Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Scots charity boss rejects new year's honour

NEWS 5 January 2026 by Rab Armour

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Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

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"Disabled people are being dishonoured" by the Labour government

https://tfn.scot/news/scots-charity-boss-rejects-new-years-honour

Call for compulsory cat microchipping in Scotland

NEWS 15 July 2026 by Rab Armour

Families & Young People

Health & Social Care

Coalition of organisations back the call

https://tfn.scot/news/call-for-compulsory-cat-microchipping-in-scotland

Charity law needs reworking - not merely a facelift

OPINION 12 July 2019 by Rab Armour

Management

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Paul Bradley says we need new modern charity legislation that is fit for purpose

https://tfn.scot/opinion/charity-law-needs-a-modern-reworking-and-not-a-facelift

FOI: voluntary organisations must engage with "inevitable" reforms

OPINION 20 December 2022 by Paul Bradley

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

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Paul Bradley says that while reforming FOI to cover more organisations is inevitable, how that reform looks is not set in stone

https://tfn.scot/opinion/foi-voluntary-organisations-must-engage-with-inevitable-reforms

Regulator warns charities over chuggers, extremism and politics

NEWS 3 August 2015 by Rab Armour

Management

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William Shawcross says he'll get tough on charities falling foul of regulation

https://tfn.scot/news/regulator-warns-charities-over-chuggers-extremism-and-politics

Football act is a distraction from real solution to sectarianism, says charity

NEWS 1 August 2016 by Paul Cardwell

Culture & Leisure

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Campaigner group Nil by Mouth says the act has been a "distraction" as Labour MSP calls for it to be repealed

https://tfn.scot/news/bid-to-scrap-offensive-behaviour-in-football-act

There are as many empty homes in Scotland as there are homeless people

NEWS 15 November 2016 by Paul Cardwell

Regeneration & Housing

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Scotland has over 34,000 empty homes - the same amount of people presented themselves to local authorities as homeless in the last year

https://tfn.scot/news/there-are-as-many-empty-homes-in-scotland-as-there-are-homeless-people

Victory as small charities win water rate exemption

NEWS 26 August 2014 by Rab Armour

Management

Charities earning under £200k to get water rate exemptions from next year

https://tfn.scot/news/victory-as-small-charities-win-water-rate-exemption

Revealed: the extent of mountain hare slaughter in Scotland

NEWS 21 May 2018 by Graham Martin

Environment & International

The true extent of mountain hare slaughter in Scotland has been revealed for the first time

https://tfn.scot/news/revealed-the-extent-of-mountain-hare-slaughter-in-scotland

Future of 70,000 children blighted by social housing crisis

NEWS 21 September 2020 by Rab Armour

Regeneration & Housing

Campaign demands thousands of new social homes built for families

https://tfn.scot/news/future-of-70000-children-blighted-by-social-housing-crisis

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Scots charity boss rejects new year's honour

Call for compulsory cat microchipping in Scotland

Charity law needs reworking - not merely a facelift

FOI: voluntary organisations must engage with "inevitable" reforms

Regulator warns charities over chuggers, extremism and politics

Football act is a distraction from real solution to sectarianism, says charity

There are as many empty homes in Scotland as there are homeless people

Victory as small charities win water rate exemption

Revealed: the extent of mountain hare slaughter in Scotland

Future of 70,000 children blighted by social housing crisis

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