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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 Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Freedom of information is underused by the third sector – why?

Daradjeet Jagpal on why charities may be hesitant to make use of freedom of information, and the ways in which it can benefit them

https://tfn.scot/opinion/freedom-of-information-is-underused-by-the-third-sector-why

Income fears haunt Scots

As lockdown relents, public are fearful about household income

https://tfn.scot/news/income-fears-haunt-scots

Hungry for change – the third sector’s response to food poverty

Kiren Zubairi says the third sector is full of ideas on how to tackle our dysfunctional approach to food

https://tfn.scot/opinion/hungry-for-change-the-third-sectors-response-to-food-poverty

Livin’ (wage) on a prayer

Annie Gunner Logan explains how the cost of the Scottish Government's policy to pay all staff the living wage has been passed onto social care bodies

https://tfn.scot/opinion/livin-wage-on-a-prayer

Is business helping build a fairer Scotland?

A new study has been launched to discover if businesses are doing their bit to help create a fairer Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/is-business-helping-build-a-fairer-scotland

Edinburgh residents struggling as high costs of city fuel poverty

People living on low incomes in the Capital have decried the city’s high living costs and called for increased action to loosen the grip of poverty

https://tfn.scot/news/edinburgh-residents-struggling-as-high-costs-of-city-fuel-poverty

Charities refuse to reveal chief executives’ pay

Statement of Recommended Practice (Sorp) consultation reveals many charities opposed to changing status quo

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-refuse-to-reveal-chief-executives-pay

Volunteers or climate change ‘revolutionaries’? 

Sarah Latto wonders whether it is time to rethink ‘volunteering’ and consider how we can best utilise people’s time to bring about real and lasting change

https://tfn.scot/opinion/volunteers-or-climate-change-revolutionaries

Tales of the unexpected - lessons from the Brexit debate

Ishbel Smith examines what the third sector can learn from the Brexit debate

https://tfn.scot/opinion/tales-of-the-unexpected-lessons-from-the-brexit-debate

School uniform costs soar to £130

Parents are struggling to fund kids return to school as costs of uniforms soar while some councils offer as little as £20 to poorest families

https://tfn.scot/news/call-for-grant-equality-as-charity-reveals-cost-of-school-uniforms

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