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The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.

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Scammers target Ukraine donations

NEWS 11 March 2022 by Rab Armour

Funding & Finance

Charity warns public to beware

https://tfn.scot/news/scammers-target-ukraine-donations

Former PM praises voluntary sector's role in getting people through the harshest of winters

NEWS 19 December 2022 by Graham Martin

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

#RunningCostsCrisis

#CostOfLivingCrisis

Gordon Brown's new publication looks at the lengths charities and community groups are going to in battling the cost of living crisis

https://tfn.scot/news/former-pm-praises-voluntary-sectors-role-in-getting-people-through-the-harshest-of-winters

Time to celebrate Volunteering for All

OPINION 3 April 2018 by Gareth Jones

Management

Paul Okroj looks forward to this year's Volunteers' Week

https://tfn.scot/opinion/time-to-celebrate-volunteering-for-all

Top tips to get your stories in the media

Ann Rowe

20 December 2022

Posted in

Support & learning

Here are five top tips they shared with us for getting your stories in the media.

https://scvo.scot/p/56477/2022/12/20/top-tips-to-get-your-stories-in-the-media

New play shines light on pancreatic cancer

NEWS 21 February 2020 by Gareth Jones

Health & Social Care

The Islets of Silence (The C Word) is a play written by Isobel Barrett, who has personal experience of the illness

https://tfn.scot/news/new-play-shines-light-on-pancreatic-cancer

Cruel Valentine’s PR stunt by DWP backfires badly

NEWS 16 February 2018 by Rab Armour

Social Justice & Poverty

Backlash over hugely insensitive tweet

https://tfn.scot/news/cruel-valentines-pr-stunt-by-dwp-backfires-badly

“Misleading”: North-east project scolded by watchdog

NEWS 23 May 2024 by Niall Christie

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

OSCR said the World Suicide Prevention Project was “misrepresenting” itself as a charity.

https://tfn.scot/news/misleading-north-east-project-scolded-by-watchdog

What type of leadership do we now need in the Digital Inclusion sphere?

Sally Dyson

21 June 2023

Posted in

Digital

Not wanting to sound like a broken record, I’m about to sound like a broken record.,The actions that an individual can do to support themselves and those they care about to get online.,How about this as a win, win.,How about access to a range of lending library schemes so that people can ‘try before they buy’ to make

https://scvo.scot/p/60276/2023/06/21/what-type-of-leadership-do-we-now-need-in-the-digital-inclusion-sphere

Tailoring communications for the digital age

FEATURE 20 October 2014 by Rab Armour

Management

The secret of success is to make use of statistics, experts told Robert Armour at Comms Rewired

https://tfn.scot/features/tailoring-communications-for-the-digital-age

Oxfam crisis cannot become weapon against aid sector

OPINION 21 February 2018 Guest post

Management

3 comments

Jane Salmonson says powerful and vocal elements of society can't be allowed to use Oxfam crisis as an excuse to cut aid UK budget

https://tfn.scot/opinion/oxfam-crisis-is-being-used-as-weapon-against-aid-sector