Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Scottish budget aftermath: hope well hidden in the long grass

OPINION 10 December 2024 by Jamie Livingstone

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Oxfam Scotland’s Jamie Livingstone assesses the latest fiscal pledges from Holyrood – and find them wanting

https://tfn.scot/opinion/scottish-budget-aftermath-hope-well-hidden-in-the-long-grass

Multi-million pound Christmas present for children’s charities

NEWS 21 December 2016 by Graham Martin

Families & Young People

Children’s charities have received an early Christmas present in the form of £3.38 million from the Scottish Government

https://tfn.scot/news/multi-million-pound-christmas-present-for-childrens-charities

Scotland’s fuel poverty crisis demands action, not just targets

OPINION 30 September 2025 by Tom Barclay

Social Justice & Poverty

Regeneration & Housing

Tom Barclay on working together to address the effects of rising bills

https://tfn.scot/opinion/scotlands-fuel-poverty-crisis-demands-action-not-just-targets

Why social enterprises and charities should care about tax justice

OPINION 2 October 2025 by Duncan Thorp

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Funding & Finance

Duncan Thorp: social enterprises, charities, cooperatives, community groups and other social economy organisations can and should benefit from fair tax reforms

https://tfn.scot/opinion/why-social-enterprises-and-charities-should-care-about-tax-justice

Chief encounters: Donald MacLeod can’t see the day charities aren’t besieged and unable to cope

NEWS 15 September 2015 by Paul Cardwell

Culture & Leisure

The co-chairman of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland (NRS) pulls no punches

https://tfn.scot/news/chief-encounters-donald-macleod

Campaign to block new refugee detention centre in Paisley

NEWS 19 October 2016 by Paul Cardwell

Families & Young People

Pressure group says new centre aims to get vulnerable people out of the country as quickly as possible and their cases won't be heard properly

https://tfn.scot/news/campaign-to-block-new-dungavel-style-immigration-detention-centre-being-bui

Dismay and defiance: Scotland joins condemnation as Trump trashes climate deal

NEWS 2 June 2017 by Graham Martin

Environment & International

Scottish charities joined in the world-wide chorus of dismay and defiance which has greeted the US decision to pull out of the 2015 Paris climate deal

https://tfn.scot/news/dismay-and-defiance-scotland-joins-condemnation-as-trump-trashes-climate-de