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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.

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Voluntary groups should take part in consultation launched on sector funding
Collette Stevenson MSP calls for Scotland’s third sector to share views on funding processes
OPINION 18 July 2024 by Collette Stevenson MSP
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Framing resistance and capturing radical ideas
Vilte Vaitkute on media co-op’s 20th anniversary celebrations
OPINION 16 July 2024 by Vilte Vaitkute
 
Reflecting on Stronger Together, our event for and with families affected by imprisonment 
Families Together recently held a day of listening, learning and... fun!
OPINION 10 July 2024 by Jazmine Bennett
 
When does sharing lived experience become volunteering?
Sarah Latto invites participants to a vital conversation on reframing what it means to volunteer
OPINION 8 July 2024 by Sarah Latto
 
Celebrating Scotland’s voluntary sector
Ahead of the 2024 Charity Awards, June Pennykid, managing director of Keegan and Pennykid, reflects on the importance of Scotland’s voluntary sector
OPINION 18 June 2024 SCVO partner
 
Fair Funding is essential for sustainable volunteering
Volunteers Week: we need a clear commitment to Fair Funding says Sarah Latto
OPINION 3 June 2024 by Sarah Latto
 
Setting sail for a brighter future
Volunteers Week: CHAS on the success of its volunteering strategy since the dark days of the pandemic
OPINION 3 June 2024 by Fiona Harvey
 
The value of being a social (policy) network
Volunteers Week: Citizen's Advice Scotland's volunteers come in many forms - and all are vital
OPINION 3 June 2024 by Gillian Fyfe
 
For the sake of the children              
Children should be supported to keep in touch with both parents after separation, whenever it is safe and possible for them to do so, says Anne Gibson at Relationships Scotland
OPINION 31 May 2024 by Anne Gibson
 
New podcast launches for the voluntary sector: ‘Listening and Learning Together’
Sponsored content: The Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) have launched ‘Listening and Learning Together – the IVAR podcast’.
OPINION 21 May 2024 Sponsored content
TFN Guide to Running a Charity or Social Enterprise 2024

This year’s Guide takes a look at how the sector is progressing in inclusion, diversity, equality and environmentalism - what more can be done to further these aims, featuring a wealth of expert opinion, advice and reflection.

Read it here
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