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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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Scots language body reported to charity regulator

NEWS 24 November 2023 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
2 comments
The centre has drawn criticism for the “manner in which the charity has responded to individuals raising those issues” of inclusion

https://tfn.scot/news/scots-language-body-reported-to-charity-regulator

Medical college apologises after Dean participates in “frenzies of abuse"

NEWS 3 September 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Charity said David Wylie’s behaviour was below the standard expected

https://tfn.scot/news/medical-college-apologises-after-dean-participates-in-frenzies-of-abuse

Living Wage: A small step towards supporting people through the current crisis

Anna Fowlie
22 September 2022
Posted in
employer is something that matters to our voluntary organisations, and SCVO supports Scottish Government’s,We’re talking with government about what it will mean in practice and how it will be resourced.

https://scvo.scot/p/53772/2022/09/22/living-wage-a-small-step-towards-supporting-people-through-the-current-crisis

Letter to Scottish Government on Scottish Budget 2022-23

Paul Bradley
20 December 2021
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Organisations (SCVO) has written to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government,Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government, 17 December 2021 Dear,Ms Robison Over the last 18 months, Scotland – including Scottish Government and local government -,SCVO and fellow intermediary bodies are committed to supporting the Scottish Government’s ambition of,I would encourage you to consider what steps the Scottish Government can take right now.

https://scvo.scot/p/47837/2021/12/20/letter-to-scottish-government-on-scottish-budget-2022-23

Diversifying your board - the Trustee Recruitment Cycle

Janet Thorne
20 October 2021
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There is much to be gained by diversifying your board and getting the right mix of trustees with a range of lived, learned and practised expertise. Trustees play an essential role for the charities that they lead from setting the charity’s strategic direction to making key...

https://scvo.scot/p/45661/2021/10/20/diversifying-your-board-the-trustee-recruitment-cycle

Is this the end of sleepovers?

OPINION 24 October 2017 Guest post
Management
2 comments
Annie Gunner Logan says that Living Wage move looks like it will lead to an end to sleepovers

https://tfn.scot/opinion/in-order-to-save-the-sleepover-it-became-necessary-to-destroy-it

Learning from history

OPINION 6 July 2020 Guest post
Management
Chris Martin believes we must look to the past to help society bounce back from Covid-19

https://tfn.scot/opinion/learning-from-history

Urgent change needed to create safer roads for everyone

OPINION 2 April 2024 by Denise Hamilton
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Serious injuries and deaths on our roads are unacceptable and preventable says Cycling Scotland’s Denise Hamilton

https://tfn.scot/opinion/urgent-change-needed-to-create-safer-roads-for-everyone

Wee pipers call the tune in life affirming film

NEWS 8 January 2016 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
2 comments
Charity and workers co-op combine to produce fantastic film

https://tfn.scot/news/wee-pipers-call-the-tune-in-life-affirming-film

Unheard voices reshape health and care in pioneering arts research project

NEWS 15 July 2025 by Niall Christie
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Research led by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh proposes a redesign of health and care services.

https://tfn.scot/news/unheard-voices-reshape-health-and-care-in-pioneering-arts-research-project

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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.