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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 Quiz of the Year 2014

FEATURE 16 December 2014 by Paul Cardwell
Culture & Leisure
With 2014 coming to a close sink your teeth into a mince pie and test your memory with these questions on third sector events of the previous 12 months

https://tfn.scot/features/third-force-news-christmas-quiz-2014

Scale of starvation in east Africa revealed - as once again the world fails to act

NEWS 18 May 2022 by Graham Martin
Environment & International
A new report outlines the desperate conditions on the ground in drought-ravaged Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia

https://tfn.scot/news/scale-of-starvation-in-east-africa-revealed-as-once-again-the-world-fails-to-act

COP26 Glasgow: daily third sector briefing

NEWS 9 November 2021 by Rab Armour
Management
Amazon people visit Argyll

https://tfn.scot/news/cop26-glasgow-daily-third-sector-briefing

Charities left “frustrated and worried” over lack of banking support

NEWS 3 December 2024 by Niall Christie
Management
Funding & Finance
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Charities continue to face challenges engaging with banks as the financial institutions struggle to understand voluntary sector structures, a new report has warned. 

https://tfn.scot/news/charities-left-frustrated-and-worried-over-lack-of-banking-support

A fair wealth tax could raise almost half a billion pounds a year from richest families

NEWS 8 October 2025 by Niall Christie
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
New report reinforces case for stronger wealth taxes as a key building block of wider package of UK and Scottish fair tax reforms

https://tfn.scot/news/a-fair-wealth-tax-could-raise-almost-half-a-billion-pounds-a-year-from-richest-families

Groups invited to take part in global climate summit

NEWS 21 January 2021 by Gareth Jones
Environment & International
The organisers of COP26 have said they are looking for help to bring the summit to life

https://tfn.scot/news/groups-invited-to-take-part-in-global-climate-summit

HMRC is funding the sector to help spread the word to hardest to reach clients

NEWS 4 August 2023 by Rab Armour
Management
Funding & Finance
Funding of £30,000 to £600,000 per year

https://tfn.scot/news/hmrc-is-funding-the-sector-to-help-spread-the-word-to-hardest-to-reach-clients

SCVO, good governance and leadership

Tracey Bird
1 April 2021
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As part of our ongoing commitment to good governance, the SCVO board met last week to continue to explore,how, in line with the Scottish Governance Code for the Third Sector, trustees can demonstrate the five,Purpose This time they moved on to a closer look at the principle of Leadership where the Scottish Governance,To ensure good governance and provide effective leadership, trustees, both individually and collectively,you can use SCVO’s Good Governance Checkup.

https://scvo.scot/p/42933/2021/04/01/scvo-good-governance-and-leadership

Prominent figures rally round Rowntree Trust

NEWS 12 March 2015 by Rab Armour
Management
Support for Joseph Rowntree Trust after Jihadi John controversy

https://tfn.scot/news/prominent-figures-rally-round-rowntree-trust

2019: the year your charity falls victim to cyber crime?

FEATURE 1 January 2019 by Gareth Jones
Management
Despite the snowballing threat of cyber crime, Gareth Jones examines whether the charity sector is woefully underprepared

https://tfn.scot/features/2019-the-year-your-charity-falls-victim-to-cyber-crime

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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.