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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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Accounts reveal continued financial trouble at Scottish health charity 

NEWS 1 May 2026 by Niall Christie
Management
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
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MND Scotland lost over £800,000 in the year to March 2025

https://tfn.scot/news/accounts-reveal-continued-financial-trouble-at-scottish-health-charity

Care services could be hit as frontline charity staff vote on strike

NEWS 22 June 2026 by Graham Martin
Management
Health & Social Care
Unite says there have been huge discrepancies between pay awards to senior management and other staff

https://tfn.scot/news/care-services-could-be-hit-as-frontline-charity-staff-vote-on-strike

Big Noise programme generating "positive and sustained" change

NEWS 23 June 2026 by Graham Martin
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
Report shows how charity-run service delivers critical support to children facing disadvantage

https://tfn.scot/news/big-noise-programme-generating-positive-and-sustained-change

Eight micro grants awarded for anti-oppression projects

NEWS 11 August 2026 by Niall Christie
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Culture & Leisure
Funding & Finance
Organisations across Scotland will share in £21,500. 

https://tfn.scot/news/eight-micro-grants-awarded-for-anti-oppression-projects

Convicted charity boss quits troubled Clyde venture

NEWS 1 September 2026 by Rab Armour
Management
Culture & Leisure
Sparling walks away from stalled Clyde project

https://tfn.scot/news/convicted-charity-boss-quits-troubled-clyde-venture

Easy money: is foundation giving the future of charity funding, or is it just a lottery?

FEATURE 18 October 2018 by Susan Smith
Funding & Finance
Trusts and foundations are becoming ever more important in the face of drastic public spending cuts. TFN finds out how the sector is coping with demand.

https://tfn.scot/features/easy-money-is-foundation-giving-the-future-of-charity-funding-or-is-it-just

SCVO: Economic role of voluntary sector not recognised by government

Press release
6 March 2022
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Scotland’s national membership organisation for the voluntary sector has warned the Scottish Government’s,With an annual turnover of £6bn and more than 100,000 paid staff, the Scottish Government needs to invest,While the Scottish Government pledges to ensure the voice of business is heard, with ‘robust governance,This is not an inclusive strategy, and there is little evidence of the Scottish Government respecting,Scotland’s first spending review in 11 years, it needed to go further in detailing how the Scottish Government

https://scvo.scot/p/49104/2022/03/06/scvo-economic-role-of-voluntary-sector-not-recognised-by-government

Rowntree Charitable Trust defends funding Cage

NEWS 3 March 2015 by Rab Armour
Funding & Finance
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​Charity Commission investigates JRCT for funding controversial group which defended "Jihadi John"

https://tfn.scot/news/rowntree-trust-defends-funding-cage

Blowing the whistle in the third sector

OPINION 18 December 2018 Guest post
Management
Jamie Meechan analyses the latest report on whistleblowing within Scotland's charity sector

https://tfn.scot/opinion/blowing-the-whistle-in-the-third-sector

Investments needn’t be a minefield

OPINION 12 February 2019 Guest post
Management
Investments needn’t be a minefield

https://tfn.scot/opinion/investments-neednt-be-a-minefield

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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.