Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Urgent warning sounded over the future of Scotland's social care services

NEWS 27 February 2026 by Graham Martin

Management

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

Cuts will impact crucial services and third sector organisations

https://tfn.scot/news/urgent-warning-sounded-over-the-future-of-scotlands-social-care-services

Charity says lives are at risk after Edinburgh withdraws specialist care funding

NEWS 8 April 2026 by Niall Christie

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

Deaf Action says the decision has left some in dire situations

https://tfn.scot/news/lives-at-risk-charity-warns-after-edinburgh-withdraws-specialist-care-funding

Utility Aid proud to be supporting SCVO’s village and community hall conference

OPINION 26 April 2024 SCVO partner

Families & Young People

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

Environment & International

Culture & Leisure

Health & Social Care

Funding & Finance

Regeneration & Housing

Partner content: Emily Berry, partnership manager at Utility Aid, talks about the support it is providing to village and community halls across the country

https://tfn.scot/opinion/utility-aid-are-proud-to-be-supporting-scvos-village-and-community-hall-conference

Diversifying your board - the Trustee Recruitment Cycle

Janet Thorne

20 October 2021

Posted in

Support & learning
Governance

Trustees week

There is much to be gained by diversifying your board and getting the right mix of trustees with a range of lived, learned and practised expertise. Trustees play an essential role for the charities that they lead from setting the charity’s strategic direction to making key...

https://scvo.scot/p/45661/2021/10/20/diversifying-your-board-the-trustee-recruitment-cycle

Is digital a human right?

FEATURE 26 August 2015 by Rab Armour

Culture & Leisure

If you’re reading this chances are you’re online. But did you know five billion others aren’t? Robert Armour investigates our right to get online

https://tfn.scot/features/is-digital-a-human-right

You might not see the link between climate change and your charity, but your funders do

Susan Smith

15 August 2022

Posted in

Policy

The Scottish Government has set a target to cut greenhouse gas emissions significantly by 2030 and it,By next year charities and social enterprises providing services to the government will have to demonstrate,some environmental action, and it’s very likely that those receiving government grants will have to

https://scvo.scot/p/52457/2022/08/15/you-might-not-see-the-link-between-climate-change-and-your-charity-but-your-funders-do