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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

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

SCVO’s Organisational Purpose

Tracey Bird
22 February 2021
Posted in
Last week the SCVO Board met and one of the items on the agenda was to look at the Scottish Governance,Code for the Third Sector and explore how SCVO trustees can evidence good governance, individually and,Over the course of this year the SCVO board will use SCVO’s Good Governance Checkup to examine each of,the five principles of the Governance Code, so we can demonstrate good governance in the Scotland’s,If you’d like to take your own Board on a journey to good governance you can use SCVO’s Good Governance

https://scvo.scot/p/42399/2021/02/22/scvos-organisational-purpose

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
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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

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

SCVO response to Becoming a Fair Work Nation consultation

Sheghley Ogilvie
23 December 2021
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directorates to develop this further and implement across government.,Scottish Government, local government and many others in the public sector offer employees paid leave,The Scottish Government, local government, and other public sector partners must adequately resource,The Scottish Government must lead the way by: making good on the Scottish Government’s commitments to,directorates to develop this further and implement across government. 

https://scvo.scot/p/48075/2021/12/23/becoming-a-fair-work-nation-consultation

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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.