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The voice of Scotland’s vibrant voluntary sector

Published by Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6BB. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

 
The charity was founded in 1976 in order to provide national representation for the growing network of Women’s Aid groups throughout Scotland

 
Mary’s Meals founder Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow met Pope Francis in the Vatican

 
International education charity Project Trust features in the latest episode of How Scotland Works

 
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

 
Renewed calls for voting age to be lowered for all UK elections

 
​Fostering charity says foster families will respond to government pledge to take in 3,000 refugee children

 
Keep Scotland Beautiful and Girlguiding Scotland launch new badge

 
Charities launch guide for schools to ensure mums and dads are informed and interested in their child’s education

 
Mary’s Meals launches contactless donation terminals in the capital

 
Moves to extend the time special schools have to respond to Freedom of Information requests would erode the rights of disabled Scots, say campaigners