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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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Named Person: we can’t lose sight of the benefits of information sharing

OPINION 1 August 2016 Guest post
Health & Social Care
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Calum Munro explains why information sharing is at the heart of the Named Person law and must be retained

https://tfn.scot/opinion/named-person-we-cant-lose-sight-of-the-benefits-of-information-sharing

Mentoring gives looked after young people hope for the future

OPINION 19 August 2016 Guest post
Health & Social Care
Sharon McIntyre on how mentoring can change the lives of both the child and the mentor for the better

https://tfn.scot/opinion/mentoring-gives-looked-after-young-people-hope-for-the-future

Want to win your campaign? Get a lawyer!

OPINION 21 October 2015 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
​Tim Shayler, a pro-bono lawyer, reckons campaigning is far more effective if your cause is constructed around a legal framework

https://tfn.scot/opinion/wan-to-win-your-campaign-get-a-lawyer

Should charities only hold ethical investments?

OPINION 20 April 2016 Guest post
Management
Julie Hutchison was at an Edinburgh International Science Festival event on the pros and cons of divesting from companies on ethical grounds

https://tfn.scot/opinion/should-charities-only-hold-ethical-investments

It’s not always good to share

OPINION 7 September 2017 Guest post
Regeneration & Housing
Ken Reid discusses why shared spaces could set back the rights of partially sighted people by decades

https://tfn.scot/opinion/its-not-always-good-to-share

Even volunteers need to retire

OPINION 12 August 2015 Guest post
Culture & Leisure
Eta Thomson has lived a life less ordinary volunteering across the world. Now she plans to tackle some home-based challenges

https://tfn.scot/opinion/even-volunteers-need-to-retire

We are the vulnerable sector

OPINION 14 February 2019 Guest post
Management
Rhona Cunningham says community organisations’ very existences are at risk without reform

https://tfn.scot/opinion/we-are-the-vulnerable-sector

Alarm bells are ringing over public contracts

OPINION 16 January 2018 by TFN
Management
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Annie Gunner Logan can hear the warning bells ring over public contracts

https://tfn.scot/opinion/alarm-bells-are-ringing-over-public-contracts

Scanning the financial horizon

OPINION 21 February 2018 Guest post
Funding & Finance
Heather Lamont looks at a few recent headlines from the financial press and considers what they might mean for your charity’s finances.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/scanning-the-financial-horizon

Life saving work is what we do best

OPINION 27 March 2018 Guest post
Environment & International
Jamie Livingstone, head of Oxfam Scotland, says the charity's work in Yemen proves its worth amid recent media attention

https://tfn.scot/opinion/life-saving-work-is-what-we-are-best-at

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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.