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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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News in brief: what’s been going on in the third sector, 12 July 2018

LIST 12 July 2018 by Alex Turnbull
Management
An overview of some of the activities going on across the third sector in Scotland over the last few weeks

https://tfn.scot/lists/news-in-brief-whats-been-going-on-in-the-third-sector-12-july-2018

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

Additional evidence on the resilience and recovery of Scotland's voluntary sector

Paul Bradley
21 December 2021
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Following the committee session, the Scottish Government announced that the fiscal resource line of the,SCVO and fellow intermediary bodies are committed to supporting the Scottish Government’s ambition of,a fair recovery through the government’s own priorities, including the Social Enterprise Action Plan,SCVO has written to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government to outline,The committee called on ‘the Scottish Government to work with other statutory funders to consider how

https://scvo.scot/p/47978/2021/12/21/additional-evidence-on-the-resilience-and-recovery-of-scotlands-voluntary-sector

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

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

Love work again: take a career break with a charity abroad

FEATURE 12 February 2018 by Rab Armour
Management
If you want to give the best to your employer, taking unpaid leave to work for a charity will change your life and boost your career

https://tfn.scot/features/love-work-again-take-a-career-break-with-a-charity-abroad

SCVO response to Scottish Budget 2022-23

Press release
10 December 2021
Posted in
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

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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.