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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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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Survival mode: Scotland’s third sector fails to grow

Scotland's third sector is failing to grow and financial optimism is rock bottom

https://tfn.scot/news/survival-mode-scotlands-third-sector-fails-to-grow

Everything you need to know about social enterprises

Want to start a social enterprise but not really sure how - here are the answers to some of the most asked questions

https://tfn.scot/features/everything-you-need-to-know-about-social-enterprises

SCVO Scottish Budget Summary 2023/24

Committee and plenary discussions will weigh up the Scottish Government’s plans.,There may be revisions to the Scottish Government’s Resource Spending Review.,Scottish Government also committed to working with local government to address their concerns. ,Local government spend is always a contested.,This squeeze will also impact Scottish Government spending.

https://scvo.scot/p/56491/2022/12/21/scvo-scottish-budget-summary-2023-24

Chief encounters: Lynsay Allan

Meet Lynsay Allan of the Scottish Cot Death Trust

https://tfn.scot/features/chief-encounters-lynsay-allan

Advice centres dealt devastating blow

Council funding cuts could lead to closures

https://tfn.scot/news/advice-centres-dealt-devastating-blow

Third sector care and support: building a different future

After the Covid crisis, let's build a better social care system

https://tfn.scot/opinion/third-sector-care-and-support-building-a-different-future

Scottish Budget 2023/24: We’ve heard things like this before

The budget does give a good sense of the Scottish Government’s priorities, and when we heard in advance,Behind or the prevention of drugs deaths will flow through or into the sector, but as the Scottish Government,As we laid out in our briefing on the budget, greater transparency about the Scottish Government’s funding,The clearest proxy we have to measure government support for the sector within the budget is the Third,to bring about the changes the sector so desperately needs across all government departments and areas

https://scvo.scot/p/56418/2022/12/19/scottish-budget-2023-24-weve-heard-things-like-this-before

Blowing the whistle in the third sector

Jamie Meechan analyses the latest report on whistleblowing within Scotland's charity sector

https://tfn.scot/opinion/blowing-the-whistle-in-the-third-sector

Investments needn’t be a minefield

Investments needn’t be a minefield

https://tfn.scot/opinion/investments-neednt-be-a-minefield

Food charities struggle with fresh, healthy produce

A survey of UK food charities has found they struggle to meet demand during peak times and don't have the resources to distribute fresh produce

https://tfn.scot/news/food-charities-need-help-to-give-out-fresh-healthy-produce

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