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Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

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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Charities see 30k staff rise in England and Wales

NEWS 13 November 2014 by Rab Armour
Management
​Charity Commission figures show rise in charity staff

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-staff-number-see-30k-rise-in-england-and-wales

Calls for review of volunteer mileage reimbursement rate

NEWS 25 April 2022 by Niall Christie
Management
Funding & Finance
2 comments
The Community Transport Association is calling for an immediate review of the approved mileage rate.

https://tfn.scot/news/calls-for-review-of-volunteer-mileage-reimbursement-rate

Charity warns older people about scam texts on winter fuel payment

NEWS 16 October 2025 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
They are urged never to anser an email or text alleging to be from DWP

https://tfn.scot/news/charity-warns-older-people-about-scam-texts-on-winter-fuel-payment

The real price of alcohol in Scotland

NEWS 4 November 2016 Guest post
Health & Social Care
Carol Stewart investigates what the introduction of a minimum price per unit of alcohol after a four year delay will mean for Scotland

https://tfn.scot/news/the-real-price-of-alcohol-in-scotland

Families thrive thanks to prison project

FEATURE 21 May 2015 by Paul Cardwell
Families & Young People
With an estimated 27,000 children in Scotland with a parent in prison, Paul Cardwell found out what is being done to make sure families are still able to thrive

https://tfn.scot/features/what-about-the-children

What are TFN readers most proud of?

LIST 18 February 2014 by Alex Turnbull
Management
In celebration of TFN’s new look and the 10th anniversary of the Gathering, we asked our readers what they are most proud of about their charity?

https://tfn.scot/lists/what-are-tfn-readers-most-proud-of

Alan Miller: if England repeals human rights, Scotland will go it alone

NEWS 15 February 2016 by Rab Armour
Social Justice & Poverty
As England looks to repeal human rights, Scotland is celebrating them. And it's an irony not lost on Alan Miller, Scotland's human rights commissioner

https://tfn.scot/news/alan-miller-if-england-repeals-human-rights-scotland-will-go-it-alone

An introduction to community asset transfers

OPINION 14 June 2022 by Kevin Sturgeon
Management
Funding & Finance
1 comment
Kevin Sturgeon of Gillespie Macandrew on the Community Asset Transfer process

https://tfn.scot/opinion/an-introduction-to-community-asset-transfers

Shape the future of digital tax system

OPINION 19 February 2018 by TFN
Management
Jim Burberry, from financial consultants RSM, looks at how plans to create a digital tax system will affect charities

https://tfn.scot/opinion/shape-the-future-of-digital-tax-system

Cyber attacks hit country’s biggest charities

NEWS 26 April 2018 by Graham Martin
Management
Seven in ten large UK charities have experienced cyber security breaches in the last 12 months

https://tfn.scot/news/cyber-attacks-hit-countrys-biggest-charities

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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.