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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.

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JustGiving to drop membership fee for “very small” charities
JustGiving will drop its membership fee for “very small” charities from September, while hiking charges for large organisations
NEWS 2 August 2016 by Gavin Stuart
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Charities to receive £1.6m of unpaid Gift Aid donations
HMRC policy change frees up withheld Gift Aid payments
NEWS 26 July 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
Women more likely to donate to charity than men
Research by YouGov also found women were more involved with fundraising, sponsoring and campaigning
NEWS 26 July 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
Celebrate the best of fundraising in Scotland
Gary Kernahan believes fundraisers have much to learn from each other and celebrate at this year's Institute of Fundraising Scottish conference
OPINION 19 July 2016 Guest post
 
Charities must embrace technology to attract young donors
Charities must become more tech-savvy if they want to encourage donations from young adults, a report for the Charities Aid Foundation has shown
NEWS 19 July 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
OSCR gains order to freeze charity’s assets
Scotia Aid Sierra Leone's assets have been frozen amid an ongoing investigation by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
NEWS 19 July 2016 by Gavin Stuart
 
Massive success for contactless donation system
A charity’s contactless donation scheme has proved to be a huge success as it registered 1,500 taps in six weeks
NEWS 15 July 2016 by Graham Martin
 
We need to take fundraising complaints seriously
Martin Sime explains why it is not counterintuitive to launch the new fundraising complaints hub
OPINION 7 July 2016 Guest post
 
Complaining about how a charity raises money has been made much easier
A free-phone number and website has gone live
NEWS 7 July 2016 by Paul Cardwell
 
Fundraising scandals did not lead donors to cancel Direct Debits
Direct Debit charity cancellations in 2015 remained low despite the sector being hit by a series of charity fundraising scandals
NEWS 5 July 2016 by Susan Smith
TFN Guide to Running a Charity or Social Enterprise 2024

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