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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, Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

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Sponsored: the real meaning of impact
Social Investment Scotland's Roger Moors examines what impact really means and how social enterprises need to regard it as their main asset
OPINION 19 January 2017 Guest post
 
This government cares not one jot for the ordinary people of this country
​Maggie Lennon says those who voted for Brexit now appear to have been turkeys voting for their own early Christmas
OPINION 19 January 2017 Guest post
 
Real life: from prison to speaking at parliament, Ryan Brown has turned his life around
Ryan Brown from Glasgow recently received a certificate in parliament as the 7,500th Community Jobs Scotland employee in a Scottish charity
OPINION 16 January 2017 Guest post
 
TSIs: the wrong answer to the wrong question?
Lynne Wardle explores why the Voluntary Action Scotland, Third Sector Interface and Scottish Government relationship is not working towards a fairer Scotland
OPINION 13 January 2017 Guest post
 
Shared society is a sham - and Tories must keep off our territory
Graham Martin says the Tories must not be allowed to use third sector as cover for their agenda of inequality and division
OPINION 12 January 2017 by Graham Martin
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Poll: Is it degrading to stop asylum seekers from working?
POLL 12 January 2017 by Paul Cardwell
 
Care sector is on the brink of crisis
Brian Logan, chief executive of Bield says care sector faces fight of our generation as funding cuts and an ageing population take their toll
OPINION 11 January 2017 Guest post
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How will bairns fair in 2017?
Jennifer Davidson reflects on what 2016 has meant for the children’s sector and what the year ahead will bring
OPINION 10 January 2017 Guest post
 
Real Lives: a kidney is a small price to pay, says wife
Gill Redmond donated a kidney to her husband Mark just six months ago, now they are doing the Etape Loch Ness to prove that life goes on after organ donation
OPINION 9 January 2017 Guest post
 
Fighting terrorism starts from within
Sarah Robinson-Galloway believes that the youth-work sector holds the key to overcoming terrorism around the world
OPINION 4 January 2017 by YouthLink Scotland
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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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