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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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Social enterprises are a key solution to the employment challenge
Duncan Thorp says social enterprises can play a vital role in helping to get people back into work post-coronavirus
OPINION 9 November 2020 by Duncan Thorp
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It’s time to pull out all the stops for charity trustees
Alastair Keatinge says strong trustees have never been needed more - and that they need proper support
OPINION 2 November 2020 by Alastair Keatinge
 
We want people to have confidence in social security system
Shirley-Anne Somerville details progress made in creating Scotland's new social security system
OPINION 29 October 2020 by Shirley-Anne Somerville
 
The Melting Pot is overflowing with ideas
Claire Carpenter reflects on 13 years of the Melting Pot and what lies ahead for co-working, as the social enterprise looks for a new home
OPINION 26 October 2020 by Claire Carpenter
 
Is a poverty of ambition holding our sector back?
Nathan Sparling sets a challenge to Scotland's voluntary sector to cast aside fear and be ambitious about recovery #NeverMoreNeeded
OPINION 23 October 2020 by Nathan Sparling
 
Their vision of the future and ours: they are not the same
TFN editor Graham Martin says we must not allow Johnson and the UK Tory government to appropriate Build Back Better
OPINION 22 October 2020 by Graham Martin
 
Feeling the strain – Scotland's mental health
Jo Anderson argues more than six months of Coronavirus has exposed the holes in Scotland's faltering mental health system just when it is Never More Needed
OPINION 16 October 2020 Guest post
 
Winter is coming but are we ready?
Susan Smith on what six months of lockdown has meant for the voluntary sector and what the next six months might bring
OPINION 16 October 2020 by Susan Smith
 
The three changes in grant-making to watch for in the next year
Alex Blake examines what the coming year holds for grant-making trusts
OPINION 15 October 2020 by Alex Blake
 
International Credit Union Day
Thomas McVay examines the role that financial cooperatives play in improving the communities they serve
OPINION 15 October 2020 by Thomas McVay
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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