS 24 July 2014 by Susan Smith

Funding & Finance

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UK funders admit they are unlikely to pull out of Scotland altogether but fail to commit to maintain current investment levels

https://tfn.scot/news/uk-funders-unlikely-to-pull-out-of-an-independent-scotland

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Volunteering should be open to everyone

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

Time to embrace neurodiversity

Social Security Scotland’s unique human rights approach to benefits

Charity chief’s Nepal rescue mission

Revealed: the top ten issues charities have to deal with

Revealed: what it’s like to be a young carer in Scotland

Shock as social enterprise closes after funding is pulled

Exposed: Scotland’s target-driven sanction regime

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