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Twenty Years Delivering Change
27/01/2020
News
To mark the Scottish Parliament’s 20th anniversary, the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) has published ‘Charities, Scotland & Holyrood: Twenty Years Delivering Change’.
Read moreOPFS submission to the Scottish Government Disability Assistance Consultation
27/01/2020
News
‘Disability Assistance’ benefits are the next big step in creating a social security system in Scotland.
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Potential impact of Brexit on Single Parents and OPFS
24/01/2020
News
Brexit is set to impact all sectors in the UK, including the third sector. These are unprecedented times, and it’s impossible to know the full impact as Brexit has created a climate of uncertainty.
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Why you should care about unpaid care work
21/01/2020
Blog
Oxfam’s ‘Time to Care’ report reveals the scale of global inequality linked to care work, ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos this week.
Read moreOut of School Care in Scotland – Plans for the Future
16/01/2020
Blog
The Scottish Government have published a draft framework on out of school care for consultation.
Read moreWhy co-production matters to OPFS
06/01/2020
News
We believe that when services and policy priorities are genuinely co-produced they work better because they make the most of the shared expertise of the practitioners who work for us and the parents who are ‘experts through experience’.
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