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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.

Latest stories
 

 
SCVO produced this summary of commitments impacting the voluntary sector operating environment.

 
Professor Iain Black argues the third sector must help disrupt the existing growth focused economic goal to ensure social and environmental goals are achieved.

 

 
Sandy Macdonald on some of the ways the third sector is helping the business sector achieve economic success

 
Our sector is an employer, a partner, and a vital social and economic actor. 

 
We have never attempted to estimate the overall economic contribution of the third sector. Professor Mairi Spowage of the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) explains what it's doing to change that

 
Social businesses are stepping in when markets fail bringing £165m and more than 7000 full time jobs to the Highlands and Islands

 

 
Bringing together the innovative thinking and ethos of Scotland’s incredible charities and social enterprises with the innovation ecosystem in our universities and colleges can help to spark a new wave of third sector services