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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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The best volunteer holidays in Scotland and abroad

LIST 5 May 2016 by Paul Cardwell
Families & Young People
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Paul Cardwell has selected some of the best long and short term volunteering opportunities in Scotland and further afield and they are all provided by charities

https://tfn.scot/lists/volunteering-experiences

Face masks that raise funds for charity

FEATURE 20 August 2020 by Gareth Jones
Health & Social Care
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If you're looking for a face mask, then why not donate to charity while buying one?

https://tfn.scot/features/face-masks-that-raise-funds-for-charity

EXCLUSIVE: Kiltwalk admits it’s looking to cut costs but denies any wrongdoing

NEWS 9 March 2015 by Paul Cardwell
Management
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In an interview with TFN, Mhairi Pearson, head of marketing and fundraising at The Kiltwalk, told TFN the charity is conducting a full review of its procedures

https://tfn.scot/news/exclusive-kiltwalk-admits-its-looking-to-cut-its-costs-but-denies-any-wrong

Will there be a lasting Commonwealth Games legacy?

FEATURE 25 July 2014 by Rab Armour
Regeneration & Housing
As the Commonwealth Games kicks off, Robert Armour spoke to people across Glasgow to find out what impact it is having on the city as a whole

https://tfn.scot/features/will-there-be-a-lasting-commonwealth-games-legacy

New financial appeal and strategy for children's hospice charity

NEWS 29 April 2024 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
To help raise the funds necessary to enable the plan, CHAS has launched a new fundraising campaign

https://tfn.scot/news/new-financial-appeal-and-strategy-for-childrens-hospice-charity

Exclusive: charity's bank account was bled dry after OSCR lifted asset freeze

NEWS 22 August 2025 by Rab Armour
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
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Cash reserves fell sharply from £66,651 in March 2023 to just £672 a year later

https://tfn.scot/news/exclusive-charitys-bank-account-was-bled-dry-after-oscr-lifted-asset-freeze

SCVO response to Scottish Budget 2022-23

Press release
10 December 2021
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pandemic, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy thinks it’s acceptable to cut her government’s,"It is quite incredible that we then saw the Scottish Government plan to reduce its support for voluntary,We look forward to working with the Scottish Government to ensure that this shift to funding voluntary,"There is also nothing stopping Scottish Government being less risk averse right now with relatively

https://scvo.scot/p/47589/2021/12/10/scvo-response-to-scottish-budget-2022-23

In the driving seat: inspiring women of the third sector

LIST 20 March 2019 by Gareth Jones
Management
To mark International Women’s Day – which took place on Friday 8 March – Third Force News spoke to some of the Scottish third sector’s most inspiring women.

https://tfn.scot/lists/in-the-driving-seat-inspiring-women-of-the-third-sector

Agents for Change

Susan McGhee
12 January 2022
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A model that truly underpins Scotland’s economy and helps achieve the Scottish Government’s admirable,We work closely with the Scottish Government's Social Justice team and their Early Learning and School,partner organisations in the Social Innovation Partnership (a collaboration between the Scottish Government,supported by the Catalyst for Impact philanthropy fund and are currently taking part in the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/48194/2022/01/12/agents-for-change

Through the eyes of a fundraiser

FEATURE 2 July 2015 by Alex Turnbull
Management
Three charity fundraisers spoke to TFN about a world where profit is everything and you’re only as good as your last sign up

https://tfn.scot/features/through-the-eyes-of-a-fundraiser

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2025. 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.