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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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TFN magazine's December edition is out now: read it all here!

NEWS 8 December 2025 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
New mag looks at the precarity of funding, the mis-match between what the sector gets, how it gets it and the increasing amount demanded from us

https://tfn.scot/news/tfn-magazines-december-edition-is-out-now-read-it-all-here-2

What makes a good trustee?

Tracey Bird
26 October 2021
Posted in
that an effective board needs strong teamwork and a mix of skills and experience to ensure good governance,questions, to scrutinise and to challenge. 3.Transparent A good trustee should be open in their governance,organisation and its beneficiaries, and their collective responsibility in decision making and governance,They don’t have to be an expert in all areas of governance, but they do need to know where the gaps lie

https://scvo.scot/p/45838/2021/10/26/what-makes-a-good-trustee

Refugee charity had its busiest year ever in 2016 and warns 2017 will be worse

NEWS 25 November 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Social Justice & Poverty
Positive Action in Housing had its busiest year ever in 2016 and says the next 12 months are not looking any rosier

https://tfn.scot/news/refugee-charity-had-its-busiest-year-ever-in-2016-and-warns-2017-will-be-wo

Charities dismay as drugs deaths reach record high

NEWS 18 August 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Health & Social Care
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Over 700 people suffered a drugs related death in Scotland last year – more than double the figure from a decade ago

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-dismay-as-drugs-deaths-reach-record-high

Government faces pressure to close loophole

NEWS 3 July 2020 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
Charity calls for law to be changed

https://tfn.scot/news/government-faces-pressure-to-close-loophole

Road to becoming… chair of the board

FEATURE 3 December 2018 by Gareth Jones
Management
Allyson McCollam, chair of Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS), on how she got to where she is today

https://tfn.scot/features/road-to-becoming-chair-of-the-board

Daily coronavirus roundup for third sector Tuesday 16 June

FEATURE 16 June 2020 by Rab Armour
Funding & Finance
News from across the third sector #NeverMoreNeeded

https://tfn.scot/features/daily-coronavirus-roundup-for-third-sector-tuesday-16-june

The Social Enterprise World Forum influences what I do today

OPINION 29 June 2018 Guest post
Management
Michelle Ferguson looks at the positives she took from 2017's Social Enterprise World Forum as she prepares to attend this year's event in Edinburgh

https://tfn.scot/opinion/sewf-2017-is-still-influencing-what-i-do-today

Behind closed doors: what’s going on in housing in Scotland

OPINION 9 August 2016 Guest post
Regeneration & Housing
​Graeme Brown explores recent housing triumphs as well as the obstacles Scotland's must overcome to ensure enough safe and affordable housing

https://tfn.scot/opinion/where-we-are-now-with-housing-in-scotland

Why child refugees need a home in the UK

OPINION 1 February 2016 Guest post
Families & Young People
Neil Mathers explains what child refugees who are separated from their parents and going through and why the UK should no more to help them

https://tfn.scot/opinion/why-child-refugees-need-a-home-in-the-uk

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2026. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG.