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Posts by Kirsten Hogg

Kirsten Hogg is head of policy at the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.

Total posts: 6

Sector must keep up the pressure

Kirsten Hogg analyses the first minister’s commitments towards the voluntary sector, based on his address to the Gathering 2023

OPINION 13 November 2023

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Environment & International

Culture & Leisure

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

Regeneration & Housing

(New) Deal or No (New) Deal?

Last week the Scottish Government published a New Deal with Local Government and its New Deal for Business Group Report.

OPINION 3 July 2023

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Environment & International

Culture & Leisure

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

Regeneration & Housing

Anti-poverty summit: focus on action needed

Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend the First Minister’s anti-poverty summit on behalf of SCVO.

OPINION 4 May 2023

Social Justice & Poverty

Regeneration & Housing

Repair your umbrella or build a boat? How to respond to a perfect storm

The #RunningCostsCrisis is a fight on all fronts, says Kirsten Hogg

OPINION 23 September 2022

Funding & Finance

#RunningCostsCrisis

#CostOfLivingCrisis

Cost of living: we need a fair deal for voluntary sector workers

Kirsten Hogg demands a fair and sustainable funding system

OPINION 4 August 2022

Social Justice & Poverty

Funding & Finance

Esteem for the sector: we need parity, not parroting

Kirsten Hogg wonders where the substance is beneath the first minister’s warm words

OPINION 1 July 2022

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