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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.

 
Jonny Kinross has dedicated his thirty year career to community development and social enterprise

 
Chief executive will leave post next year

 
​Development charity decided not to bid for government funding following misconduct allegations

 
Social care bodies already struggling to fill vacancies have found it even more difficult to recruit staff in the last year

 
Online platforms are profiteering from Gift Aid

 
Perceptions of charities have changed over the 15 years since the Scottish Charity Act came into existence. TFN is exploring what a charity is and should be now

 
The Charity Commission has investigated more complaints in the past four months than it did in the whole of the previous year

 
Lynne Lamont stresses the importance of keeping track of any investments

 
Susan Smith is confused about what a modern charity is, which is why TFN is asking for your help working it out

 
An Easter campaign run by Cadbury and the National Trust for Scotland breached new rules on aiming junk food promotions at children