Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

New convenor for LGBT Youth Scotland

NEWS 20 March 2026 by Graham Martin

Management

He is a highly experienced third sector leader, lawyer and governance specialist

https://tfn.scot/news/new-convener-for-lgbt-youth-scotland

Charities stick to principled investment focus despite pressure to boost return

NEWS 17 August 2026 by Niall Christie

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Funding & Finance

Organisations are largely maintaining strategies incorporating companies’ environmental, social and governance

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-stick-to-principled-investment-focus-despite-pressure-to-boost-return

BBC Children in Need - Core Costs Funding Stream

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expenses- Accountancy and audit- Communications and outreach- Monitoring, evaluation, and learning- Governance

https://funding.scot/funds/a0R3z00000OlJfTEAV/bbc-children-in-need-core-costs-funding-stream

Our latest analysis shows more charities struggling to break even, but also some welcome growth in key funding streams

Ilse Mackinnon

3 February 2025

Posted in

Research

Income from government has remained fairly steady, and income from the public has largely recovered after,Five years ago, the amount of money received from government was just slightly higher than the income,Fears of a sudden withdrawal of essential government support were not realized in 2023, but when we factor

https://scvo.scot/p/96909/2025/02/03/our-latest-analysis-shows-more-charities-struggling-to-break-even-but-also-some-welcome-growth-in-key-funding-streams

Scottish voluntary sector dealt £177million real-terms funding cut

Press release

24 March 2025

around half of which comes from local authorities, and a third of which comes from the Scottish Government,pressures, including the real-terms cut in public sector funding, underline the need for the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/97961/2025/03/24/scottish-voluntary-sector-dealt-177million-real-terms-funding-cut

Chairs, chief executives and the bottom line

OPINION 17 February 2016 Guest post

Management

Janet Hamblin examines some common governance mistakes and suggests ways to avoid them

https://tfn.scot/opinion/chairs-chief-executives-and-the-bottom-line

Crisis at Citizens Advice Scotland as funding gets withheld

NEWS 21 March 2016 by Rab Armour

Management

Minsters say enough is enough and order governance review at top Scottish charity

https://tfn.scot/news/crisis-at-citizens-advice-scotland-as-uk-government-withholds-funding

Charity in crisis: questions raised in parliament

NEWS 31 May 2016 by Rab Armour

Management

Jackie Baillie tables parliamentary questions following TFN exclusive on Citizens Advice governance

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-in-crisis-questions-raised-in-parliament

Scots charities forced to draw from reserves despite funding stabilisation

Press release

19 February 2025

Finance

Charities across Scotland have continued to draw on their reserves “unsustainably” despite funding from government,paper, which contains key figures and trends from the Scottish voluntary sector, shows funding from government

https://scvo.scot/p/97156/2025/02/19/scots-charities-forced-to-draw-from-reserves-despite-funding-stabilisation

Diversity on boards: What charities can do

Anna Fowlie

6 July 2023

Posted in

Support & learning
Governance

In this blog Anna Fowlie discusses what charities can do to increase diversity on boards.

https://scvo.scot/p/60627/2023/07/06/diversity-on-boards-what-charities-can-do

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New convenor for LGBT Youth Scotland

Charities stick to principled investment focus despite pressure to boost return

BBC Children in Need - Core Costs Funding Stream

Our latest analysis shows more charities struggling to break even, but also some welcome growth in key funding streams

Scottish voluntary sector dealt £177million real-terms funding cut

Chairs, chief executives and the bottom line

Crisis at Citizens Advice Scotland as funding gets withheld

Charity in crisis: questions raised in parliament

Scots charities forced to draw from reserves despite funding stabilisation

Diversity on boards: What charities can do

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