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

NEWS 3 December 2024 by Niall Christie

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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

Because Data Saves Lives: The Importance of Monitoring and Evaluating the Effects of Digital Inclusion in Scotland

Fiona Williams

1 March 2023

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Digital

Scotland’s commitment to being an ethical digital nation has its basis in three Scottish Government’s

https://scvo.scot/p/57437/2023/03/01/because-data-saves-lives-the-importance-of-monitoring-and-evaluating-the-effects-of-digital-inclusion-in-scotland

Project aims to identify community legal rights

NEWS 28 May 2018 by Gareth Jones

Regeneration & Housing

Democracy Matters aims to get local people talking on how they can have an influence on important decisions

https://tfn.scot/news/project-aims-to-identify-community-legal-rights

Greenspace campaigners to learn their fate

NEWS 29 September 2015 by Rab Armour

Families & Young People

After years of battling, campaigners expect a decision to see if a greenspace site in Glasgow will remain in the community

https://tfn.scot/news/greenspace-campaigners-to-learn-their-fate

To bank or not to bank, that’s the reality for some voluntary sector organisations

Kyrstie Brown

13 March 2023

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Policy

Banking

harder for voluntary organisations to navigate, and we must see banks remedy this to support good governance

https://scvo.scot/p/58231/2023/03/13/to-bank-or-not-to-bank-thats-the-reality-for-some-voluntary-sector-organisations

If jargon be the food of comms, speak on…

OPINION 21 August 2018 Guest post

Management

Ishbel Smith explores how to use jargon at the right time and in the right place

https://tfn.scot/opinion/if-jargon-be-the-food-of-comms-speak-on

New employment scheme is helping young people into work

OPINION 20 April 2021 by Natasha Radmehr

Families & Young People

Social Justice & Poverty

Natasha Radmehr details the impact the Wise Group's new JETS programme is having

https://tfn.scot/opinion/new-employment-scheme-is-helping-young-people-into-work

Payroll giving down £21 million

NEWS 30 June 2014 by Rab Armour

Funding & Finance

Payroll giving sees a significant drop in donations despite more signing-up to the scheme

https://tfn.scot/news/payroll-giving-down-21m

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

FEATURE 1 January 2019 by Gareth Jones

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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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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

Because Data Saves Lives: The Importance of Monitoring and Evaluating the Effects of Digital Inclusion in Scotland

Project aims to identify community legal rights

Greenspace campaigners to learn their fate

To bank or not to bank, that’s the reality for some voluntary sector organisations

If jargon be the food of comms, speak on…

New employment scheme is helping young people into work

Payroll giving down £21 million

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

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