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The voice of Scotland’s vibrant voluntary sector

Published by Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6BB. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

February 2025

Scottish social security - an introduction

CPAG in Scotland
This course provides an introduction to benefits delivered by Social Security Scotland. It is aimed at advisers and other workers who have little or no knowledge of these benefits. The course covers:What...
7 February Online Social justice & poverty

https://cpag.org.uk/training-and-events/courses/benefits-and-armed-services-comm

CPAG in Scotland
Do you advise or support former members of the British armed services and their families? You will know that it can be difficult to work out how their benefits are affected by the many different pensions and...
8 February Online Social justice & poverty

Income maximisation for older people

CPAG in Scotland
Older people commonly do not claim all that they are entitled to. This course provides an introduction to pension credit and aims to help you with effective benefit checks to maximise income. The course covers...
10 February Online Social justice & poverty

Mental health and benefits

CPAG in Scotland
This course provides a practical and tactical look at working with people with mental health diagnoses to help secure full entitlement to benefits and avoid some of the pitfalls of the system.The course covers...
12 February Online Social justice & poverty

Trauma Informed Practice (Online) - 19 & 26 February 2025

Health in Mind
Thank you for your interest in Trauma Informed Practice (Online). This information relates to the training happening on Wednesday, 19 & 26 February 2025.The trainer on this course will beEmily Steedman has...
19 February Online Health & social care

Introduction to people management: essentials for team leaders, supervisors and managers

SCVO
This interactive online course covers tools and techniques to get the best out of your people including delegation skills, team engagement and holding people to account. You will learn active listening and good...
20 February Online

Payments for children in Scotland

CPAG in Scotland
This course provides an overview of benefit support for families in Scotland from pregnancy to school age. Scottish child payment is available for almost half of all children under 16 and significantly...
20 February Online Social justice & poverty

Payments for children in Scotland

CPAG in Scotland
This course provides an overview of benefit support for families in Scotland from pregnancy to school age. Scottish child payment is available for almost half of all children under 16 and significantly...
20 February Online Social justice & poverty

Time management in the workplace

SCVO
In today’s climate it is essential individuals manage the demands on their time and know how to organise their daily tasks to reduce stress. This online course has everything you need to take control of your...
20 February Online

Agile project management: what is it and how can we use it

SCVO
Join Maddie Stark for our re-worked Adaptive agile masterclass series 'Adaptive agile: how to create responsive and sustainable teams' to learn how to adapt agile methodologies and in doing so how...
20 February Online